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
2022-08-28 -37 144 On the nature strip of Kennedy St, Keilor at night
2022-08-29 -37 144 In a cul-de-sac in Hadfield at midnight
2022-08-31 -37 144 With Ed, Cam and Lachie in F Rush Reserve, Altona, after work.
2022-09-03 -37 144 On the old Melbourne Sewerage Outflow Channel easement, Altona North
2022-09-18 -36 145 In a cow paddock near Violet Town
2022-09-29 -37 145 By someone's front door in Hawthorn
2022-10-20 -37 144 In the Mt Cottrell Nature Conservation Reserve
2022-12-14 -37 144 No trespassing behind a fence in Sunbury

2023 Expeditions

2023-02-18 -37 144 In a Macca's carpark in Broadmeadows
2023-02-20 -37 145 Between two lanes of traffic on Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill.
2023-02-22 -37 144 In a paddock near Kororoit Creek, Melton.
2023-02-23 -37 144 On a small street in Williamstown.
2023-02-24_-37_145 A busy roadside in Wollert.
2023-02-28 -36 145 In Rushworth State Forest, Whroo.
2023-03-04 -38 144 In a field west of Barwon Heads.
2023-04-10_-41_145 Vale of Belvoir, Tassie.
2023-04-19 -37 144 On a suburban street in the bayside suburb of Brighton.
2023-05-01_-37_144 Vasa Place Reserve, Keilor Lodge.
2023-06-04 -37 145 On a suburban footpath in Camberwell.
2023-06-14 -37 144 In Lawrie Emmins Reserve in Laverton, SW Melbourne.
2023-07-06 -38 144 No access at a golf driving range, Torquay.
2023-07-18 -37 144 On the Altona Foreshore, with Bridget.
2023-07-30 -37 144 In Birrarung Marr park next to the Yarra
2023-08-03 -37 144 On the front lawn of a house in Avondale Heights
2023-08-25 -37 145 In someone's driveway, Glen Iris
2023-08-29 -37 144 Just over someone's fence in Altona North
2023-09-18 -37 145 In bush by the edge of the Diamond Creek
2023-10-13 -37 145 On the oval of the Rosanna Golf Links Primary School, Macleod
2023-10-14 -37 144 On the Galada Tamboore Pathway, Craigieburn.
2023-10-16 -37 144 In Clarke Rd Streamside Reserve, on Kororoit Creek, Caroline Springs.
2023-10-18 -37 144 In Norm Raven Reserve, Diggers Rest.
2023-10-22 -37 145 On the Alpine Track in Ferny Creek during a hilly run.
2023-10-25 -37 144 In a carpark in Brimbank park, in Melbourne's northwest.
2023-11-06 -37 144 Tucked behind a Ford dealership in Hoppers Crossing.
2023-11-17 -37 144 In something paddockish in Point Cook Costal Park.
2023-11-20 -36 142 Next to a creek at Joel Joel, north of Ararat, Western Victoria.
2023-12-16 -38 144 On a street in Sorrento, just south of the Bay.
2023-12-24 -37 144 On a disused platform at Flemington Racecourse, some repercussions.

2024 Expeditions

2024-01-11 -37 143 Inside Creswick State Forest, near Wattle Flat.
2024-01-24 -37 144 On a football oval in Essendon North.
2024-02-02 -37 144 In a car wash near Aircraft station
2024-02-03 -37 144 Jawbone Conservation Reserve, Williamstown.
2024-02-22 -37 145 On the nature strip of a vetinary hospital in Eltham North.
2024-02-25 -37 144 On the corner of Al-Taqwa College, Truganina.
2024-02-29 -37 145 On a footpath in Murrumbeena.
2024-03-08 -37 145 In a carpark next to Heide in Bulleen.
2024-03-10 -37 144 In an empty lot in Albion.
2024-03-12 -37 144 In a garden bed at The Royal Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
2024-03-17 -37 144 A roadside in Toolern Vale.
2024-03-27 -35 149 In a park in Latham, Canberra.
2024-04-01 -37 144 By a roadside in Myrniong.
2024-05-02 -36 143 Just off the Maryborough-Dunolly Road.
2024-06-03 -37 144 In a large vacant block of land in Greenvale.
2024-06-10 -37 145 Next to field near the town of Beveridge, north of Melbourne.
2024-06-14 -37 145 Next to a bush at the ground floor carpark of a block of flats in Burnley.
2024-06-18 -37 144 On a street in Brunswick.
2024-06-24 -37 144 At a 7/11 in Brunswick West.
2024-07-02 -37 144 In some grass behind Keilor Downs College.
2024-07-24 -37 144 In a front yard in Altona.
2024-07-26 -36 144 On the Midland Highway in central Bendigo
2024-07-26 -37 145 On Yarra Rd, Wonga Park
2024-07-29 -37 144 In Lawrie Emmins Reserve, Laverton (again)
2024-08-18 -37 145 In Epping Plaza carpark
2024-08-25 -37 145 In an autorepair shop carpark, Preston
2024-09-19 -38 143 In a small strip of bush on the edge of the Hamilton Highway

Geohash Achievements

John earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (-37, 145) geohash on 2023-10-13 despite being thoroughly wet from rain.

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 3 consecutive days starting on 2023-02-22.

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.

John earned the Constant geohasher achievement by reaching coordinates every month from 2023-02-18 to 2024-07-02, reaching a total of 18 months.

John achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Melbourne West, Australia and 7 of the surrounding graticules.