Difference between revisions of "Townsville, Australia"

Latest Coordinates and Map Quick-Links
Saturday 2024-11-02	-19.6767519, 146.0912509 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox
Sunday 2024-11-03	-19.2168855, 146.1094219 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox
Monday 2024-11-04	-19.9351067, 146.5391913 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Latest revision as of 02:39, 20 March 2024

(-19, 146)

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)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{maintained|maintainer=[[User:Mattyk|Matty K]]}}{{QuickLinks|lat=-19|lon=146}}{{graticule
+{{QuickLinks|lat=-19|lon=146}}{{graticule
-   | map={{#tag:map||lat=-19|lon=146|date={{#time:Y-m-d}}}}
     | lat= -19
     | lon= 146
@@ Line 18: / Line 17: @@
 ==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://geohashing.kerwin.net.au/ Unofficial in-city-only Townsville]
@@ Line 25: / Line 24: @@
 *[[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 five attempts (three successful;  one from three 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]]).  <s>He also idles almost continuously on [irc://irc.foonetic.net/geohashing #geohashing].</s>
+*[[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.
@@ Line 32: / Line 31: @@
 *[[User:Hirod|Hirod]] and [[User:Jezs|Jezs]] have been on two failed and one successful attempt with [[User:Twistie|Twistie]]
+==Planned Geohashes==
 ==Geohashes==
 In reverse-chronological order:
-#{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-10-10|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]]}}
-:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-08-29|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]]}}
+[[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2016-10-08 -19 146]]: Hashcamping in the bush - [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]].
+<!-- :{{User:Felix_Dance/Hash|date=2016-10-08|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=Hashcamping in the bush}} -->
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2011-06-03|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=in North Ward!}}
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2010-10-09|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=just off the highway, near Calcium}}
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2010-10-03|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=just off the highway, half way to the Towers}}
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2010-03-13|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Prize poultry consolation prize|Failed - Chickened out]]}}
+:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-11-29|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=near Woodstock again}}
+:{{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}}
+:{{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}}
 :{{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}}
 :{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2009-01-04|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]]}}
 :{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2008-10-22|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]]}}
-:{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2008-10-04|lat=-19|lon=146|result=bad|desc=[[:Category:Failed - No public access|Failed - No public access]]}}
+:{{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}}
 :{{User:Mattyk/Hash|date=2008-09-20|lat=-19|lon=146|result=good|desc=out near Woodstock}}
-{{Virgin graticule|latitude=-19|longitude=146|date=2008-09-20|name=[[User:Mattyk|Matty]]|image=2008-09-02 -19 146.jpg}}
+{{graticule unlocked|latitude=-19|longitude=146|date=2008-09-20|name=[[User:Mattyk|Matty]]|image=2008-09-02 -19 146.jpg}}
 (See: [[:Category:Meetup in -19 146|Meetup in -19 146]])
-===Current Meetup Location===
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-10-10&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 10-Oct-2009].  Unbelievable!  Not far from the Herveys Range Development Rd, maybe half an hour from Thuringowa.  It appears to be a 350m hike through some semi-open bush.
-===Recent Unattended Saturday Locations===
-These are only the most potentially accessible Saturday meetup locations to which no one went.
-* [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!
-* [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.
-* [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.
-* [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.
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-09-27&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 27-Sep-2008].  Out near the Towers, just north of the river.  There's a dirt track from the highway, past a homestead, to the point (200m off), so maybe doable. <span style="font-size:80%;white-space:pre;">(''*sigh*'' &mdash;[[User:Mattyk|Matty]])</span>
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-03-28&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 28-Mar-2009].  Just by a road at Bluewater.
-===Links for upcoming Saturdays===
-<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=2009-10-17&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 17-Oct-2009].
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-10-24&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 24-Oct-2009].  <small>(please be good, this is my birthday {{User:Mattyk/sig}})</small>
-* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-10-31&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 31-Oct-2009].
 [[Category:Queensland]]
-[[Category:Active graticules]]
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
-[[Category:Deflowered graticules]]
+[[Category:Unlocked graticules]]

Abergowrie	Ingham	-18,147
Clark River	Townsville	Ayr
Pentland	Charters Towers	Collinsville
Today's location: geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox