Difference between revisions of "2011-07-13 -36 174"

Revision as of 05:34, 13 July 2011

Location

Hash seems to fall in a block of bush next to Taylor Rd out in Riverhead. Kind of unusual for such an area of native bush to be in the middl;e of farmland so under closer examination from google it appears to be called the Colin Kerr-Taylor Memorial Reserve of some type with tracks even! Sounds worth investigating.

Participants

JimmyNZ

Plans

Plans are simple, cruise up the road armed with GPS and camera. Stroll along the tracks until i get close to the hash point then beeline through the bush until i find it. So simple, what could go wrong..

Expedition

So found a few moments in the afternoon to shoot up there. Pity Greenslime couldn't join me. After driving past the entrance a couple of times i eventually found a spot to pullover and duck my car into. With the GPS and camera in hand i set of to find the hash spot. All was going well until i decended down into the little valley where the hash point was. After getting as close as i could using the track i pulled out the GPS only to find it was reading no signal. WHAT??? So i did the GPS dance for a couple of minutes speaking nicely to it in the hopes it might regain it senses, but no joy. Eventually i circled around the track network to see if i could get a better signal above it and drop down on it, but again the GPS started playing up. Guess between the bush canopy and the overcast weather it wasn't going to play dice with me today. Bugger (again).

Photos

Hash is in that bush somehwere
Maps with tracks are always good
Spotted the way in
Entrance Sign
Apparently there are trees and birds about
Signs are good
Track looks in good nick
Found a tree
Seat to enjoy the birds
GPS failing me
i can see the sky, why cant the GPS?
Its somewhere above me
Its now somewhere below me

Achievements

@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
 Image:2011-07-13_-36_174_Forest_and_Bird.JPG | Apparently there are trees and birds about
 Image:2011-07-13_-36_174_Follow_the_signs.JPG | Signs are good
+-07-13_-36_174_Track.JPG | Track looks in good nick
 Image:2011-07-13_-36_174_JimmyNZ_and_the_Kauri.JPG | Found a tree
 Image:2011-07-13_-36_174_Fancy_a_rest.JPG | Seat to enjoy the birds
@@ Line 47: / Line 48: @@
 Image:2011-07-13_-36_174_Somewhere_above_it.JPG | Its somewhere above me
 Image:2011-07-13_-36_174_somewhere_below_it.JPG | Its now somewhere below me
 </gallery>


Wed 13 Jul 2011 in -36,174: -36.7481992, 174.4984094 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox