2008-12-23 -36 146
| Tue 23 Dec 2008 in -36,146: -36.2407210, 146.9617616 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Kieran caught a lift in the evening, down Yackandandah way...
My GPS was playing up, but it was a gimme for an old school pen and paper hash. The hash point itself fell in the middle of a dam, and the paddock the dam was located in had what appeared to be several unique landmarks, according to google maps at least.
I found the paddock without a hitch. But as I walked out from the road, I realised I'd run into a bit of a problem. There was more than one dam in that paddock, there were half a dozen of various shapes and sizes. Two seemed to fall in the right general area. To be on the safe side I walked to both, and I eventually decided that the second dam was the geohash point (because the awful water colour matched the printout from google maps).
Anyway, here are some photos of the paddocks, the cows that kept following me around, the various small bodies of water, and the occasional kangaroo.
It was a fun trip.
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Kieran earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
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The sun dips below the horizon as I set out
Walking down a farm track
Across a bridge
Approach the first likely dam.
It was rather Green, and Google maps depicted a rather dirty body of water...
Taking the mugshot at the first dam
Taking the photo at the first dam...
I wonder which large hoofed animal has been here?
The cows in the distance
The sun sets as I walk to the second dam
I could swear the cows are following me
BEWARE: Electric fences! But as usual in Australia, not turned on.
A kangaroo and a cow in the distance
The dam I eventually decided must be the geohash point
The mandatory photo
Walking back to the car... someone is following me!
Passed yet another dam on the way back to the car
Upon having another look at google maps and my photos, I'm confident that the second dam was indeed the geohash point. I don't really qualify for a water geohash, because I refused to get my feet wet (nothing like a long walk back to the car with muddy feet!)
Fun times all round.
