Friday 31 August 2007

HHH Hash Trash August 31

Chunder has been battling the lurgy for weeks and not even GonZo's tender ministrations and job list minimisation to just the really difficult jobs has brought him back to health.  Understandably, Chunder has passed in his 'sick note' and will not be setting this week's trail, which is just as well as the chimney needs scrubbing from the inside.

Instead, Chunder's twin brother, Grizzly, has stepped up to the mark, foregoing the traditional one Sunday a year where he can justly rest so that he can set the 'Father of all trails'.

The r*n will start at 3:30pm Sunday 2nd September from the Romaine Reserve car park.  Even Slack Mac knows where that is.

Bring a hat, mug, friend from Brisbane and a joke.  Bring extra money to be ripped off by winning first prize in the raffle and getting wrapping paper while third prize wins a bottle of wine.  Worth every cent.

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DT is celebrating her XXXX birthday on Saturday night with a knees-up at Ringo and Dini's, 448 West Mooreville Road, Burnie.  All hashers are invited to help celebrate her coming of old age - BYO whatever.  Travellers from afar are welcome to pitch a tent in the Monty Munden Memorial Camping Ground.

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UP AND CUMMING. (†
updated)
Sep 8-9 - Launceston H3 1700th @ "Queensfield" Breadalbane
† Sep 12 - Hobart Hash Harem 450th @ Tasmanian Inn
Sep 14 - Hobart Full Moon AGPU @ Irish Murphy's, Salamanca
Sep 15 - Devonport H3 Tour de Pisse
Oct 2 - 40th Anniversary of Hashing in Tasmania @ Ridgeway
Oct 13-14 - H5 Oktoberfest @ Mt Field National Park
Oct 20-21 - Burnie Ten weekend
Mar 21-23 2008 - Interhash, Perth WA
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RECEDING HARELINE († updated)
† R*n 908 - Sep 2 - Grizzly @ Romaine
R*n 909 - Sep 9 - Tals @ TBA
R*n 910 - Sep 15 - Devonport Tour de Pisse
R*n 911 - Sep 23 - DT @ TBA
R*n 912 - Sep 30 - Dini and Giggles @ Calder
R*n 913 - Oct 7 - Knickers @ Gawler
R*n 914 - Oct 14 - Speed Hump @ Ridgley
R*n 915 - Oct 20 - Burnie Ten weekend pt I
R*n 916 - Oct 21 - Burnie Ten weekend pt II

On on
Grizzly

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Sunday 26 August 2007

Next R*n - No. 907 - HOFT #5

Sunday 26th August 2007, 8:30am start
Hare: Dyke
On on: meet at Mackeys Royal Hotel car park, 161 Gilbert Street, Latrobe (click here for map)
Hash cash: no charge - BYO drinks and meal
Bring: walking gear, lunch

HOFT #5 is a walk to Meander Falls - about 8km with a reasonable climb
The plan is to start the walk at 10am and finish at around 3pm, with an on on at Latrobe

Friday 24 August 2007

Waratah weekend pics

Pictures from the 900th Run weekend at Waratah are now up on the Burnie H3 Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21624049@N00/sets/).  Incriminating photos have not been uploaded and can be purchased for exorbitant prices.

HHH Hash Trash August 24

We haven't had a lot of success when it comes to letting Devonport hashers loose as hares for Burnie H3 trails, so it is with some trepidation that we let Dyke lead us into the Meander Valley as trail blazer for Hashing Old Farts Trek #5.  The plan is to walk to Meander Falls - about 8km with a reasonable climb.

HOFTs are asked to meet at Mackeys Royal Hotel car park, 161 Gilbert Street, Latrobe, at 8:30am, before setting off to the trek starting point for a 10:00am 'off'.

It is expected (hoped) that the trek will conclude at around 3:00pm, from where the pack will adjourn to Latrobe for de-brief and a meal.

Bring everything you may need for a walk of this type.  According to the discovertasmania web site, you should take: sturdy walking shoes or boots, clothes to suit the weather of the day, raincoat, woollen jumper or fibre pile jacket, thermal leggings or shorts rather than long cotton trousers or jeans (cotton becomes soaked in wet weather and will cool the body), warm hat or beanie, warm gloves, waterproof trousers, gaiters (if you have them), lunch and drink, map.

See http://www.touringtasmania.info/meander_falls.htm for a description of the walk.
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UP AND CUMMING. (†
updated)
Sep 8-9 - Launceston H3 1700th @ "Queensfield" Breadalbane
† Sep 14 - Hobart Full Moon AGPU @ Irish Murphy's, Salamanca
Sep 15 - Devonport H3 Tour de Pisse
Oct 2 - 40th Anniversary of Hashing in Tasmania @ Ridgeway
Oct 13-14 - H5 Oktoberfest @ Mt Field National Park
Oct 20-21 - Burnie Ten weekend
Mar 21-23 2008 - Interhash, Perth WA
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RECEDING HARELINE († updated)
R*n 907 - Aug 26 - Dyke (HOFT #5) @ Meander Falls
R*n 908 - Sep 2 - Chunder @ TBA
R*n 909 - Sep 9 - Tals @ TBA
R*n 910 - Sep 15 - Devonport Tour de Pisse
† R*n 911 - Sep 23 - DT @ TBA
† R*n 912 - Sep 30 - Dini and Giggles @ Calder
† R*n 913 - Oct 7 - Knickers @ Gawler
† R*n 914 - Oct 14 - Speed Hump @ Ridgley
† R*n 915 - Oct 20 - Burnie Ten weekend pt I
† R*n 916 - Oct 21 - Burnie Ten weekend pt II

On on
Grizzly

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Wednesday 22 August 2007

Dickhead of the week - R*n 906

Ratchet
For picking up the paper trail before it had been followed by anyone else (the spirit of Sewers lives on!)

Hobart Full Moon 2007 AGPU

Friday 14th September 2007
7:00pm for 7:30pm


Johnnie Fox Room, Irish Murphy's
Salamanca Place, Hobart


Choose and pay for your own meal
(choice of 3 entrees and 3 mains)

To confirm your place please contact
Souvenir at rita.m@hotkey.net.au or 0419 385 205 ASAP

Sunday 19 August 2007

Next R*n - No. 906

Sunday 19th August 2007, 3:30pm start
Hare: Lone Arranger
On on: 64 River Road, Wynyard (click here for map)
Hash cash: $10
Bring: hat, mug, joke, friend, piece of wood, chair and money for rigged raffle

This is a farewell to Blue and Nanna Marj, who are off to sell themselves to miners in Western Australia (I hope they have plenty of change).

Friday 17 August 2007

HHH Hash Trash August 17

Second only to Isandula Road, the farm at 64 River Road, Wynyard has been a regular home to Burnie Hash. Well, maybe not a home - more like a frequent public toilet.

That will soon change when Nanna Marj and Blue ups stumps to seek fortune and randy miners in the heartland of Western Australia. Hare Lone Arranger will be sending the pack on a reminiscing tour of all the best runs set around and through the farm (which really just a fancy way of saying we've run it to death and any trail set on Sunday will look the same as any previous). Start time is 3:30pm.

Bring hat, mug, joke, piece of wood, friend, chair and toilet paper (because everything has been put in storage!) - bring extra cash for rigged raffle.

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UP AND CUMMING. († updated)
Sep 8-9 - Launceston H3 1700th @ "Queensfield" Breadalbane
Sep 15 - Devonport H3 Tour de Pisse
Oct 2 - 40th Anniversary of Hashing in Tasmania @ Ridgeway
Oct 13-14 - H5 Oktoberfest @ Mt Field National Park
Oct 20-21 - Burnie Ten weekend
Mar 21-23 2008 - Interhash, Perth WA
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RECEDING HARELINE († updated)
R*n 906 - Aug 19 - Lone Arranger @ Wynyard
R*n 907 - Aug 26 - Dyke (HOFT #5) @ Meander Falls
R*n 908 - Sep 2 - Chunder @ TBA
R*n 909 - Sep 9 - Tals @ TBA
R*n 910 - Sep 15 - Devonport Tour de Pisse

On on
Grizzly
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Monday 13 August 2007

Dickhead of the week - R*n 905


DT
For trying to lure little boys into her car by offering sweeties

Ecology for Daisy

Some Burnie hashers would no doubt remember the two white 'Westies', part of the Patsy and Haggis clan, running freely around the Penguin Caravan Park on one of their holidays up north.

For those who remember, I post the following...

Ecology for a dog

Daisy, a Westhighland Terrier of great character, died tragically when on a mission from her home at Bellingham Estate Winery.

Much loved and cherished pack member of Patsy, Haggis and Bobby and generous friend of Slack Mac and Tals. She was ever alert to danger and ready with a bark.

Vale Daisy


Daisy moved on to that kennel in the sky some weeks ago, but it was only today that I found the 'ecology' penned in her memory. I should have some photos in the archive; if they can be located I will post one at a later date.

Run reports for the Waratah weekend

Run 900 – Waratah Winterhash

Venue: Waratah.
Hares: Urang and Phay Ray.
Pack: Many.

Gypsies Pee Wee and Saturn, and later A Bit of This, arrived at Waratah Friday to set up their camper vans. They woke on Saturday morning to find the town smothered with snow, with conditions that icy they believed there would be only three participants in Winterhash this year. Peewee pleaded to the Hash Monk to do something, so A Bit of This said “No worries” and waved her magic cigarette in the air. Immediately it began to rain, and soon the snow and ice had been washed from the roads. But ABoT’s powers are not easily leashed, and she was not able to stop the rain. At least, she reasoned, if I had not been here there would have been gale force winds, temperatures in the minus 40s and Hashers freezing to death on the r*n. SES officers would have been collecting flash frozen Hashers in various poses as they froze in mid-stride. Thanks be to ABoT.

Late on Saturday morning other Hashers arrived and found places to park in the hotel mud bath car park. ABoT, still feeling guilty, invited them into her van for a port but eventually found that she had gained a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the most people assembled in a camper van drinking port and wishing they were home in front of the fire.

Hashers began negotiating for the best room in the hotel, with Pioneer changing rooms to get the absolute best one, only to find later that it was above the bar and was noisy all night. A procession of people tracked mud up the stairs as the moved into their rooms.

The time came for the r*n. Urang tried to brief the crowd but true Hashers don’t listen to briefings and there was much “What’s going on?” as a procession of cars took the mob a few km away and dumped them into the original Dead Centre of town. With a cry of “On On”, the r*n started. The small group of r*nners soon disappeared into the distance, leaving a large group of stragglers mooching along in the rain.

Trail followed the road back towards town for a km or so before turning left into a dirt road along the edge of a lake. It then headed into bush where some straggly bushes tore at legs leaving plenty of scratches and giving the leeches a good start. Trail then emerged onto another dirt road following a fence line. Here the Hashers had a choice.
R*n on the narrow strip of solid ground on the left and get torn to shreds on the barbed wire.
R*n on the even narrower strip of solid ground on the right and get torn to shreds by the shrubbery.
R*n on the open and much wider section between these extremes and alternately get trapped in the mud or drowned in the puddles.

However even good bits like this had to end and soon the Hashers encountered Phay Ray with a car full of drinks and chocolate. Most r*nners r*n o, although some did stop for a sip and to say G’day you bitch! The stragglers, though, like any excuse to stop, and had to be forcibly moved on by Phay Ray after eating and drinking everything in sight.

Trail now followed an undulating button grass plain before emerging back onto the road and an HHH sending them back to the cars. The r*nners arrived cold and wet, with long waits ahead of them for the stragglers holding all car keys. Fortunately a few had keys and a car shuttle soon had the FRB’s back at the hotel.

Now it came to pass that even the stragglers emerged from the scrub and shuffled back to the cars, slower than Brown’s cows. A few drivers came along and picked up the better looking women, leaving the rest to fare for themselves. Way behind was Tracker, who had become tired of standing in the rain waiting for Tinsel and the car keys. He did a second lap of the trail, hoping to catch up with them, only to find they had taken a short cut to the road after the piss stop. He caught the stragglers at the car park after r*nning the course twice.

Back at the hotel, Ringo valiantly tried to run a hash circle, but was overwhelmed by peripheral circles as everyone excitedly bullshitted about their prowess on the r*n. A lot of people were made to have a drink before being sent to their rooms to prepare for the evening’s festivities.

There were lots of festivities. Ask Chewy, who out-festivitied the lot of them. Ask Gerardine (Noël) and Mabel, both of whom developed shagger’s back without the shagging. Ask Knickers, who hogged the microphone all night and promised Ratchet she wouldn’t have enough voice left to talk on Sunday, but then reneged. Ask anyone except Bastard and Ratchet, who retired early.

On On
Ratchet (who wasn’t one of the Stragglers)

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R*n 901 Winterhash Recovery R*n

Hare: Urang

After the revelry of the previous night, hotel management were amazed to find a queue outside the dining room door at least ¾ hour before opening time. When it did open, a wave of people surged in, overwhelming the single slice toaster and one egg cooker, but eventually everyone was fed and starting to look forward to their recovery r*n. All except the one who weren’t, and there were many of them! Ask Chewy!

Many people had to go home, but a reasonable pack assembled in the rain for the r*n. When “On On” was called, Ratchet was already part way along trail, only warming up, you see, and accidentally finding trail. Trail went up a side street and back along behind the pub, with Ratchet calling the pack on. A strange thing happened here. Only a few people took advantage of the big hash opportunity, with the majority opting to follow trail the long way round.

Ballpoint and the Inlet caught up with Ratchet, taking turns to find trail and lose it again. To keep warm in the cold wind and rain they jogged at times, but found this got them too far ahead of those despicable Stragglers.

Trail trespassed through a local’s back yard, over his back fence and up a hill where it rejoined a road leading back to the centre of town. Trail was lost for some time near the lake in the middle of town, but Ballpoint was blithely unaware of this as he raced past a false trail sign and continued to the end of the street where he miraculously encountered trail again. In the meantime the confusion further back allowed some of the Stragglers to catch up until Inlet found trail and led the pack towards Ballpoint.

Along the way they saw a strange looking local in r*nning clothes, legs purple with the cold, fishing in the creek running into the lake. This person answers to the name of FC, but the locals don’t know much about him.

Trail followed the lake, crossed the road past some tourist traps which trapped some Hashers, and finished at the top of a cliff overlooking a waterfall. Expressing great surprise, Ballpoint wandered down to the bottom to try to figure out how the waterfall worked, while the remainder in dribs and drabs wandered back to the pub, even slower than the worst of Brown’s cows.

Another noisy Hash Circle was held, noisy not only because the Launceston Hashers were still there, but someone had allowed Tals and Knickers into the room.

Chewy showed how he can still down after a night of revelry.


On On
Ratchet FRB*, MBPL** BA (Hons)***

* Front R*nning Bastard
** Member Burnie Public Library
*** Hon Sec (Bullshit Artist)

Sunday 12 August 2007

Next R*n - No. 905

Sunday 12th August 2007, 3:30pm start
Hare: Ratchet
On on: Isandula Road, Gawler (look for signs from 1054 - click here for map)
Hash cash: $10
Bring: hat, mug, joke, friend, piece of wood, chair and money for rigged raffle

Friday 10 August 2007

HHH Hash Trash August 10

As the last echo of tortured songs dies out over the hills of Waratah, the Burnie pack regropes at its second home - Isandula Road.

Hare Ratchet is taking the pack a bit further afield this time, so follow signs from 1054 Isandula Road, Gawler.  Start time is 3:30pm.

Bring hat, mug, joke, piece of wood, friend, chair and tampons - bring extra cash for rigged raffle.
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Hobart (H4) - 40 years of hashing in Tasmania
Australia’s 1st and oldest Hash Club (current combined r#n rate in excess of 25,000) invites you & your Hash club to celebrate 40 years of Hashing in Tasmania.

The inaugural H4 Hash r#n was held at Ridgeway on 2nd October 1967 and in memory of that fateful day all Tasmanian Hashers and friends are invited to join H4 on Tuesday 2nd October 2007 at the Ridgeway cross roads (H4 sacred site).

H4 will be digging up the original Hares of 1967, Fred ‘Gods Father’ Whittaker & Graham ‘Barrell’ Farrell to celebrate all that is Hash in Tasmania with a re-r#n of the original Hash trail followed by copious amounts of Cascade and their re-cremation on the BBQ.

Note: An unfortunate fact of Hashing in Tasmania is that you can choose who you Hash with, but unfortunately for most of Tasmanian Hash clubs, H4 is the father of your club – buggery in some cases. Don’t be ashamed of your ancestry, cum along and claim some of your inheritance – although they have pissed most of it up against the wall.

The r#n starts at 6:00pm sharp
Stay tuned – more info to cum
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UP AND CUMMING. (†
updated)
Sep 8-9 - Launceston H3 1700th @ "Queensfield" Breadalbane
Sep 15 - Devonport H3 Tour de Pisse
†Oct 2 - 40th Anniversary of Hashing in Tasmania @ Ridgeway
Oct 13-14 - H5 Oktoberfest @ Mt Field National Park
Oct 20-21 - Burnie Ten weekend
Mar 21-23 2008 - Interhash, Perth WA
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RECEDING HARELINE († updated)
R*n 905 - Aug 12 - Ratchet @ Gawler
R*n 906 - Aug 19 - Lone Arranger @ Wynyard
R*n 907 - Aug 26 - Dyke (HOFT #5) @ Meander Falls
R*n 908 - Sep 2 - Chunder @ TBA
R*n 909 - Sep 9 - Tals @ TBA
R*n 910 - Sep 15 - Devonport Tour de Pisse

On on
Grizzly

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The Hub MkII Dinted!

I wish to report an unfortunate incident, which happened in Turners Beach last Monday evening... that newly returned, polished iconic mascot of Dickhead Hash known as 'The Hub' met with an accident..... falling to the ground, fatally Dinted!

It is to be hoped the original is enjoying life with the Hashshit in darkest Ghana and will return, restored to its former glory!! along with our esteemed Hashshit!!

On-on A Bit of This

Thursday 9 August 2007

Hobart (H4) - 40 years of hashing in Tasmania

Australia’s 1st and oldest Hash Club (current combined r#n rate in excess of 25,000) invites you & your Hash club to celebrate 40 years of Hashing in Tasmania.

The inaugural H4 Hash r#n was held at Ridgeway on 2nd October 1967 and in memory of that fateful day all Tasmanian Hashers and friends are invited to join H4 on Tuesday 2nd October 2007 at the Ridgeway cross roads (H4 sacred site).

H4 will be digging up the original Hares of 1967, Fred ‘Gods Father’ Whittaker & Graham ‘Barrell’ Farrell to celebrate all that is Hash in Tasmania with a re-r#n of the original Hash trail followed by copious amounts of Cascade and their re-cremation on the BBQ.

Note: An unfortunate fact of Hashing in Tasmania is:
You can choose who you Hash with, but unfortunately for most of Tasmanian Hash clubs, H4 is the father of your club – buggery in some cases. Don’t be ashamed of your ancestry, cum along and claim some of your inheritance – although they have pissed most of it up against the wall.

The r#n starts at 6:00pm sharp

Stay tuned – more info to cum

Saturday 4 August 2007

Next R*n - No. 900 (Wild West Weekend)

R*n 900, Saturday 4th August 2007, 2:00pm start
(followed by recovery r*n on Sunday morning - R*n 901)
Hares: Urang and Phay Ray
On on: Bischoff Hotel, Waratah (click here for map)
Hash cash: $60 (covers sharded accommodation, three course evening meal, full cooked breakfast, two runs with circles and a badge)
Bring: hat, mug, joke, warm clothes, snowshoes and singing voice!

Registrations and pre-run warm up at the Hotel from noon.
Room allocations on 'first in, best dressed' basis, last in sleeps with FC.

Friday 3 August 2007

HHH Hash Trash August 3

Snow clouds gather from the south, reaching from the part of the troposphere that shares a bath towel with the Antarctic to bring bitter winds and ice-laden clouds scudding toward a certain point on the west coast of Tasmania.

Waratah.

This weekend only the toughest of the tough will converge on the Bischoff Hotel (the weakest of the weak having already fled for Ghana) for the fourth Wild West Weekend and Burnie H3's 900th Run.

Registrations, room allocation and pre-run intestinal warm up starts from noon this Saturday 4th August, with "on on!" called at 2pm.
After a tour of the rugged Waratah hinterland provided by hares Urang and Phay Ray, the pack will converge for an extended circle, before getting changed into their Sunday-best flannelette for a three course meal. Having been fed, everyone will then gather in the main bar for world-class entertainment provided by the likes of country and western songbird Tammy Wynott, 80s disco sensations the Village Idiots, and local stars, the necessarily re-vamped Trio Plus-or-minus One.

Those surviving until morning will be treated to a full cooked breakfast, before heading back out for a head-clearing saunter and hare of the dog, followed by the now traditional search for the Hash Hops.
For those who have not paid (most of you), it will set you back $60 for all of the above, plus a commemorative badge.

Bring plenty of warm, dry clothing and a decent set of ear plugs (not just for Karaoke, you may be sleeping next to FC).
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UP AND CUMMING. († updated)
Aug 4-5 - Burnie 900th @ Waratah
Sep 8-9 - Launceston H3 1700th @ "Queensfield" Breadalbane
Sep 15 - Devonport H3 Tour de Pisse
Oct 13-14 - H5 Oktoberfest @ Mt Field National Park
Oct 20-21 - Burnie Ten weekend
Mar 21-23 2008 - Interhash, Perth WA
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RECEDING HARELINE († updated)
R*n 900 - Aug 4 - Urang and Phay Ray @ Waratah
R*n 901 - Aug 5 - Urang @ Waratah
R*n 905 - Aug 12 - Ratchet @ Gawler
R*n 906 - Aug 19 - Lone Arranger @ Wynyard
R*n 907 - Aug 26 - Dyke (HOFT #5) @ Meander Falls
R*n 908 - Sep 2 - Chunder @ TBA
R*n 909 - Sep 9 - Tals @ TBA
R*n 910 - Sep 15 - Devonport Tour de Pisse

On on
Grizzly