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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
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== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
* [[User:Lachie|Lachlan Gordon]]
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* [[User:Lachie|Lachie]]
  
 
== Planning==
 
== Planning==
My plan was to get two geohashes in one day, this being my second. See [2013-02-20_-37_145]] for the first one.
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My plan was to get two geohashes in one day, this being my second. See [[2013-02-20_-37_145]] for the first one.
  
 
== Expedition==
 
== Expedition==
I left my previous hash at 1:42pm on foot for the first bit then bike for the rest planning on going to the Ballan hash via Yarra Glen- Kinglake - Whittlesea. My first stop was to fill up my water bottles at a petrol station in Yarry Glen. I've filled up my water bottle at the outdoor tap at hundreds (or atleast dozens) of petrol station all over Victoria and never had a problem other than Beaufort where even at 3am the water is warm and tastes like dirt. The water from the tap from the petrol station at Yarra Glen tasted a lot like petrol but I didn't notice until I'd already had a few mouth fulls. I went to the tap in the bathroom and rinsed out both my bottles several times but couldn't quite get rid of the taste. I informed the shopkeep that the water at the tap tasted like petrol but he didn't seem to care and told me it wasn't drinking water.
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I left my previous hash at 1:42pm on foot for the first bit then bike for the rest planning on
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going to the Ballan hash via Yarra Glen- Kinglake - Whittlesea - Mount Macedon.
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My first stop was to fill up
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my water bottles at a petrol station in Yarry Glen. I've filled up my water bottle at the
 +
outdoor tap at hundreds (or at least dozens) of petrol station all over Victoria and never
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had a problem other than Beaufort where even at 3am the water is warm and tastes like dirt.
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The water from the tap from the petrol station at Yarra Glen tasted a lot like petrol but
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I didn't notice until I'd already had a few mouthfuls. I went to the tap in the bathroom
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and rinsed out both my bottles several times but couldn't quite get rid of the taste. I informed the shopkeep that the water at the tap tasted like petrol but he didn't seem to care and told me it wasn't drinking water.
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(Edit 24/02/13: When talking to Felix about this hash as soon as I mentioned the petrol staion in Yarra Glen he told me not to drink the water).
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I continued my ride up to Kinglake and passed the bus shelter in Pheasant Creek where I
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almost spent the night on a previous hash trip. The Kinglake to Kinglake west stretch of
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the ride is a lot more pleasant than I remembered not having seen anything on my last
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trip you are riding along a ridge for most of it with good views both ways with gentle
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undulating hills. The last few km to Whittlesea is a relaxing moderately steep descent that you can roll down very fast without trying. At some point between Kinglake West and Whitlesea I started feeling
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incredibly tired and slightly nauseous. In Whittlesea I decided i was not up for the original planned route of going over Mount Macedon and that I would take a short cut going through Mickleham knocking about 60km off the route. I continued on the shorter route and turned into Donnybrook road, about 1km down it (up it, it's quite steep) my vision was getting blurry and i could barely stay on my bike. I'm not sure if this was due to drinking too much petrol, being dehydrated(it was a hot day and I'd been hesitant to drink much water due to the petrol taste) or my just being a sookly lala. ~200k more riding was definitely not an option so i went home opting for the 8k ride to South Morang station rather than the 30km directly home. My only consolation being I'd never caught a train on the South Morang line before.
  
I continued my ride up to Kinglake and passed the bus shelter in Pheasant Creek where i almost spent the night on a previous hash trip. The Kinglake to Kinglake west stretch of the ride is a lot more pleasant than i remembered not having seen anything on my last trip you are riding along a ridge for most of it with good views both ways with gentle undulating hills. At some point between Kinglake West and Whitlesea I started feeling incredibly tired and slightly nauseous.  
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Within 10 minutes of getting on the train I felt perfectly fine and deeply regretted my decision.
  
I will continue writing this later, I'm running late for a rehearsal.
 
  
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==Route==
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route for this hash only http://goo.gl/maps/WyEJd
 
== Photos ==  
 
== Photos ==  
 
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image:2013-02-20 -37 144 shelter.jpg | The shelter I almost stayed the night in on my recent Kinglake geohash.
 
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Image:2013-02-20_-37_144_sad.JPG | Sad Lachlan arriving at home having only completed one hash today.
 
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== Achievements ==
 
== Achievements ==
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{{Prize poultry
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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 =of some combination of tiredness, dehydrations, poisoning and/or the reality of work the next day.
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Location

In a paddock near Ballan

Participants

Planning

My plan was to get two geohashes in one day, this being my second. See 2013-02-20_-37_145 for the first one.

Expedition

I left my previous hash at 1:42pm on foot for the first bit then bike for the rest planning on going to the Ballan hash via Yarra Glen- Kinglake - Whittlesea - Mount Macedon.

My first stop was to fill up my water bottles at a petrol station in Yarry Glen. I've filled up my water bottle at the outdoor tap at hundreds (or at least dozens) of petrol station all over Victoria and never had a problem other than Beaufort where even at 3am the water is warm and tastes like dirt.

The water from the tap from the petrol station at Yarra Glen tasted a lot like petrol but I didn't notice until I'd already had a few mouthfuls. I went to the tap in the bathroom and rinsed out both my bottles several times but couldn't quite get rid of the taste. I informed the shopkeep that the water at the tap tasted like petrol but he didn't seem to care and told me it wasn't drinking water.

(Edit 24/02/13: When talking to Felix about this hash as soon as I mentioned the petrol staion in Yarra Glen he told me not to drink the water).

I continued my ride up to Kinglake and passed the bus shelter in Pheasant Creek where I almost spent the night on a previous hash trip. The Kinglake to Kinglake west stretch of the ride is a lot more pleasant than I remembered not having seen anything on my last trip you are riding along a ridge for most of it with good views both ways with gentle undulating hills. The last few km to Whittlesea is a relaxing moderately steep descent that you can roll down very fast without trying. At some point between Kinglake West and Whitlesea I started feeling incredibly tired and slightly nauseous. In Whittlesea I decided i was not up for the original planned route of going over Mount Macedon and that I would take a short cut going through Mickleham knocking about 60km off the route. I continued on the shorter route and turned into Donnybrook road, about 1km down it (up it, it's quite steep) my vision was getting blurry and i could barely stay on my bike. I'm not sure if this was due to drinking too much petrol, being dehydrated(it was a hot day and I'd been hesitant to drink much water due to the petrol taste) or my just being a sookly lala. ~200k more riding was definitely not an option so i went home opting for the 8k ride to South Morang station rather than the 30km directly home. My only consolation being I'd never caught a train on the South Morang line before.

Within 10 minutes of getting on the train I felt perfectly fine and deeply regretted my decision.


Route

route for this hash only http://goo.gl/maps/WyEJd

Photos

Achievements

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Lachlan earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize
by chickening out on the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-20 because of some combination of tiredness, dehydrations, poisoning and/or the reality of work the next day..