1/20'Tassie Tough': Tess Sargent - "My boyfriend, Tim Noyes atop Mt Wellington in thongs, shorts and a t-shirt. "
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When the Mercury put out the call to find Tassie’s toughest residents — those who insist on wearing shorts and thongs in subzero weather — we were inundated. HERE’S THE BEST
2/20'Tassie Tough': Cody McCracken hiking in the snow -- in shorts.
3/20'Tassie Tough': Cassie Webb - Even in Antarctica, Leigh Webb wears shorts.
4/20'Tassie Tough': Kyra Cantrell-Reid - "No matter what the weather will never catch him in long pants - Jack Cantrell-Reid."
5/20'Tassie Tough': Angela Garth - "Bodie Hanson in the snow"
6/20'Tassie Tough': Toni Hutchison - "My friend Katherine Crombie goes to the snow in thongs."
7/20'Tassie Tough': Amanda Davis - "Yesterday in the snow not only Dale Hurst in shorts (he thinks trousers are only made for funerals or going out) Kaleb Hurst even had his fish flip flops on with his shorts brrr"
8/20'Tassie Tough': Emma Jane Angus - "My son Peter 12years old wears shorts all year round if I put him in pants he takes them off and puts on his short. However these days I have given up nagging him to where pants as he hasn't had a cold in years so I feel it safe to now just let him be happy in short. Ps here is a pic of him at the beach on a cold day he was the only one to get into the water and wearing shorts."
9/20'Tassie Tough': Brad Colson - "I’m always in shorts - 23 years of teaching and have never worn trousers to work, kids get very confused if I do."
10/20'Tassie Tough': Brad Colson - "I’m always in shorts - 23 years of teaching and have never worn trousers to work, kids get very confused if I do."
11/20'Tassie Tough': Deb Fraser - "My husband Scott"
12/20'Tassie Tough': Bronwyn Calford - "What’s tougher? Taking our baby in the pram along the organ pipes track in the snow, or brother-in-law in shorts who continued on to the summit?"
13/20'Tassie Tough': Krystal Love - "My son, Hayden Mansell, no matter the weather he WILL not wear trousers..... I literally gave all his away. It can be any extreme weather and that boy will not wear trousers. We go camping quite a lot and it could be snowing and his still in shorts its 24/7."
14/20'Tassie Tough': Rhiarna Morrison - "My son Oliver 12 playing in the snow Wednesday morning in shorts, tshirt and BARE feet."
15/20'Tassie Tough': Rose Browning - "Rain hail or shine my daughter Aimee lives in shorts. Shorts are life for this kid. Her nanny will vouch for that or any of our friends and family that know her."
16/20'Tassie Tough': Douglas James and daughter, Nichola James, skiing in the Launceston Mall at 2.30am.
17/20'Tassie Tough': Sammy Jayne - "My 10 year old Ryder in the snow the other day.."
18/20'Tassie Tough': Tanesha Jayne Murfet - "My 9yo, Brylin! He wears shorts and a t-shirt every single day no matter how cold it is or if his legs and arms are going purple he still says its hot haha and I have give up arguing every morning so now he can just freeze. Even in the snow the other day he had his t-shirt on."
19/20'Tassie Tough': Jemima Fisher - "Ronnie Fisher, no matter the weather, he has shorts and tank tops for all occasions."
20/20'Tassie Tough': Jill Allen -- "My husband does"
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