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| − | Psud saw on IRC that Joanna was planning a pre-dawn raid on the hash. So he decided to try to meet her there. He would have been successful too, if it wern't for the distance, timing and the fact that he didn't mention his plans to Joanna. | + | Psud saw on IRC that [[User:Joannac|Joanna]] was planning a pre-dawn raid on the hash. So he decided to try to meet her there. He would have been successful too, if it wern't for the distance, timing and the fact that he didn't mention his plans to Joanna. |
Psud was equipped with GPS and found the hash within a few metres of the Mushroom Tree. | Psud was equipped with GPS and found the hash within a few metres of the Mushroom Tree. | ||
Psud will return by bicycle later in the day. | Psud will return by bicycle later in the day. | ||
Revision as of 22:27, 16 June 2008
| Tue 17 Jun 2008 in -35,149: -35.3042243, 149.1316005 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Geohashing goes political
At roughly 11:30pm AEST on the 16th June 2008, the graticule for the 17th was announced, as per the 30W rule. For Canberra, this turned out to be a most excellent and central location. Within the parliamentary triangle, and yet in a public park!
Triangle man?
Canberra is a planned city. Part of the plan is the central so-called "parliamentary triangle". This is a triangle with apexes on the centers of government, military, and people. (Parliament House is at once corner, the main military offices are on another, and the CBD is on the third)
This triangle is then split by a lake, and filled with a number of government offices, buildings of national interest (National Gallery, National Library, High Court, National Film and Sound Archives, National Science and Technology Centre, Old Parliament House, and so on). The remainder of the space is full of well tended parks, lawns and gardens.
It is in one of these lawns that the hashpoint fell.
The People
Normally we Canberrans only write up a geohash page after a visit. But this one is such a neat location, I can't help it. :)
Those planning to visit include...
Group 1
Well, Joanna doesn't know if she counts as a group by herself, but anyway...
Joanna ventured out at 6:40 or so, soon after she woke up. She is driving to Melbourne today, and is not impressed with the Geohashing gods, who have bad timing :(
She got a few curious stares by people working far too early.
Having not read this page, she thought it was in the Old Parliament House gardens, and plotted to break in. It didn't work, there were gardeners working inside, who would've been upset.
However, she figured it out, and managed to get photos, which will be uploaded later. Apologies in advance for the shaky photos: it was cold.
She also missed Psud by about 20 minutes
The National Archives, which were near the hashpoint.
Closeup of the sign.
Mushrooms = bad
The path has the National Archives on one side...
... and Parkes Pl (behind the walker) on the other.
The horizontal road is Walpole Crescent/Queen Victoria Terrace
Obligatory grinning like an idiot photo, in front of the tree I decided was the hashpoint.
Street directory + hand-drawn map
Group 1.5
Psud saw on IRC that Joanna was planning a pre-dawn raid on the hash. So he decided to try to meet her there. He would have been successful too, if it wern't for the distance, timing and the fact that he didn't mention his plans to Joanna.
Psud was equipped with GPS and found the hash within a few metres of the Mushroom Tree.
Psud will return by bicycle later in the day.
