Difference between revisions of "2018-10-21 -37 144"

Latest revision as of 03:43, 20 January 2022

Location

Right on the footpath, at the corner of Buckley St and Mt Alexander Rd in Essendon.

Participants

Expedition 1: Felix Dance

I got home from a short day walk this afternoon and, as I sat outside in the sun to read a book, I checked the hashes. D'oh! - missed an awesome one yesterday on the Brighton coast near where I was. But woah! Today's is only 5kms away!

I jumped on my bike and raced off. Sadly, Lachie wasn't around, despite it being very close to his house, so I proceeded alone.

Tracking the railway line I was swooped by a non-magpie, my first swooping this season in Melbourne. But it didn't prevent me from the reaching the hash, which was conveniently located right on the footpath, at the intersection, in front of the pedestrian push-button where people were awkwardly trying to cross.

I took my photos and rolled home. What an adventure!

Here is my route.

Photos: Felix Dance

Geohash success!
Me at the hash @-37.7574,144.9195
Some scenery shots
Buckley St Intersection

Achievements: Felix Dance

Felix Dance earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 10.4 kms to and from the (-37, 144) geohash on 2018-10-21.

Expedition 2: Felix Dance and Lachie

At 9pm, I prodded Lachie to see if he'd done the hash yet, since it was so close to his house.

No, he hadn't.

So, dinner finished, I jumped on my bike and headed over to assist him. We met up at his place in Moonee Ponds and got together a good list of achievements we could get: Pirate, musical instrument, juggling, squishee and Tron. We debated going for the Hobbit geohash achievement by walking barefoot there, but got lazy and gave up on that one, possibly foolishly.

Carefully getting our bikes around a route we wouldn't cross on the way home, we arrived at the hash with our pirate hats. We danced around getting to the point, donning hats, then juggling and simultaneously playing the same harmonica. Possibly some weird looks from passers-by.

To finish up, we walked our bikes into the 7/11 right at the hash to buy squishees. We didn't get photos of these, but Lachie took a screenshot of his bank account showing the purchase.

We carefully came back a different route to avoid crossing our tracks for the Tron achievement. Lachie treated me to a post-hash beer at his place before I made my own way home. Giving up on achieving my own Tron achievement after a few mis-steps. Possibly, this was the first geohash I'd been to twice, going home in the interim.

Photos: Felix Dance and Lachie

Lachie juggling at the hash
Felix juggling at the hash
Felix and Lachie playing the harmonica
Phone GPS proof
Squishy achievement proof
Tron achievement proof

Achievements: Felix Dance and Lachie

Felix Dance and Lachie earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement

by wearing swashbuckling pirate hats at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2018-10-21.

Felix Dance and Lachie earned the Musical achievement

by playing Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg as a multiple-musician instrument on 2018-10-21.

Felix Dance and Lachie earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement

by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2018-10-21.

Lachie earned the Tron achievement

by reaching and returning from the (-37, 144) geohash without crossing their own tracks on 2018-10-21.

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 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+Right on the footpath, at the corner of Buckley St and Mt Alexander Rd in Essendon.
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
+*[[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]]
--->
+*[[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
-== Plans ==
+== Expedition 1: Felix Dance ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+I got home from a short day walk this afternoon and, as I sat outside in the sun to read a book, I checked the hashes. D'oh! - missed an awesome one yesterday on the Brighton coast near where I was. But woah! Today's is only 5kms away!
-== Expedition ==
+I jumped on my bike and raced off. Sadly, [[User:lachie|Lachie]] wasn't around, despite it being very close to his house, so I proceeded alone.
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+Tracking the railway line I was swooped by a non-magpie, my first swooping this season in Melbourne. But it didn't prevent me from the reaching the hash, which was conveniently located right on the footpath, at the intersection, in front of the pedestrian push-button where people were awkwardly trying to cross.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
-== Photos ==
+I took my photos and rolled home. What an adventure!
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+[https://goo.gl/maps/YZQhyPh4GD82 Here] is my route.
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+== Photos: Felix Dance ==
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 </gallery>
-== Achievements ==
+== Achievements: Felix Dance ==
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+{{bicycle geohash
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+| latitude = -37
+| longitude = 144
+| date = 2018-10-21
+| name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]]
+| distance = 10.4 kms
+| bothways = true
+| image = 2018-10-21_-37_144_Felix Dance_1540106592087.jpg
+}}
+== Expedition 2: Felix Dance and [[User:Lachie|Lachie]] ==
+At 9pm, I prodded Lachie to see if he'd done the hash yet, since it was so close to his house.
+No, he hadn't.
+So, dinner finished, I jumped on my bike and headed over to assist him. We met up at his place in Moonee Ponds and got together a good list of achievements we could get: Pirate, musical instrument, juggling, squishee and Tron. We debated going for the Hobbit geohash achievement by walking barefoot there, but got lazy and gave up on that one, possibly foolishly.
+Carefully getting our bikes around a route we wouldn't cross on the way home, we arrived at the hash with our pirate hats. We danced around getting to the point, donning hats, then juggling and simultaneously playing the same harmonica. Possibly some weird looks from passers-by.
+To finish up, we walked our bikes into the 7/11 right at the hash to buy squishees. We didn't get photos of these, but Lachie took a screenshot of his bank account showing the purchase.
+We carefully came back a different route to avoid crossing our tracks for the Tron achievement. Lachie treated me to a post-hash beer at his place before I made my own way home. Giving up on achieving my own Tron achievement after a few mis-steps. Possibly, this was the first geohash I'd been to twice, going home in the interim.
+== Photos: Felix Dance and Lachie ==
+<gallery perrow="5">
+Image:Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Lachie.jpg|Lachie juggling at the hash
+Image:Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Juggle.jpg|Felix juggling at the hash
+Image:Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg|Felix and Lachie playing the harmonica
+Image:Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Proof.jpg|Phone GPS proof
+Image:Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Squishy.jpg|Squishy achievement proof
+Image:Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Tron.jpg|Tron achievement proof
+</gallery>
+== Achievements: Felix Dance and Lachie ==
+{{Buccaneer geohash
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+    | longitude = 144
+    | date = 2018-10-21
+    | action = wearing swashbuckling pirate hats
+    | name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] and [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
+    | image = Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Lachie.jpg
+}}
+{{musical achievement
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+    | longitude = 144
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+    | date = 2018-10-21
+    | name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] and [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
+    | image = Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg
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+    | instrument = Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg
+    | performance = multiple-musician instrument
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+}}
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+{{GeoSquishy FirstSip
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+    | latitude = -37
+    | longitude = 144
+    | date = 2018-10-21
+    | name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] and [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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+{{Tron
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+    | longitude = 144
--- and a reason --
+    | date = 2018-10-21
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+    | tracklog = {{canonicalurl:File:Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Tron.jpg}}
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
+    | possessive = their
+    | name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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+    | image = Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Tron.jpg
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
+}}
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
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+[[Category:Expeditions]]
+[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
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