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At the hash
We hadn't revised our 14:00 Saturday hash meet time (16:00 was too late in winter), so Psud arrived at 13:50, having given himself extra leeway in time to arrive as he was attempting a no-batteries hash. Psud had hoped to take public transport too, but that was not to be.
?Graham? arrived a few minutes after Psud on foot. His first hash.
A few minutes late Nemo, Kieran and Joannac arrived in Eliza to the bird bath declared to be the hash point. Nemo brought juggling balls, so everyone but Kieran and Psud had a go at juggling.
Joannac wore a dancing outfit and ballet shoes, aiming for the calender girl achievement.
Next came Ainsley. Now with her own transport!
The hashpoint was nondescript. A lawn by a footpath in a quiet suburb of Canberra. Fortunately due to Canberra's laws against houses having front fences the hash point was accessible. A bird bath sat within arms reach of the expected spot (but there was not a GPS among us to confirm the exact location) so we declared it "Near enough".
Photos
- Psud goes to the hash
Psud couldn't use public transport - his ticket was broken.
So he drove, and decided to forgo GPS.
Rough directions
The hash was in central Canberra.
The hash point
- The hash
A bird bath stood in close proximity to the hash
But there was no water for the birds
A view of the street from the hash
Nemo, Kieran and Joannac arrive in Eliza
Nemo and Joannac juggle
Kieran and Whatshisname watch the juggling
Whatshisname has a go at juggling too.
Nemo brought Christmas cards!
Joannac en pointe is tall
Whatshisname at the hash
Ainsley arrived in her new car
Juggling balls were provided but Ainsley declined the opportunity
The Geohashers. Camera stability provided by a local tree.
- Calendar Girl Joanna
After the hash
Since the hash was in close proximity to some of Canberra's better bars the regular hashers decided to retire to a pub. We drove past a block of flats being prepared for demolition - Ainsely had identified them as "spooky". Kieran wanted to break in. Conversation fell to cricket. Nemo started an attempt to explain the game to Ainsley. Kieran and Joannac and I helped. We eventually relocated to Manuka (pronounced "mahn'ika") Oval - a cricket ground.
Photos
- After the hash... and cricket
The spooky flats
Nemo ran into people he knows
Nemo began an attempt to explain cricket - 14:05 by the camera's (slow) clock.
The explanations continue
Kieran attempts to find a succinct summary of cricket rules
Ainsley starts a drawing to aid her understanding
Nemo and Joannac make a model cricket pitch with paddlepop sticks and pens
With aid of the model, nemo describes The Ball of the Century
LBW rules are mentioned (and modeled)
Ainsley continued drawing
Ainsley needed another sheet of paper
Stumps, it turns out, have 5 pieces of wood
Cricket balls come in a variety of colours, are made of cork and leather and are stitched together in a manner quite unlike that of baseball
A closeup of Ainsley's notes
Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval's scoreboard
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