Difference between revisions of "2015-12-31 -36 146"

Latest revision as of 12:46, 1 August 2020

Location

In a field next to the Ovens River, near Wangaratta in Victoria's North.

Participants

Expedition - Felix Dance

Still ensmugging over our earlier triumph on the hashfield with our victory on the 2015-12-28 -37 147 geohash from a few days ago, I awoke in the anomalously uninspiring town of Myrtleford on the inside of our tent with my thumb on my phone to discover that that day's geohash was, in fact, also accessible. However, we had a train to catch at 1:41pm that would allow us all to attend our respective New Year's Eve parties... could we make it? (Spoiler Alert: Yes).

The renewed and regenerated cycle touring group, now also comprising Tom, Miriam and Ellen, but losing Rhonda, Matt and Lachie, set off along the easy-graded rail trail towards the hash-point. At Everton we split up over milkshakes, with the women-folk electing to proceed as per rail-trail while the men sortied out hashwards with square-jawed adventuresomeness.

Counting down kilometres like an undeactivateable timed nuclear device we soon departed the bitumen and proceeded dirt-wise to the hash-road perigee. Seeing that the hash was near a farmhouse with active residents, we clambered along the banks of the Ovens River (technically not trespassing due to the 20m Crown Land River Rule I'd read about in my brain somewhere). However, as we jumped up into the field we were spotted. We sent out Tom to sweet-talk his way to the hash, as are his charms.

With the residents' blessings we were hashing, taking photos and stomping around getting the best readings. And soon we were on our way back, stopping only to cool off Steve in the river and rendezvous with our rail-trailing women-folk. A cafe at the station saw us through to our train's departure time, of which we had plenty.

Here is the route of our trip.

Photos

Leaving the geohash @-36.3985,146.3909
On the way...
The dirt road near the hash
Stevage negotiates the Ovens River
GPS Proof
Open field
Hash photo!
Bikes recovering at a cafe

Achievements

Felix Dance, Stevage and Tom earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 49.7 kms to and from the (-36, 146) geohash on 2015-12-31.

Felix Dance, Stevage and Tom earned the Ambassador achievement

by obtaining permission from farm people to access the (-36, 146) geohash on 2015-12-31.

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 == Location ==
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+In a field next to the Ovens River, near Wangaratta in Victoria's North.
 == Participants ==
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+*[[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]]
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+*[[User:Stevage|Stevage]]
+*Tom
-== Plans ==
+== Expedition - Felix Dance ==
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+Still ensmugging over our earlier triumph on the hashfield with our victory on the [[2015-12-28 -37 147]] geohash from a few days ago, I awoke in the anomalously uninspiring town of Myrtleford on the inside of our tent with my thumb on my phone to discover that that day's geohash was, in fact, also accessible.  However, we had a train to catch at 1:41pm that would allow us all to attend our respective New Year's Eve parties... could we make it?  (Spoiler Alert: Yes).
-== Expedition ==
+The renewed and regenerated cycle touring group, now also comprising Tom, Miriam and Ellen, but losing Rhonda, Matt and [[User:Lachie|Lachie]], set off along the easy-graded rail trail towards the hash-point.  At Everton we split up over milkshakes, with the women-folk electing to proceed as per rail-trail while the men sortied out hashwards with square-jawed adventuresomeness.
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+Counting down kilometres like an undeactivateable timed nuclear device we soon departed the bitumen and proceeded dirt-wise to the hash-road perigee.  Seeing that the hash was near a farmhouse with active residents, we clambered along the banks of the Ovens River (technically not trespassing due to the 20m Crown Land River Rule I'd read about in my brain somewhere).  However, as we jumped up into the field we were spotted.  We sent out Tom to sweet-talk his way to the hash, as are his charms.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+With the residents' blessings we were hashing, taking photos and stomping around getting the best readings.  And soon we were on our way back, stopping only to cool off Steve in the river and rendezvous with our rail-trailing women-folk.  A cafe at the station saw us through to our train's departure time, of which we had plenty.
+[https://goo.gl/maps/Fyqcj4nX6WH2 Here] is the route of our trip.
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+Image:2015-12-31_-36_146_Felix Dance_1451522537581.jpg|Leaving the geohash [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-36.39847190&lon=146.39092090&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @-36.3985,146.3909]
+Image:Geohash 2015-12-31 -36 146 01 Road.JPG|On the way...
+Image:Geohash 2015-12-31 -36 146 02 Arrive.JPG|The dirt road near the hash
+Image:Geohash 2015-12-31 -36 146 03 River.JPG|Stevage negotiates the Ovens River
+Image:Geohash 2015-12-31 -36 146 04 GPS.JPG|GPS Proof
+Image:Geohash 2015-12-31 -36 146 05 Field.JPG|Open field
+Image:Geohash 2015-12-31 -36 146 06 Hash.JPG|Hash photo!
+Image:Geohash 2015-12-31 -36 146 07 Cafe.JPG|Bikes recovering at a cafe
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 == Achievements ==
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+| latitude = -36
+| longitude = 146
+| date = 2015-12-31
+| name = [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]], [[User:Stevage|Stevage]] and Tom
+| distance =  49.7 kms
+| bothways = TRUE
+| image = Geohash 2015-12-31 -36 146 01 Road.JPG
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+| granter = farm people
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