User:Johnwrw

About Me

33 / m / -37,144

John at 2013-03-24 -37 144 hashpoint

March 2013:

Hello, I am John, and I'm from Melbourne, I went on a couple of geohashes with friends from school in 2008, but recently I learnt that some of my uni friends (Particularly Lachie and Felix) do a bit of geohashing which rekindled my interest in it.

I created this account in order to write up my first geohash expedition after my 4 and a half year hiatus post 2008.

February 2022:

Still in Melbourne, with a fresh flurry of geohashing underway.

All Geohashes

2008 Expeditions

2013:
I don't remember that much about them, there was one in someone's front yard in Kew, after which we went for a walk in a cemetery. The other one involved a train to Hurstbridge, about a 10km ride and then a couple of hundred metre scrabble through a creek valley, probably on someone's property. Both didn't involve GPS, google maps satellite images were our main resources.

Finally written up in 2022:

2008-06-14 -37 145 On a concrete driveway on a suburban street in Kew

2013 Expeditions

2013-03-24 -37 144 Just across the Werribee River from Werribee Open Range Zoo.
2013-06-23 -37 144 Just off Merri Creek trail near Rushall Station.
2013-06-28 -37 144 Derrimut, in the middle of the mess of Freeway at the intersection of the Western Ring Road and the Western Hwy.
2013-12-07 -37 144 Altona, where Kororoit Creek Rd crosses the (direct) Werribee railway line

2014 Expeditions

2014-02-24 -37 144 On Williamstown Rd, Seddon.

2015 Expeditions

2015-04-05 -38 145 In a field with long grass just off the South Gippsland Highway a bit beyond Cranbourne.

2022 Expeditions

2022-02-09 -37 145 Near Latrobe Uni just off the Darebin Creek Trail
2022-02-11 -37 145 Just next to the Yarra River in Abbotsford
2022-02-12 -37 144 On a footpath in South Melbourne
2022-02-15 -37 145 Just off the Mt Everard Track near Kinglake
2022-02-19 -37 144 In a sheep paddock near Broadford
2022-03-01 -37 145 In a eucalypt plantation forest near Wandong
2022-03-05 -37 144 Not reached - In a lake in a saltmarsh in Altona
2022-03-07 -37 144 In the Lerderderg State Park
2022-03-17 -37 145 In a business park in Rowville
2022-03-23 -41 145 In the Flowerdale River Forest Reserve
2022-04-18 -37 145 At Bundoora Park Public Golf Course
2022-04-24 -37 144 On a street in Wyndham Vale
2022-04-26 -37 144 By Arnolds Creek, Melton South
2022-05-25 -37 144 In Fawkner Cemetery
2022-05-27 -38 144 On the foreshore at Torquay
2022-05-28 -37 144 On a footpath in Brooklyn
2022-06-03 -37 144 In a carpark/near a footy ground in Kyneton
2022-07-03 -37 145 On a footpath in Templestowe Lower
2022-07-26 -37 144 At a housing commission block of flats in Fitzroy
2022-08-02 -37 144 In some long grass next to a baseball stadium in Laverton

Geohash Achievements

Johnwrw earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 112.7 km to the (-37, 145) geohash on 2022-03-17.

John earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching hash points on 2 consecutive days starting on 2022-05-27.

Johnwrw earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-03-24.

Johnwrw earned the Hashcat achievement by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-06-28.