Difference between revisions of "Townsville, Australia"

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Townsville

The Townsville graticule is a scenic one. It neatly includes Magnetic Island, Crystal Creek and Paluma in the north (but not as far as Paluma Dam), Alligator Creek in the east, and almost reaches Charters Towers in the west. Most of the middle will be pretty hard to get to by road but there is some potential.

Graticule Links

Local Geohashers

Simon made this page. He has a iPhone 3G now and attempted a weekday geohash but didn't get there. He hopes to be at the next Saturday hash point that isn't too far off the bitumen subject to other commitments and the weather. But then he moved to Brisbane in January 2009.

Matty K has been on several attempts (some of them successful; even a few in the Townsville grat). He also made this (an alternative algorithm for Townsville) and this (a Facebook group). All that was undone on Feb 4 2012 when he, too, moved to Brisvegas.

YawnWithExcitement has been on several hashes, none actually in his local graticule.

Twistie has successfully completed one geohash and has failed another. He has handheld GPS.

Hirod and Jezs have been on two failed and one successful attempt with Twistie

Planned Geohashes

Geohashes

In reverse-chronological order:

2016-10-08 -19 146: Hashcamping in the bush - Felix Dance.

2011-06-03 -19 146: in North Ward!

2010-10-09 -19 146: just off the highway, near Calcium

2010-10-03 -19 146: just off the highway, half way to the Towers

2010-03-13 -19 146: Failed - Chickened out

2009-11-29 -19 146: near Woodstock again

2009-10-10 -19 146: Failed - No public access - Army Range

2009-08-29 -19 146: Failed - No public access - Locked Gates

2009-07-09 -19 146: A few hundred meters off Harveys Range Road just over the range

2009-01-04 -19 146: Failed - No public access

2008-10-22 -19 146: Failed - No public access

2008-10-04 -19 146: Failed - No public access - Army Range

2008-09-20 -19 146: out near Woodstock

Matty earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (-19, 146) graticule, here, on 2008-09-20.

(See: Meetup in -19 146)

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-{{Graticule
+{{QuickLinks|lat=-19|lon=146}}{{graticule
-|map = <map lat="-19" lon="146" />
+   | lat= -19
-|name = Townsville
+   | lon= 146
-|n = [[Ingham, Australia|Ingham]]
+   | nw = [[Abergowrie, Australia|Abergowrie]]
-|e = [[Ayr, Australia|Ayr]]
+   | n  = [[Ingham, Australia|Ingham]]
-|s = [[Charters Towers, Australia|Charters Towers]]
+   | ne = [[-18,147]]
-|se= [[Collinsville, Australia|Collinsville]]
+   | w  = [[Clark River, Australia|Clark River]]
+   | name = [[Townsville, Australia|Townsville]]
+   | e  = [[Ayr, Australia|Ayr]]
+   | sw = [[Pentland, Australia|Pentland]]
+   | s  = [[Charters Towers, Australia|Charters Towers]]
+   | se = [[Collinsville, Australia|Collinsville]]
 }}
+(-19, 146)
 ==Townsville==
-The Townsville graticule is a pretty good one. It neatly includes Magnetic Island, Crystal Creek and Paluma in the north (but not as far as Paluma Dam), Alligator Creek in the east, and almost reaches Charters Towers in the west. Most of the middle will be pretty hard to get to by road but there is some potential.
+The Townsville graticule is a scenic one. It neatly includes Magnetic Island, Crystal Creek and Paluma in the north (but not as far as Paluma Dam), Alligator Creek in the east, and almost reaches Charters Towers in the west. Most of the middle will be pretty hard to get to by road but there is some potential.
 ==Graticule Links==
-*[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=-19&long=146&zoom=9 Townsville]
+*{{Today's location|lat=-19|lon=146|text=Townsville}}
-*[http://www.kerwin.net.au/geohashing/ Unofficial in-city-only Townsville]
+*[http://geohashing.kerwin.net.au/ Unofficial in-city-only Townsville]
 ==Local Geohashers==
-[[User:randomibis|Simon]] made this page. He doesn't own a GPS and isn't all that serious about actually Geohashing for real. But he might just check the coordinates once in a while and... maybe... Anyone else out there?
+*[[User:randomibis|Simon]] made this page. He has a iPhone 3G now and [[2008-10-22_-19_146|attempted]] a weekday geohash but didn't get there. He hopes to be at the next Saturday hash point that isn't too far off the bitumen subject to other commitments and the weather. But then he moved to [[Brisbane, Australia|Brisbane]] in January 2009.
+*[[User:Mattyk|Matty K]] has been on several attempts (some of them successful;  even a few in the Townsville grat). He also made [http://geohashing.kerwin.net.au/ this] (an alternative algorithm for Townsville) and [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23713782409 this] (a [[Facebook groups|Facebook group]]).  All that was undone on Feb 4 2012 when he, too, moved to [[Brisbane, Australia|Brisvegas]].
+*[[User:YawnWithExcitement|YawnWithExcitement]] has been on several hashes, none actually in his local graticule.
+*[[User:Twistie|Twistie]] has successfully completed one geohash and has failed another. He has handheld GPS.
+*[[User:Hirod|Hirod]] and [[User:Jezs|Jezs]] have been on two failed and one successful attempt with [[User:Twistie|Twistie]]
-[[User:Mattyk|Matty K]] created the following abomination: http://www.kerwin.net.au/geohashing/
+==Planned Geohashes==
-It reduces the Townsville graticule by another order of magnitude (0.125&deg;&times;0.125&deg; &mdash; approx. 10km&times;10km).  Unfortunately he can't be bothered making it suck less.  However, if people are interested in using either this or the ''official'' algorithm to meet up randomly on Saturdays, he's willing. He also made the [[Facebook groups|facebook group]]: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23713782409
-==Current Location==
+==Geohashes==
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-09-20&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 20-Sep-2008].  Holy zomg wtf!  It's ''accessible''!  Not only that, it's like 20m off a semi-major road, in an open, cleared area near a railway line, only half an hour or so from the city!
+In reverse-chronological order:
-**[[User:Mattyk|Matty]] doesn't have a GPS, so will use Google's satellite view, and will attempt to be there at 4pm.  (Unless I can steal my father-in-law's in-car GPS thing.)
-*** Go Matty! --[[User:Randomibis|Randomibis]] 06:53, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
-==Recent Saturday Locations==
+[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2016-10-08 -19 146]]: Hashcamping in the bush - [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]].
-(Presumably unattended)
+<!-- :{{User:Felix_Dance/Hash|date=2016-10-08|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=Hashcamping in the bush}} -->
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=12&abs=1 Sat, 24-May-2008]. Right near the beach 10 minutes north of Saunders Beach. There's a dirt road you can see on the satellite view. Would have been a great spot!
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2011-06-03|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=in North Ward!}}
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-31&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 31-May-2008]. Somewhere in the Paluma range. But not the national park. [[MNIMB Geohash|MNIMB]] material.
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2010-10-09|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=just off the highway, near Calcium}}
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+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2010-10-03|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=just off the highway, half way to the Towers}}
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-07&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 7-Jun-2008]. A 4km-or-so hike across some evil looking terrain out west along the Harveys Range development road.  [[MNIMB Geohash|MNIMB]] again, mayhap.
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2010-03-13|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Prize poultry consolation prize|Failed - Chickened out]]}}
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-14&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 14-Jun-2008]. About as far west as you can get along the Burdekin River without leaving the Townsville graticule. About 1.5km from the road if you come via the Towers and walk across the river.
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-11-29|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=near Woodstock again}}
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-21&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 21-Jun-2008]. Somewhere out whoop-whoop in the Burdekin, between Charters Towers and Ravenswood. But there are creek beds to follow, so maybe doable. Another horse/dirt bike trip.
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-10-10|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]] - Army Range}}
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-28&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 28-Jun-2008]. Near an apparent crater and some sort of industrial area (a quarry?) near Dotswood... wherever that is.
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-08-29|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]] - Locked Gates}}
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+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-07-09|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=A few hundred meters off Harveys Range Road just over the range}}
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-07-12&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 12-Jul-2008]. Near Dotswood again. There's some sort of dirt road on the satellite view.
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-01-04|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]]}}
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+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2008-10-22|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]]}}
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-08-09&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 9-Aug-2008]. Middle of nowhere. Horse or dirt bike required.
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2008-10-04|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]] - Army Range}}
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-08-16&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 16-Aug-2008]. Someone's front yard at Alice River. Definitely doable.
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2008-09-20|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=out near Woodstock}}
+{{graticule unlocked|latitude=-19|longitude=146|date=2008-09-20|name=[[User:Mattyk|Matty]]|image=2008-09-02 -19 146.jpg}}
-==Links for upcoming Saturdays==
+(See: [[:Category:Meetup in -19 146|Meetup in -19 146]])
-<small>'''''Please Note:''' until the time comes, these links will be inaccurate as they depend on data that '''isn't known yet'''.  If you can accurately predict the stock market ahead of time, please let us know.''</small>
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-09-27&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 27-Sep-2008].
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-10-04&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 4-Oct-2008].
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-10-11&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 11-Oct-2008].
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-10-18&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 18-Oct-2008].
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-10-25&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 25-Oct-2008].
-[[Category:Australia]][[Category:Active Graticules]]
+[[Category:Queensland]]
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
+[[Category:Unlocked graticules]]

Abergowrie	Ingham	-18,147
Clark River	Townsville	Ayr
Pentland	Charters Towers	Collinsville
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