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== A Canberra Geohash in several easy steps ==
 
== A Canberra Geohash in several easy steps ==
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# Llandorin and Deb park at the nearest spot to the hashpoint
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# [[User:Llandorin|Llandorin]] and Deb park at the nearest spot to the hashpoint
 
#* Geohash point is on the northern slopes of Mt Stromlo
 
#* Geohash point is on the northern slopes of Mt Stromlo
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# Nemo arrives a minute later
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# [[User:Nemo|Nemo]] arrives a minute later
 
#* He had been investigating the inability to drive to the roads on the other side of the bardwire fences
 
#* He had been investigating the inability to drive to the roads on the other side of the bardwire fences
 
# The three of them trek over a barbwire fence and to a dirt road which is reckoned by dodgy phone GPS as the point.
 
# The three of them trek over a barbwire fence and to a dirt road which is reckoned by dodgy phone GPS as the point.
 
#* Yay Nokia
 
#* Yay Nokia
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# Psud arrives with superior GPS-fu, and leads another 50 to a dirt bike path which IS the geohash point.
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# [[User:Psud|Psud]] arrives with superior GPS-fu, and leads another 50 to a mountain bike trail through the edge of the pine trees, and this indeed WAS the geohash point.
 
#* This was more in line with what google maps thought too
 
#* This was more in line with what google maps thought too
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#* Despite being on a bike trail, we did NOT achieve a bicycle geohash, nor were we run over by bicycles
 
# Picnic and photos taken
 
# Picnic and photos taken
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#* Gastronomical discovery of the picnic: Liquorice and salsa. Taste to your own imagination and/or experimentation.
 
#* No robo-camera though
 
#* No robo-camera though
 
# ???
 
# ???
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== Photos ==
 
== Photos ==
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...photos, thanks to Psud, are forthcoming
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<gallery caption="The hash" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5457 Sunny day.jpg|It was a sunny day.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5425 Psud arrives late.jpg|Psud arrived late.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5426 Llandorin Deb and Nemo.jpg|Llandorin, Deb and Nemo were already there, but 50 metres from the hash.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5427 At the geohash.jpg|We reached the hash point.
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Image:24072008 psudcamera.jpg|Psud left the tripod in the car, so tied the camera to a tree for a 100% natural monopod
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5432 Group shot with treepod.jpg|We stood as straight up as we could
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5435 Picnic.jpg|This is a picnic.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5434 A caramello koala.jpg|This is a caramello koala.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5437 Caramello koala with salsa.jpg|This is a naked caramello koala dipped in salsa. An acquired taste.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5438 The area around the hash.jpg|The hash was in the Mt Stromlo pine forest which was destroyed by bushfire in 2003.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5442 Tower Civic and the Capt Cook Memorial Water Jet.jpg|Oblig tower shot, plus a little bit of Canberra City, and the Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet as seen from the hash point.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5452 Frisbee.jpg|Nemo's frisbee was flung.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5459 Returning over the fence.jpg|We left the same way we came - over a barbed wire fence.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5463 over the fence.jpg|Nemo jumped it well.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5466 Psud over the fence.jpg|Psud Climbed it carefully.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5467 and over.jpg|And both got over. Llandorin and Deb had left earlier.
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Image:2008-08-17-pict5481 No ducks were seen.jpg|The sign warned of ducks. None were seen.
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</gallery>
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[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
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[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
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[[Category:Meetup on 2008-08-17]]
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Latest revision as of 02:36, 20 January 2022

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A Canberra Geohash in several easy steps

  1. Llandorin and Deb park at the nearest spot to the hashpoint
    • Geohash point is on the northern slopes of Mt Stromlo
  2. Nemo arrives a minute later
    • He had been investigating the inability to drive to the roads on the other side of the bardwire fences
  3. The three of them trek over a barbwire fence and to a dirt road which is reckoned by dodgy phone GPS as the point.
    • Yay Nokia
  4. Psud arrives with superior GPS-fu, and leads another 50 to a mountain bike trail through the edge of the pine trees, and this indeed WAS the geohash point.
    • This was more in line with what google maps thought too
    • Despite being on a bike trail, we did NOT achieve a bicycle geohash, nor were we run over by bicycles
  5. Picnic and photos taken
    • Gastronomical discovery of the picnic: Liquorice and salsa. Taste to your own imagination and/or experimentation.
    • No robo-camera though
  6.  ???
    • But seriously, ???
  7. PROFIT!!!
    • We will try not to spend it all on beer and hookers. Honestly.

Photos

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  • The hash

  • It was a sunny day.

  • Psud arrived late.

  • Llandorin, Deb and Nemo were already there, but 50 metres from the hash.

  • We reached the hash point.

  • Psud left the tripod in the car, so tied the camera to a tree for a 100% natural monopod

  • We stood as straight up as we could

  • This is a picnic.

  • This is a caramello koala.

  • This is a naked caramello koala dipped in salsa. An acquired taste.

  • The hash was in the Mt Stromlo pine forest which was destroyed by bushfire in 2003.

  • Oblig tower shot, plus a little bit of Canberra City, and the Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet as seen from the hash point.

  • Nemo's frisbee was flung.

  • We left the same way we came - over a barbed wire fence.

  • Nemo jumped it well.

  • Psud Climbed it carefully.

  • And both got over. Llandorin and Deb had left earlier.

  • The sign warned of ducks. None were seen.

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