Difference between revisions of "2021-03-28 -37 145"

Latest revision as of 20:29, 24 May 2024

Location

Right next to a bike path in Doncaster-ish

Participants

Expedition

We met up for coffee at the Fairfield Boathouse, a beautiful old wooden building on the banks of the Yarra. I watched magpies and ducks and first time boaters on the river while Felix, arriving slightly after me, waited for his coffee to arrive.

The ride was very straightforward, out along the Yarra Trail then the Koonung Creek Trail. The path wasn't too busy (unlike under lockdown, my god!) so we were able to chat about houses, work, friends, relationships as we were riding along - the usual.

Without mishap, we arrived at the point to deviate off the main trail, up a slight branch for 50 metres or so. Except we overshot and had to come back. The exact point was probably only a metre or so off this path, no challenge at all.

To celebrate we had the traditional canned beer, in a lovely grassy spot nearby. More chats, then time to get back on the bikes so Felix could make it back in time to get to a rally he was helping organise.

Tracklog

Here's Felix's route on Strava.

Photos

Coffee while waiting for Felix
At the hash
Bike path at the hashsite
Stevage!
GPS Proof
Celebratory hash-bers

Achievements

Steve and Felix earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling to the (-37, 145) geohash on 2021-03-28.

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+Right next to a bike path in Doncaster-ish
 == Participants ==
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+[[User:Felix Dance|Felix]] and [[User:Stevage|Stevage]].
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+== Expedition ==
+We met up for coffee at the Fairfield Boathouse, a beautiful old wooden building on the banks of the Yarra. I watched magpies and ducks and first time boaters on the river while Felix, arriving slightly after me, waited for his coffee to arrive.
+The ride was very straightforward, out along the Yarra Trail then the Koonung Creek Trail. The path wasn't too busy (unlike under lockdown, my god!) so we were able to chat about houses, work, friends, relationships as we were riding along - the usual.
-== Plans ==
+Without mishap, we arrived at the point to deviate off the main trail, up a slight branch for 50 metres or so. Except we overshot and had to come back. The exact point was probably only a metre or so off this path, no challenge at all.
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-== Expedition ==
+To celebrate we had the traditional canned beer, in a lovely grassy spot nearby. More chats, then time to get back on the bikes so Felix could make it back in time to get to a rally he was helping organise.
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 == Tracklog ==
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+[https://www.strava.com/activities/5022622306 Here]'s Felix's route on Strava.
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+File:2021-03-28 -37 145 coffee.jpg|Coffee while waiting for Felix
+File:Geohash 2021-03-28 -37 145 01 Stevage and Felix.jpg|At the hash
+File:Geohash 2021-03-28 -37 145 02 Bike Path.jpg|Bike path at the hashsite
+File:Geohash 2021-03-28 -37 145 03 Stevage.jpg|Stevage!
+File:Geohash 2021-03-28 -37 145 04 GPS Proof.jpg|GPS Proof
+File:Geohash 2021-03-28 -37 145 05 Beers.jpg|Celebratory hash-bers
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+| longitude=145
+| date=2021-03-28
+| name=Steve and Felix
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