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{{ASG|Y=1990|m=03|d=23|gender=m|lat=-37|lon=144}}
 
{{ASG|Y=1990|m=03|d=23|gender=m|lat=-37|lon=144}}
  
I live in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. I got into geohashing through my friends Felix, Stevage and Tales. I've only done a few so far but plan to do more, mostly on my bike.
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I live in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. I got into geohashing through my friends Felix, Stevage and Talex. I've only done a few so far but plan to do more, mostly on my bike.
  
 
=== 2012 Expeditions===
 
=== 2012 Expeditions===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2012-06-30_-38_145]] - On the bank of the Lang Lang River, next to farm land.<br/>
 
[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2012-11-06 -37 145]] - In the rain near Kallista<br/>
 
[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2012-11-06 -37 145]] - In the rain near Kallista<br/>
[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2012-06-30_-38_145]] - On the bank of the Lang Lang River, next to farm land.<br/>
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=== 2013 Expeditions===
 
[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-07_-37_145]] - In the middle of the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, in Melbourne's outer southeastern suburbs.<br/>
 
[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-07_-37_145]] - In the middle of the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, in Melbourne's outer southeastern suburbs.<br/>
 
[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-08_-38_145]] - In a paddock south of Warragul. A country town in Victoria.<br/>
 
[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-08_-38_145]] - In a paddock south of Warragul. A country town in Victoria.<br/>
[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-09_-37_144]] - In a paddock West of Kilmore.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-09_-37_144]] - In a paddock West of Kilmore.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-10_-37_145]] - In a quarry in Upper Ferntree Gully.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-11_-38_144]] - In a paddock near Avalon airport.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-14_-37_144]] - On The Hume Highway in Cragieburn.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow4.png|12px]] [[2013-01-16 -38 145]] - Failed: No trespassing at Bluescope steel plant in Hastings.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-01-31_-37_145]] - In a paddock near Kinglake.<br>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-02-03_-37_145]] - At a house in Box Hill.<br>
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[[Image:Arrow4.png|12px]] [[2013-02-05 -37 144]] - Failed: Arrived at 00:30 the next day. In a padock near melton<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-02-06_-37_145]] - Tintern College, Ringwood East.<br>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-02-08_-37_144]] - Amongst trees near Gordon, Victoria. <br>
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[[Image:Arrow4.png|12px]] [[2013-02-09_-37_144]] - Very close to my house.<br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-02-17_-37_145]] - On a road in Elsternwick. <br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-02-20_-37_145]] - Near sugarloaf reservoir. <br>
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[[image:arrow4.png|12px]] [[2013-02-20_-37_144]] - Failed: In a paddock near Ballan. <br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-02-23 -37 145]] - Near Lysterfield park in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.<br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-03-02 -37 144]] - In a paddock near Broadford. <br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-03-06 -37 144]] - On a rocky hill half way between Melton and Gisborne.<br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-03-07 -37 145]] - Mount Dandenong.<br>
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[[image:arrow4.png|12px]] [[2013-03-10_-38_143]] - Failed: In a paddock in Collac graticule. <br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-03-11_-37_144]] - In a paddock near Werribe. <br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-03-27_-35_147]] - In a Paddock, Albury, New South Wales <br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-05-16_-37_145]] - In Mount Waverley, Melbourne, Australia. <br>
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[[image:arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-05-24_-37_145]] - In parkland in Eaglemont, Melbourne, Australia. <br>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-06-23 -37 144]] - Merri Creek trail, 3km from my house <br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-09-04 -37 144]] - In a paddock near Melton. <br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-09-08 -37 145]] - In a park in North Balwyn. <br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-09-30 -37 144]] - In the front yard of a house in Coburg. <br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-10-01 -37 145]] - In a swamp to the north of Launching Place. <br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-12-26 -37 145]] - On a bike trip <br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-12-29 -37 145]] - In Donvale incorporating a Dandenongs ride.<br/>
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=== 2014 Expeditions===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-02-02 -37 145]] - Next to the Yarra River.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-03-05 -37 145]] - In a park in Fairfield on a tandem.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-06-19 -36 145]] - On a dairy farm near Tatura.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-07-07 -36 149]] - Amongst trees near Rocky Hall.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-08-29 -37 145]] - On the Mullum-Mullum Creek Trail, Donvale.<br/>
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=== 2015 Expeditions===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2015-05-06 -37 145]] - On a residential street in Templestowe.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2016-07-15 -37 145]] - At Arthurs Creek, through a cemetery.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2015-12-28 -37 147]] - Off Dinner Plain, near Mt Hotham.<br/>
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=== 2016 Expeditions===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2016-02-28 -37 144]] - In a park in Sunshine.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2016-07-15 -37 145]] - At Arthurs Creek, through a cemetery.<br/>
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=== 2018 Expeditions===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2018-10-21 -37 144]] - At an intersection in Essendon<br/>
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=== 2019 Expeditions===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2019-02-18 -37 144]] - Inside the wall of a Yarraville supermarket<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2019-02-23 -37 144]] - In a house under construction in Travancore<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2019-05-05 -37 144]] - On a residential street in Glenroy<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow1.png|12px]] [[2019-08-07 -37 144]] - Fail: In a Kensington property<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2019-10-03 -37 144]] - In Lerderderg State Park<br/>
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=== 2020 Expeditions===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2020-05-08 -37 145]] - On an old rail trail in Glen Iris<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2020-06-15 -37 144]] - On a nighttime picnic hash at a park in Port Melbourne<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2020-06-20 -37 144]] - In two groups in Pascoe Vale<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2020-06-22 -37 144]] - In industrial Laverton<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2020-09-04 -37 144]] - Ride-by hash on a road in Brunswick<br/>
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=== 2021 Expeditions ===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-03-14 -37 144]] - At a demolished school in Fawkner with beers<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-06-27 -38 144]] - 300m out to sea from Dromana including a 170km bike ride<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow1.png|12px]] [[2021-07-06 -37 145]] - Aborted hash in a lake out at a residential estate<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-07-13 -37 145]] - In a park in Box Hill with beers<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-08-26 -37 144]] - In Royal park on a golf course<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-10-03 -37 145]] - In the bush by the Yarra<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-10-21 -37 144]] - Next to a primary school in Braybrook<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-10-30 -37 145]] - Near the dam wall of Silvan Reservoir<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-11-05 -37 144]] - In a field in Keilor North<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-11-15 -37 144]] - On a nature strip between Broadmeadows and Dallas<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-11-22 -37 145]] - On a residential street in Bundoora<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-12-09 -37 144]] - On a residential fence in Port Melbourne<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-12-13 -37 145]] - Next to a SkyRail construction site in Preston<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-12-18 -37 144]] - On a Moonee Ponds footpath beneath a jacaranda tree<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2021-12-23 -37 145]] - In an alpaca paddock in Kilsyth South<br/>
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=== 2022 Expeditions ===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-01-18 -37 144]] - In a park outside the Eynesbury housing estate<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-01-24 -37 145]] - Just over a fence in a park in Kooyong, with buddies<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow1.png|12px]] [[2022-02-16 -37 149]] - Past a creek in thick bush in the Kiah valley, south of Eden<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-02-25 -37 145]] - Along a spur near Mt Everard<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-03-21 -37 144]] - On a street in Seabrook<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-04-11 -37 144]] - With a big group on a nature strip in Coburg<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-05-09 -37 145]] - In a ditch between the Dingley Bypass and a bike path with [[User:Stevage|Steve]], [[User:Mdixon4|Matt]] and [[User:Felix Dance|Felix]].<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-05-25 -37 144]] - In Fawkner Cemetery<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-07-26 -37 144]] - At a housing commission block of flats in Fitzroy<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-08-28 -37 144]] - On the nature strip of Kennedy St, Keilor at night<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-08-29 -37 144]] - In a cul-de-sac in Hadfield at midnight<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-08-31 -37 144]] - With [[User:EdBordin|Ed]], [[User:Cam_(2013)|Cam]] and [[User:johnwrw|John]] in F Rush Reserve, Altona, after work.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2022-10-08 -37 142]] - On the side of a hill in Gariwerd National Park with [[User:Stevage|Steve]]<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow1.png|12px]] [[2022-11-12 -37 144]] - Just inside the corner of an office building in Cremorne with [[User:Felix Dance|Felix]] and [[User:LauraG|Laura]]<br/>
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=== 2023 Expeditions ===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-01-12 -38 145]] - In a field near Meeniyan on a cycle tour.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-02-20 -37 145]] - Between two lanes of traffic on Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-02-21 -37 145]] - In a laneway in Donvale.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-02-23 -37 144]] - On a small street in Williamstown.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-02-25 -37 144]] - In a field in Pyalong on a 200kms fixy ride.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-02-27 -37 144]] - Next to Little River in Little River with [[User:Cam_(2013)|Cam]].<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-03-05 -37 144]] - Next to a train line in Little River.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-04-08 -37 145]] - On a footpath in Wheelers Hill<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-04-21 -36 145]] - In a field near Nathalia on a cycle tour.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-05-31 -37 144]] - On a footy field in Cherry Creek, Altona.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-06-04 -37 145]] - On a suburban footpath in Camberwell.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-06-06 -37 145]] - In a suburban driveway in Wantirna, eastern Melbourne.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-07-18 -37 144]] - 3rd expedition, with Felix, at Altona foreshore.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-07-30 -37 144]] - In Birrarung Marr park next to the Yarra.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-08-30 -37 145]] - On a street in East Kew.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-09-27 -37 146]] - In the bush near Mt Baw Baw.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-10-07 -37 144]] - With Pearl and Patrick in a paddock in Rockbank.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-10-13 -37 145]] - On the oval of the Rosanna Golf Links Primary School, Macleod.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-10-22 -37 145]] - On the Alpine Track in Ferny Creek with Patrick.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-10-25 -37 144]] - In a carpark in Brimbank park, in Melbourne's northwest<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-10-29 -37 144]] - In a field in Wyndham, in Melbourne's southwest<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-11-03 -38 145]] - In Paratea Reserve in Frankston South with Lachlan and Patrick<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-11-17 -37 144]] - In something paddockish in Point Cook Costal Park.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-11-18 -37 145]] - In a paddock near Yarra Glen<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-11-25 -37 144]] - Just off a road at Point Cook<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-12-10 -37 145]] - On the edge of Bilson College, Mernda<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-12-24 -37 144]] - On the platform of Flemington Racecourse station, some repercussions<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2023-12-25 -37 145]] - Banksia Park, Bulleen<br/>
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=== 2024 Expeditions ===
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-01-24 -37 144]] - On a football oval in Essendon North, with Stevage, Patrick, [[User:BarbaraTables|BarbaraTables]] and Ed.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-01-31 -37 145]] - In a truck loading bay behind Epping Plaza, in Melbourne's northern suburbs.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-02-02 -37 144]] - Near RAAF Williams.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-02-03 -37 144]] - Jawbone Conservation Reserve, Williamstown.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-02-25 -37 144]] - On the corner of Al-Taqwa College, Truganina.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-02-29 -37 145]] - On a suburban street in Murrumbeena.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-03-06 -37 145]] - In bushland, 30m from Sugarloaf lookout, near Kinglake.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-03-08 -37 145]] - In a car park in Bulleen.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-06-03 -37 144]] - In a large vacant block of land in Greenvale, in Melbourne's northen suburbs.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-06-24 -37 144]] - On the wall of a 7-Eleven in Brunswick West.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow1.png|12px]] [[2024-07-02 -37 144]] - Failed on the way to the airport nearly via Kielor Downs.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-07-26 -37 145]] - On Yarra Rd, Wonga Park, with John.<br/>
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2024-11-25 -37 144]] - On a footy oval in Lebanon Reserve, Strathmore.<br/>
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== Fauna Collection ==
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I've decided to keep a list of all the fauna i encounter on my geohashes. Not sure exactly how i define an encounter but seeing a cow in a paddock doesn't count, almost crashing my bike into a cow does.
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Cow - On dirt road near Kinglake, I almost crashed my bike into. [[2013-01-31_-37_145]]<br>
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Deer - On road on the way back from Kinglake, we decided not to shoot it.[[2013-01-31_-37_145]]<br>
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Kangaroo - On dirt road on Kinglake trip, we made friends hung out for a while. [[2013-01-31_-37_145]]<br>
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Dog - Near house Barking a lot on Gordon trip [[2013-02-08_-37_144]]<br>
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Goat - On cliff next to road near Sugarloaf Reservoir [[2013-02-20_-37_145]]<br>
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Rabbits - On almost every trip, in particular the dead ones hanging from the fence on Kilmore [[2013-01-09_-37_144]]<br>
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Fox(or giant killer possum) with a rabbit in its mouth in Keilor Park on the way bake from Melton [[2013-02-05 -37 144]]<br>
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Horse - I patted a horse about 10m from the hash in Broadford [[2013-03-02 -37 144]] <br>
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Snakes - I had to swerve to avoid running over two snakes on the Calder Freeway on the way to [[2013-03-06 -37 144]] <br>
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Bull ant -  I was rudely awoken from my nap by a bull ant on the way home from [[2013-03-06 -37 144]] <br>
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Leech - I aquired a leech in my shoe near Silvan[[2021-10-30_-37_145]] <br>
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Pointy Billed Ducklings - I spotted a pile of ground birds with their mother near Kalorama [[2021-10-30_-37_145]] <br>
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Wombat or maybe kangaroo - There's a dead wombat on the railroat tracks near Tecoma [[2021-10-30_-37_145]] <br>
  
 
== Achievments ==
 
== Achievments ==
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{{Buccaneer geohash
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    | longitude = 144
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    | date = 2018-10-21
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    | action = wearing swashbuckling pirate hats
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    | name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] and [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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    | image = Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Lachie.jpg
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}}
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{{musical achievement
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    | latitude = -37
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    | longitude = 144
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    | date = 2018-10-21
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    | name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] and [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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    | image = Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg
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    | count = 1
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    | instrument = Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg
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    | performance = multiple-musician instrument
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}}
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{{GeoSquishy FirstSip
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    | latitude = -37
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    | longitude = 144
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    | date = 2018-10-21
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    | name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] and [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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    | image =
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}}
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{{Tron
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    | latitude = -37
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    | longitude = 144
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    | date = 2018-10-21
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    | tracklog = {{canonicalurl:File:Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Tron.jpg}}
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    | possessive = their
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    | name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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    | image = Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Tron.jpg
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}}
  
 
{{land geohash
 
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| image = 2012-06-30_-38_145_17-15-23-207.jpg
 
| image = 2012-06-30_-38_145_17-15-23-207.jpg
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Bicycle geohash
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    | latitude = -37
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    | longitude = 145
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    | date = 2012-11-06
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    | name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] & [[User:Lachie|Lachlan Gordon]]
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    | distance = 89.7kms
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    | image =
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}}
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{{drag-along
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| latitude = -38
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| longitude = 144
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| date = 2013-01-11
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| partner = [[User:EdBordin|Ed]]
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachlan Gordon]]
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}}
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{{consecutive geohash
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| count = 5
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| latitude = -38
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| longitude = 144
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| date = 2013-01-11
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachlan Gordon]]
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}}
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{{Speed racer
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 144
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| date = 2013-01-14
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachlan Gordon]]
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| image =
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| speed = 80 km/hr
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}}
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{{No trespassing
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| latitude = -38
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| longitude = 145
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| date = 2013-01-16
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachlan Gordon]]
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}}
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{{Drowned rat geohash
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 145
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| date = 2013-01-31
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| name = Lachlan
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}}
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{{Thumbs Up
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 145
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| date = 2013-01-31
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| honor = yes
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| name = Lachlan
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}}
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{{Velociraptor geohash
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 144
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| date = 2013-02-08
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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| image = 2013-02-08 -37 144 raptor.JPG
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}}
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{{gratuitous ribbon
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 144
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| date = 2013-02-08
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| achievement = Ridiculous Achievement
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| description = doing a 280k bike ride with no planning
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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{{Combo
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 144
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| date = 2013-02-09
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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| comboname = Puppet Master Couch Potato Honourable Mention
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| action = being a long way from home on a geohash trip when it fell at his house so calling various people to do it for him
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| consolation = true
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| icon1 = Puppetmaster2.png‎
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| icon2 = Couchpotatohm.png
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| cat1 = Puppet master geohash achievement
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| cat2 = Couch potato geohash honorable mention
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}}
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{{Prize poultry
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 144
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| date = 2013-02-20
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| name = Lachlan
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| reason = Tiredness and/or dehydrations and/or poisoning
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}}
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{{Midnight geohash
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 144
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| date = 2013-03-06
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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}}
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{{Train wreck
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| latitude = -38
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| longitude = 143
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| date = 2013-03-10
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| reason = due to having half a dozen bike failures in one trip with a seized up wheel finally ending it all.
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| name = lachlan
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}}
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{{Border geohash achievement
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| latitude = -35
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| longitude = 147
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| date = 2013-03-27
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| country1 = Victoria
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| country2 = New South Wales
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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}}
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{{GeoSquishy FirstSip
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 145
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| date = 2013-05-16
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]] and Tom W
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}}
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{{GeoSquishy 5Star
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 145
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| date = 2013-05-16
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]] and Tom W
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}}
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{{GeoSquishy Rain
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| latitude = -37
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| longitude = 145
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| date = 2013-05-16
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]] and Tom W
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}}
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{{OpenStreetMap achievement
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| latitude = -36
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| longitude = 149
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| date = 2014-07-07
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| OSMlink = 24153479
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| name = [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
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<td style="padding: 0px 12px 0px 10px;"> '''[[User:Lachie|Lachie]] and Tom W earned the ''Product Placement'' geoSquishy achievement'''
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== Geomap ==
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Latest revision as of 03:05, 26 November 2024

About Me

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I live in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. I got into geohashing through my friends Felix, Stevage and Talex. I've only done a few so far but plan to do more, mostly on my bike.

2012 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2012-06-30_-38_145 - On the bank of the Lang Lang River, next to farm land.
Arrow2.png 2012-11-06 -37 145 - In the rain near Kallista

2013 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2013-01-07_-37_145 - In the middle of the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, in Melbourne's outer southeastern suburbs.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-08_-38_145 - In a paddock south of Warragul. A country town in Victoria.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-09_-37_144 - In a paddock West of Kilmore.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-10_-37_145 - In a quarry in Upper Ferntree Gully.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-11_-38_144 - In a paddock near Avalon airport.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-14_-37_144 - On The Hume Highway in Cragieburn.
Arrow4.png 2013-01-16 -38 145 - Failed: No trespassing at Bluescope steel plant in Hastings.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-31_-37_145 - In a paddock near Kinglake.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-03_-37_145 - At a house in Box Hill.
Arrow4.png 2013-02-05 -37 144 - Failed: Arrived at 00:30 the next day. In a padock near melton
Arrow2.png 2013-02-06_-37_145 - Tintern College, Ringwood East.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-08_-37_144 - Amongst trees near Gordon, Victoria.
Arrow4.png 2013-02-09_-37_144 - Very close to my house.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-17_-37_145 - On a road in Elsternwick.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-20_-37_145 - Near sugarloaf reservoir.
Arrow4.png 2013-02-20_-37_144 - Failed: In a paddock near Ballan.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-23 -37 145 - Near Lysterfield park in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-02 -37 144 - In a paddock near Broadford.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-06 -37 144 - On a rocky hill half way between Melton and Gisborne.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-07 -37 145 - Mount Dandenong.
Arrow4.png 2013-03-10_-38_143 - Failed: In a paddock in Collac graticule.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-11_-37_144 - In a paddock near Werribe.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-27_-35_147 - In a Paddock, Albury, New South Wales
Arrow2.png 2013-05-16_-37_145 - In Mount Waverley, Melbourne, Australia.
Arrow2.png 2013-05-24_-37_145 - In parkland in Eaglemont, Melbourne, Australia.
Arrow2.png 2013-06-23 -37 144 - Merri Creek trail, 3km from my house
Arrow2.png 2013-09-04 -37 144 - In a paddock near Melton.
Arrow2.png 2013-09-08 -37 145 - In a park in North Balwyn.
Arrow2.png 2013-09-30 -37 144 - In the front yard of a house in Coburg.
Arrow2.png 2013-10-01 -37 145 - In a swamp to the north of Launching Place.
Arrow2.png 2013-12-26 -37 145 - On a bike trip
Arrow2.png 2013-12-29 -37 145 - In Donvale incorporating a Dandenongs ride.

2014 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2014-02-02 -37 145 - Next to the Yarra River.
Arrow2.png 2014-03-05 -37 145 - In a park in Fairfield on a tandem.
Arrow2.png 2014-06-19 -36 145 - On a dairy farm near Tatura.
Arrow2.png 2014-07-07 -36 149 - Amongst trees near Rocky Hall.
Arrow2.png 2014-08-29 -37 145 - On the Mullum-Mullum Creek Trail, Donvale.

2015 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2015-05-06 -37 145 - On a residential street in Templestowe.
Arrow2.png 2016-07-15 -37 145 - At Arthurs Creek, through a cemetery.
Arrow2.png 2015-12-28 -37 147 - Off Dinner Plain, near Mt Hotham.

2016 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2016-02-28 -37 144 - In a park in Sunshine.
Arrow2.png 2016-07-15 -37 145 - At Arthurs Creek, through a cemetery.

2018 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2018-10-21 -37 144 - At an intersection in Essendon

2019 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2019-02-18 -37 144 - Inside the wall of a Yarraville supermarket
Arrow2.png 2019-02-23 -37 144 - In a house under construction in Travancore
Arrow2.png 2019-05-05 -37 144 - On a residential street in Glenroy
Arrow1.png 2019-08-07 -37 144 - Fail: In a Kensington property
Arrow2.png 2019-10-03 -37 144 - In Lerderderg State Park

2020 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2020-05-08 -37 145 - On an old rail trail in Glen Iris
Arrow2.png 2020-06-15 -37 144 - On a nighttime picnic hash at a park in Port Melbourne
Arrow2.png 2020-06-20 -37 144 - In two groups in Pascoe Vale
Arrow2.png 2020-06-22 -37 144 - In industrial Laverton
Arrow2.png 2020-09-04 -37 144 - Ride-by hash on a road in Brunswick

2021 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2021-03-14 -37 144 - At a demolished school in Fawkner with beers
Arrow2.png 2021-06-27 -38 144 - 300m out to sea from Dromana including a 170km bike ride
Arrow1.png 2021-07-06 -37 145 - Aborted hash in a lake out at a residential estate
Arrow2.png 2021-07-13 -37 145 - In a park in Box Hill with beers
Arrow2.png 2021-08-26 -37 144 - In Royal park on a golf course
Arrow2.png 2021-10-03 -37 145 - In the bush by the Yarra
Arrow2.png 2021-10-21 -37 144 - Next to a primary school in Braybrook
Arrow2.png 2021-10-30 -37 145 - Near the dam wall of Silvan Reservoir
Arrow2.png 2021-11-05 -37 144 - In a field in Keilor North
Arrow2.png 2021-11-15 -37 144 - On a nature strip between Broadmeadows and Dallas
Arrow2.png 2021-11-22 -37 145 - On a residential street in Bundoora
Arrow2.png 2021-12-09 -37 144 - On a residential fence in Port Melbourne
Arrow2.png 2021-12-13 -37 145 - Next to a SkyRail construction site in Preston
Arrow2.png 2021-12-18 -37 144 - On a Moonee Ponds footpath beneath a jacaranda tree
Arrow2.png 2021-12-23 -37 145 - In an alpaca paddock in Kilsyth South

2022 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2022-01-18 -37 144 - In a park outside the Eynesbury housing estate
Arrow2.png 2022-01-24 -37 145 - Just over a fence in a park in Kooyong, with buddies
Arrow1.png 2022-02-16 -37 149 - Past a creek in thick bush in the Kiah valley, south of Eden
Arrow2.png 2022-02-25 -37 145 - Along a spur near Mt Everard
Arrow2.png 2022-03-21 -37 144 - On a street in Seabrook
Arrow2.png 2022-04-11 -37 144 - With a big group on a nature strip in Coburg
Arrow2.png 2022-05-09 -37 145 - In a ditch between the Dingley Bypass and a bike path with Steve, Matt and Felix.
Arrow2.png 2022-05-25 -37 144 - In Fawkner Cemetery
Arrow2.png 2022-07-26 -37 144 - At a housing commission block of flats in Fitzroy
Arrow2.png 2022-08-28 -37 144 - On the nature strip of Kennedy St, Keilor at night
Arrow2.png 2022-08-29 -37 144 - In a cul-de-sac in Hadfield at midnight
Arrow2.png 2022-08-31 -37 144 - With Ed, Cam and John in F Rush Reserve, Altona, after work.
Arrow2.png 2022-10-08 -37 142 - On the side of a hill in Gariwerd National Park with Steve
Arrow1.png 2022-11-12 -37 144 - Just inside the corner of an office building in Cremorne with Felix and Laura

2023 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2023-01-12 -38 145 - In a field near Meeniyan on a cycle tour.
Arrow2.png 2023-02-20 -37 145 - Between two lanes of traffic on Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill.
Arrow2.png 2023-02-21 -37 145 - In a laneway in Donvale.
Arrow2.png 2023-02-23 -37 144 - On a small street in Williamstown.
Arrow2.png 2023-02-25 -37 144 - In a field in Pyalong on a 200kms fixy ride.
Arrow2.png 2023-02-27 -37 144 - Next to Little River in Little River with Cam.
Arrow2.png 2023-03-05 -37 144 - Next to a train line in Little River.
Arrow2.png 2023-04-08 -37 145 - On a footpath in Wheelers Hill
Arrow2.png 2023-04-21 -36 145 - In a field near Nathalia on a cycle tour.
Arrow2.png 2023-05-31 -37 144 - On a footy field in Cherry Creek, Altona.
Arrow2.png 2023-06-04 -37 145 - On a suburban footpath in Camberwell.
Arrow2.png 2023-06-06 -37 145 - In a suburban driveway in Wantirna, eastern Melbourne.
Arrow2.png 2023-07-18 -37 144 - 3rd expedition, with Felix, at Altona foreshore.
Arrow2.png 2023-07-30 -37 144 - In Birrarung Marr park next to the Yarra.
Arrow2.png 2023-08-30 -37 145 - On a street in East Kew.
Arrow2.png 2023-09-27 -37 146 - In the bush near Mt Baw Baw.
Arrow2.png 2023-10-07 -37 144 - With Pearl and Patrick in a paddock in Rockbank.
Arrow2.png 2023-10-13 -37 145 - On the oval of the Rosanna Golf Links Primary School, Macleod.
Arrow2.png 2023-10-22 -37 145 - On the Alpine Track in Ferny Creek with Patrick.
Arrow2.png 2023-10-25 -37 144 - In a carpark in Brimbank park, in Melbourne's northwest
Arrow2.png 2023-10-29 -37 144 - In a field in Wyndham, in Melbourne's southwest
Arrow2.png 2023-11-03 -38 145 - In Paratea Reserve in Frankston South with Lachlan and Patrick
Arrow2.png 2023-11-17 -37 144 - In something paddockish in Point Cook Costal Park.
Arrow2.png 2023-11-18 -37 145 - In a paddock near Yarra Glen
Arrow2.png 2023-11-25 -37 144 - Just off a road at Point Cook
Arrow2.png 2023-12-10 -37 145 - On the edge of Bilson College, Mernda
Arrow2.png 2023-12-24 -37 144 - On the platform of Flemington Racecourse station, some repercussions
Arrow2.png 2023-12-25 -37 145 - Banksia Park, Bulleen

2024 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2024-01-24 -37 144 - On a football oval in Essendon North, with Stevage, Patrick, BarbaraTables and Ed.
Arrow2.png 2024-01-31 -37 145 - In a truck loading bay behind Epping Plaza, in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
Arrow2.png 2024-02-02 -37 144 - Near RAAF Williams.
Arrow2.png 2024-02-03 -37 144 - Jawbone Conservation Reserve, Williamstown.
Arrow2.png 2024-02-25 -37 144 - On the corner of Al-Taqwa College, Truganina.
Arrow2.png 2024-02-29 -37 145 - On a suburban street in Murrumbeena.
Arrow2.png 2024-03-06 -37 145 - In bushland, 30m from Sugarloaf lookout, near Kinglake.
Arrow2.png 2024-03-08 -37 145 - In a car park in Bulleen.
Arrow2.png 2024-06-03 -37 144 - In a large vacant block of land in Greenvale, in Melbourne's northen suburbs.
Arrow2.png 2024-06-24 -37 144 - On the wall of a 7-Eleven in Brunswick West.
Arrow1.png 2024-07-02 -37 144 - Failed on the way to the airport nearly via Kielor Downs.
Arrow2.png 2024-07-26 -37 145 - On Yarra Rd, Wonga Park, with John.
Arrow2.png 2024-11-25 -37 144 - On a footy oval in Lebanon Reserve, Strathmore.

Fauna Collection

I've decided to keep a list of all the fauna i encounter on my geohashes. Not sure exactly how i define an encounter but seeing a cow in a paddock doesn't count, almost crashing my bike into a cow does.

Cow - On dirt road near Kinglake, I almost crashed my bike into. 2013-01-31_-37_145
Deer - On road on the way back from Kinglake, we decided not to shoot it.2013-01-31_-37_145
Kangaroo - On dirt road on Kinglake trip, we made friends hung out for a while. 2013-01-31_-37_145
Dog - Near house Barking a lot on Gordon trip 2013-02-08_-37_144
Goat - On cliff next to road near Sugarloaf Reservoir 2013-02-20_-37_145
Rabbits - On almost every trip, in particular the dead ones hanging from the fence on Kilmore 2013-01-09_-37_144
Fox(or giant killer possum) with a rabbit in its mouth in Keilor Park on the way bake from Melton 2013-02-05 -37 144
Horse - I patted a horse about 10m from the hash in Broadford 2013-03-02 -37 144
Snakes - I had to swerve to avoid running over two snakes on the Calder Freeway on the way to 2013-03-06 -37 144
Bull ant - I was rudely awoken from my nap by a bull ant on the way home from 2013-03-06 -37 144
Leech - I aquired a leech in my shoe near Silvan2021-10-30_-37_145
Pointy Billed Ducklings - I spotted a pile of ground birds with their mother near Kalorama 2021-10-30_-37_145
Wombat or maybe kangaroo - There's a dead wombat on the railroat tracks near Tecoma 2021-10-30_-37_145

Achievments

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Felix Dance and Lachie earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement
by wearing swashbuckling pirate hats at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2018-10-21.
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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.
Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg
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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.
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Lachie earned the Tron achievement
by reaching and returning from the (-37, 144) geohash without crossing their own tracks on 2018-10-21.
Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Tron.jpg
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Lachlan Gordon and Aimee earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (-38, 145) geohash on 2012-06-30.
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Felix Dance & Lachlan Gordon earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 89.7kms to the (-37, 145) geohash on 2012-11-06.
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Lachlan Gordon earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging Ed to the (-38, 144) geohash on 2013-01-11.
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Lachlan Gordon earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 5 consecutive hash points starting on 2013-01-11.
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Lachlan Gordon earned the Speed racer achievement
by passing through the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-01-14 at 80 km/hr.
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Lachlan Gordon earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (-38, 145) geohash on 2013-01-16.
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Lachlan earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-01-31 despite being thoroughly wet.
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Lachlan earned the Thumbs Up Geohash Honorable Mention
by hitchhiking during some part of their journey to the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-01-31, and withstanding the Vogon poetry of the driver.
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Lachie earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash for 2013-02-08 with highly visible raptor claw marks.
2013-02-08 -37 144 raptor.JPG
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Lachie earned the Ridiculous Achievement
by doing a 280k bike ride with no planning (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-08.
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Lachie earned the Puppet Master Couch Potato Honourable Mention Consolation Prize
by being a long way from home on a geohash trip when it fell at his house so calling various people to do it for him at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-09.
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Lachlan earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize
by chickening out on the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-20 because Tiredness and/or dehydrations and/or poisoning.
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lachlan earned the Train wreck consolation prize
by failing to reach the (-38, 143) geohash on 2013-03-10 due to having half a dozen bike failures in one trip with a seized up wheel finally ending it all..
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Lachie earned the Border geohash achievement
by crossing the Victoria-New South Wales border on 2013-03-27 to reach the (-35, 147) geohash.


GeoSquishy Achievement FirstSip.jpg
Lachie and Tom W earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.
GeoSquishy Achievement 5Star.jpg
Lachie and Tom W earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement
by earning 5 stars all at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.
GeoSquishy Achievement Rain.jpg
Lachie and Tom W earned the Squishy-ing in the Rain GeoSquishy Achievement
by drinking a diluted squishy at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.
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Lachie earned the OpenStreetMap achievement
by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (-36, 149) geohash on 2014-07-07.


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Lachie and Tom W earned the Product Placement geoSquishy achievement

Geomap

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