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Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_Geolocation1.PNG | The Le Bons Bay graticule is about 3% land. | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_Geolocation1.PNG | The Le Bons Bay graticule is about 3% land. | ||
− | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_Geolocation2.PNG | So finding a geohash near | + | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_Geolocation2.PNG | So finding a geohash near Le Bons Bay itself was awesome. |
Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_Geolocation3.PNG | The geohash was about 10 metres off the road. | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_Geolocation3.PNG | The geohash was about 10 metres off the road. | ||
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== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
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Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_04_Summit Road.JPG | Close-up of the yachts in a sheltered bay. | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_04_Summit Road.JPG | Close-up of the yachts in a sheltered bay. | ||
Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_05_Summit Road.JPG | Cattle wander amongst the stumps of the (burnt) trees of forests that once covered these hills. | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_05_Summit Road.JPG | Cattle wander amongst the stumps of the (burnt) trees of forests that once covered these hills. | ||
− | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_06_Summit Road.JPG | View at two o'clock. | + | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_06_Summit Road.JPG | View at two o'clock. It's about now that we are crossing the threshold into the -43, 173 graticule. |
Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_07_Summit Road.JPG | We see several of these volcanic 'pegs' as we drive around the Summit Road. | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_07_Summit Road.JPG | We see several of these volcanic 'pegs' as we drive around the Summit Road. | ||
Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_08_Summit Road.JPG | Finally the turn off to Le Bons Bay! | Image:2014_05_19_-43_173_08_Summit Road.JPG | Finally the turn off to Le Bons Bay! | ||
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== Achievements == | == Achievements == | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:12, 20 March 2024
Mon 19 May 2014 in -43,173: -43.7691033, 173.0209358 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Le Bons Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand
Participants
The Quaternary (talk) family geohashers
Plans
The Le Bons Bay graticule is a largely sea based region, with about 3% of the area being actual land. Other than a small parcel of land at the top left corner, most of this land is towards the bottom left, being the Eastern tip of Banks Peninsula.
So when a geohash came up in the valley of Le Bons Bay itself (which lends its name to this very graticule), I thought that this had to be a priority for the day!
First of all, getting permission to get access to the land, so the night before I managed to track down the owner - many thanks to John for giving me permission to access the geohash location! (John, if you are ever in Christchurch, please look me up and I'll buy you a coffee!)
Expedition
The day was sunny and mild - a lovely autumn day to be out and about geohashing.
To access the geohash, one option is to take the extremely scenic Summit Road, which strangely enough, winds around the lip of the volcanic cone. This volcano erupted about 12 million years ago, and has weathered to the lovely peninsula we have today. The volcanic plug, also known as the Onawe Peninsula, is prominent in most of the harbour views. (It was the site of a Ngai Tahu pa captured by Te Rauparaha, chief of the Ngati Toa in 1831. Up to 1,200 people were killed here.)
Le Bons Bay Road comes off Summit Road, and the geohash was about 10 metres off the road a little from the turn-off.
When we parked the car, we got a glorious blast in the ear from the resident Bellbird.
The geohash is just on the interface between a paddock and a native forest remnant. So I tucked the geohash marker just under a young Totara tree. May you still be looking down on the ocean in the centuries to come.
Tracklog
Photos
Achievements
Quaternary earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
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Quaternary earned the Ambassador achievement
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Quaternary achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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