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HerberTONNE
August 3, 2019 - August 4, 2019

HerberTONNE defined:
HerberTONNE [həːb – ə – tʌn]:
noun
An epic endurance challenge on the mountainous Atherton Tablelands highlighting the wild and diverse trails surrounding the historic town of Herberton.
A 100km Trail Run featuring an amazing course designed to be run, to challenge and to be enjoyed by awesome dirt loving folk.
“I can’t wait to have fun at the HerberTONNE!”
verb
To participate in the tremendous Trail Run known as HerberTONNE (n).
“Are you going to come HerberTONNEing (sic) with me again this year?”
“You betcha sweetheart – I just love to HerberTONNE”
adjective
A description of the state of emotional euphoria and / or buzzing social stimulation and / or complete physical exhaustion achieved upon completion of HerberTONNE (n).
“Crikey, I’m completely HerberTONNEd – and I LOVE it!”
Word Origin: A play on the name of the event’s historic host town Herberton, itself named in 1880 after its location on the headwaters of the scenic Herbert River and combined with the term Tonne – a description often used for 1000kgs or 100 units of various objects, examples including and as in this case, kilometres of life changing and mind blowing trail.