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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
In a field of wheat near Beaufort.
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Paddock in Tourello near Clunes.
  
 
== Who went ==
 
== Who went ==
* [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]]
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* [[User:Snaplatitude|Snaplatitude]]
  
 
==Expedition==
 
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== Photos ==
 
== Photos ==
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File:Geohash 2011 12 30 -37 143 Wheat.JPG|Vast wheat field
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File:Geohash 2012 06 11 -37 143.JPG|Thistle shot by my companion at the hash
File:Geohash 2011 12 30 -37 143 Felix.JPG|Felix at the hash
 
File:Geohash 2011 12 30 -37 143 GPS.JPG|GPS Proof
 
File:Geohash 2011 12 30 -37 143 Low.JPG|Sideways low wheat view
 
File:Geohash 2011 12 30 -37 143 Sasha.JPG|Sasha waiting in the car
 
 
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[[Category:Expeditions]]
 
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Revision as of 07:34, 11 June 2012

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Location

Paddock in Tourello near Clunes.

Who went

Expedition

Felix Dance

Sashazeg and I were driving home from a three-day bushwalk in the Grampians - geological curiosity of Western Victoria - when we got word that there were two geohashes passibly on our route home. This being the first, we drove along the Old Geelong Rd before turning off and parking a kilometre from the hash outside a wheat farm.

Sasha decided, again, to stay in the car so as not to trespass, while I jumped the fence and strolled towards the hash. It was extremely hot and I was beginning to feel relieved that the hash was now only 400m away when what should I discover but that a vast wheat field was separating me from it. Undeterred, I found a spot close enough to the hash and strolled through, creating a linear crop 'circle' as I strod.

The feeling of wading through the wheat somewhat reminded me of swimming, and I was careful to avoid snakes and burs in my socks. I saw the farmer way off in the distance on his combine harvester and got ready to duck when he looked my way. Luckily, I was at the hash, taking photos, and stumbling my way back to the path and thence the car before he noticed. Next: hash number two for the day.

Here is the Google Maps route I took.

Photos