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| + | Another top geohash! | ||
| + | Today was my last day at work before the Christmas break and I knew I had to go out with a bang (i.e. geohash). After working through the morning from home I jumped on my bike and rode off to the Auburn Hotel (formerly Geebung Hotel, named after a Banjo Patterson poem - I don't approve of the rename). Here were my work break-up lunch and drinks. | ||
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| + | After an hour of shmoozing and boozing (1 pint) I bid farewell, got back on my bike and rode off towards the hash - coincidentally only a couple of kilometres away. The sun had come out and my nicely tuned road bike got me over the hills with ease. | ||
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| + | I arrived at the hash-street, shaded with trees in a quiet, residential area. The street was made of concrete rather than asphalt, which I think might almost qualify me for a 'We Built This City' award by descent since my family used to always boast of how my great-grandpa was supposedly famous for having introduced the concrete streets into this area when he was the council's chief engineer back in the 1950s or sometime. | ||
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| + | Anyway, I could see that the hash was about 10m into the property. So I carefully unlatched the gate and walked in. If I was caught I was going to say that I was looking for number 28 or something feasible and get out. After all, there's no trespassing before you're asked to leave (how would people deliver things?). | ||
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| + | I managed to get right down to less than 1 metre, always my goal (I call 5 metres a success). It was basically right where that bin-lean was happening in the photo below. I should have taken a selfie at the spot but I was too keen to get back onto public land. | ||
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| + | I took some photos with my bike on the footpath and rode home via the Yarra bike path and old Chandler Hwy bridge. Too easy. | ||
== Tracklog == | == Tracklog == | ||
{{tracklog | 20211222_133022 Geohash 2021-12-22 -37 145.gpx}} | {{tracklog | 20211222_133022 Geohash 2021-12-22 -37 145.gpx}} | ||
| + | <br/>Unfortunately, I forgot to unpause my GPS watch after the pub which explains the straight, diagonal line. | ||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 22 December 2021
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Location
In the front yard of a house in Balwyn.
Participants
Expedition
Another top geohash!
Today was my last day at work before the Christmas break and I knew I had to go out with a bang (i.e. geohash). After working through the morning from home I jumped on my bike and rode off to the Auburn Hotel (formerly Geebung Hotel, named after a Banjo Patterson poem - I don't approve of the rename). Here were my work break-up lunch and drinks.
After an hour of shmoozing and boozing (1 pint) I bid farewell, got back on my bike and rode off towards the hash - coincidentally only a couple of kilometres away. The sun had come out and my nicely tuned road bike got me over the hills with ease.
I arrived at the hash-street, shaded with trees in a quiet, residential area. The street was made of concrete rather than asphalt, which I think might almost qualify me for a 'We Built This City' award by descent since my family used to always boast of how my great-grandpa was supposedly famous for having introduced the concrete streets into this area when he was the council's chief engineer back in the 1950s or sometime.
Anyway, I could see that the hash was about 10m into the property. So I carefully unlatched the gate and walked in. If I was caught I was going to say that I was looking for number 28 or something feasible and get out. After all, there's no trespassing before you're asked to leave (how would people deliver things?).
I managed to get right down to less than 1 metre, always my goal (I call 5 metres a success). It was basically right where that bin-lean was happening in the photo below. I should have taken a selfie at the spot but I was too keen to get back onto public land.
I took some photos with my bike on the footpath and rode home via the Yarra bike path and old Chandler Hwy bridge. Too easy.
Tracklog
Unfortunately, I forgot to unpause my GPS watch after the pub which explains the straight, diagonal line.
Photos
GPS Proof
Me with Hash
Bike selfie
The hash is right where this bin lean is going on
East view
West view
Achievements
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Felix Dance earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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