Difference between revisions of "2008-06-29 -35 149"

Revision as of 11:22, 30 June 2008

Psud met Kieran at the usual meeting place, the Glowing Cube for an attempt on a Canberra geohash. They waited for about 10 minutes for any other geohashers wanting a lift, but none arrived.

A long drive along good quality dirt roads led the intrepid geohashers to farmland just past Tallaganda State Park. They were greeted by a pair of black bulls. The bulls refused to talk to the geohashers. Undeterred they trekked an easy kilometer across rolling hills, with a slight interruption as Kieran slaked his thirst with a dose of water from a small creek. The hash itself was just beyond a new pine plantation, near a nice tree.

The geohashers photographed the spot and returned part of the way to the car to explore a boulder strewn waterhole fed by the stream they had stepped across on their way to the hash.

Finches were observed.

A dirt road provided a nice way back to the car, and the geohashers retired to a pub in Braidwood.

The sky darkened on the trip home, and Kieran discovered that he could make pretty pictures of the lights on and around the road with Psud's camera set to second and a half exposures.

Pictures

The Trip to the hash
Psud found Kieran at the glowing cube
The road to the hash
More road
The hash was just past this park!
Bulls welcomed us
Kieran wanted to play with the bulls
The first bull didn't want to play
The second bull agreed with the first
Psud enters the paddock
Wombats were here - nature's bulldozers
Psud found a bridge
Kieran found a way past this fence
Psud found a different way
A full grown banksia surprised us by its presence
It looked like the hash was in a pine plantation. Again
Kieran got thirsty. Fortunately there was a creek
The hash!
Kieran at the hash
Psud points out the hash
The sky over the hash

The Return
More friendly bovines
Waterhole near the hash. Finches were hiding in the trees
Kieran
Psud
We made it back!
The drive back was long. So we stopped at a pub
XKCD isn't the only unpronounceable group of letters
The sun set on us
(Oblig. Tower)
Sunset continued
Pink clouds - we looked for Monkey, but couldn't see him
The tower approached

Too Dark for sensible photos

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-[[User:Psud|Psud]] met [[User:Kieran|Kieran]] at the usual meeting place, the Glowing Cube. They waited for about 10 minutes for any other geohashers wanting a lift, but none arrived.
+{{meetup graticule
+| map=<map lat="-35" lon="149" date="2008-06-29" />
+| lat=-35
+| lon=149
+| date=2008-06-08
+}}
+[[User:Psud|Psud]] met [[User:Kieran|Kieran]] at the usual meeting place, the Glowing Cube for an attempt on a [[Canberra, Australia|Canberra]] geohash. They waited for about 10 minutes for any other geohashers wanting a lift, but none arrived.
 A long drive along good quality dirt roads led the intrepid geohashers to farmland just past Tallaganda State Park. They were greeted by a pair of black bulls. The bulls refused to talk to the geohashers. Undeterred they trekked an easy kilometer across rolling hills, with a slight interruption as Kieran slaked his thirst with a dose of water from a small creek. The hash itself was just beyond a new pine plantation, near a nice tree.
@@ Line 10: / Line 16: @@
 The sky darkened on the trip home, and Kieran discovered that he could make pretty pictures of the lights on and around the road with Psud's camera set to second and a half exposures.
+=== Pictures ===
+<gallery caption="The Trip to the hash" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4774.jpg|Psud found Kieran at the glowing cube
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4828.jpg|The road to the hash
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4863.jpg|More road
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4877.jpg|The hash was just past this park!
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4886.jpg|Bulls welcomed us
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4890.jpg|Kieran wanted to play with the bulls
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4898.jpg|The first bull didn't want to play
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4902.jpg|The second bull agreed with the first
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4912.jpg|Psud enters the paddock
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4917.jpg|Wombats were here - nature's bulldozers
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4925.jpg|Psud found a bridge
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4935.jpg|Kieran found a way past this fence
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4937.jpg|Psud found a different way
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4942.jpg|A full grown banksia surprised us by its presence
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4945.jpg|It looked like the hash was in a pine plantation. Again
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4953.jpg|Kieran got thirsty. Fortunately there was a creek
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4954.jpg|The hash!
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4956.jpg|Kieran at the hash
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4957.jpg|Psud points out the hash
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4980.jpg|The sky over the hash
+</gallery>
+<gallery caption="The Return" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4965.jpg|More friendly bovines
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4970.jpg|Waterhole near the hash. Finches were hiding in the trees
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4973.jpg|Kieran
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4976.jpg|Psud
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-4983.jpg|We made it back!
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5007.jpg|The drive back was long. So we stopped at a pub
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5012.jpg|XKCD isn't the only unpronounceable group of letters
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5013.jpg|The sun set on us
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5018.jpg|(Oblig. Tower)
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5021.jpg|Sunset continued
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5025.jpg|Pink clouds - we looked for Monkey, but couldn't see him
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5032.jpg|The tower approached
+</gallery>
+<gallery caption="Too Dark for sensible photos" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5043.jpg
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5058.jpg
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5060.jpg
+Image:2008-06-29-35S149E-5061.jpg
+</gallery>


Sun 8 Jun 2008 in -35,149: -35.0475817, 149.2309159 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox