Difference between revisions of "South Waikato, New Zealand"

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'''Today's Location:'''
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[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=-38&long=175&zoom=9&abs=-1 South Waikato, NZ]
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The '''South Waikato''' [[graticule]] is located at {{Today's location|lat=-38|lon=175|text=latitude -38, longitude 175}}.
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[[File:2010 01 29 -38 175 South Waikato.jpg|right|thumb|The southerners love their corrugated iron|350px]]
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==Description==
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The South Waikato region is the heartland of the North Island and the land supplies a large proportion of locally sold and exported primary produce (wood, beef and dairy). Land use is mostly farmland and forestry, but the region does have some notable attractions including the Hotpools at Tokaanu [http://www.nzhotpools.co.nz/hot-pools/tokaanu-thermal-pools], trout fishing at Turangi [http://www.turangi.co.nz/], the Kiwihouse at Otorohanga [http://www.kiwihouse.org.nz/], and of course New Zealands largest lake, Lake Taupo.
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==Links==
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The South Waikato region even has a council website [http://www.southwaikato.govt.nz/].
  
'''Today's Location:'''
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==Statistics==
[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=-38&long=175&zoom=9&abs=-1 South Waikato, NZ]
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{{East Geohash
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| name=[[User:Greenslime|Greenslime]] and [[User:JimmyNZ|JimmyNZ]]
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| latitude=-38
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| longitude=175
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| date=2010-01-29
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| image=2010 01 29 -38 175 Future easterly hashes await in this direction.jpg
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| latitude = -38
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| longitude = 175
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| date = 2010-01-29
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| name = [[User:Greenslime|Greenslime]] and [[User:JimmyNZ|JimmyNZ]]
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| image = 2010 01 29 -38 175 Beating blackberry into submission.jpg
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==Local Geohashers==
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an unknown quantity
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==Visitors==
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*[[user:Greenslime|Greenslime]]
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*[[User:JimmyNZ|JimmyNZ]]
  
The '''South Waikato''' [[graticule]] is located at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=-38&long=175 latitude -38, longitude 175].
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==Geohashes Reached==
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*[[2010-01-29_-38_ 175|2010-01-29]] - [[User:Greenslime|Greenslime]] and [[User:JimmyNZ|JimmyNZ]] - Farm Paddock, Near Lake Whakamaru, South Waikato
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*[[2010-02-01_-38_ 175|2010-02-01]] - [[User:Greenslime|Greenslime]] and [[User:JimmyNZ|JimmyNZ]] - Farm Paddock, Near Arataki, South Waikato
  
==Geohashes==
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==Geohashes Not Reached==
*[[2010-01-29_-38_ 175|2010-01-29]] - Farm Paddock, Near Lake Whakamaru, South Waikato
 
*[[2010-02-01_-38_ 175|2010-02-01]] - Farm Paddock, Near Arataki, South Waikato
 
  
==Photo Gallery==
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== Photos Gallery==  
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==Locals==
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*[[user:Greenslime|Greenslime - not a local, just passing through!]]
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File:2010_01_29_-38_175_Initial_appearances_can_be_deceiving.jpg|Sometimes reaching the hash is harder than it looks.
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File:2010 02 01 -38 175 here be hash.jpg |Farm Paddock, Near Arataki, South Waikato.
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Description

The South Waikato region is the heartland of the North Island and the land supplies a large proportion of locally sold and exported primary produce (wood, beef and dairy). Land use is mostly farmland and forestry, but the region does have some notable attractions including the Hotpools at Tokaanu [1], trout fishing at Turangi [2], the Kiwihouse at Otorohanga [3], and of course New Zealands largest lake, Lake Taupo.

Links

The South Waikato region even has a council website [4].

Statistics

East.JPG
Greenslime and JimmyNZ earned the East geohash achievement
by reaching the (-38, 175) geohash on 2010-01-29.
2010 01 29 -38 175 Future easterly hashes await in this direction.jpg
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Greenslime and JimmyNZ earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (-38, 175) graticule, here, on 2010-01-29.
2010 01 29 -38 175 Beating blackberry into submission.jpg

Local Geohashers

an unknown quantity

Visitors

Geohashes Reached

Geohashes Not Reached

Photos Gallery