Difference between revisions of "Canberra, Australia"

The Canberra Graticule

1 Canberra, Australia
- 1.1 Meetup Details
2 Mailing List
3 Locations
4 Activities
5 Notable Events
6 Local Geohashers

Canberra, Australia

The Canberra graticule lies at -35 degrees latitude, 149 longitude. It encompasses Canberra, Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood and a number of smaller towns.

The region consists of farmland, National Parks, a generally dry lake, and a few hills that we call mountains. Also to be found are dirt tracks, ravines, cliffs and at least one mountain worthy of the name. Canberra (the largest city found in the locality) is more commonly known as the Politics, Porno and Pyro hub of the nation, but sometimes also referred to as Our Nation's Capital. We love our city. We especially love the porno(graphy), pyro(technics) and pro(stitute)s.

Meetup Details

XKCD Geo Hash meetups occur at 4pm Saturday afternoons.

Eastern Australia is 14hrs ahead of NYC. So, like all other Australian cities, Canberra's target for the Saturday meet-up will be determined using Friday's (US Time) data - that means that we get Saturday's time on Friday at 23:30.

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Where the target lands in the East of the graticule, -35, 148 may be the place to be. Likewise one notch to the North may be good where the target lands in an accessible spot there, and an inaccessible one here.

Mailing List

A mailing list has been established to allow those of us too lazy too keep watch on this page to be kept aware of Saturday spots, easily accessible spots, car pooling and anything else of interest.

See here for the list.

Locations

Sunday 25th May 2008

Geohash location: Meetup location:

-35.126649°, 149.547533° or
S35°7.5988', E149°32.8519' or
S35°7'35.93", E149°32'51.11"

That's a 1km walk from the nearest road, near Bungendore. Directions.

Activities

Fondue party with Lake Burley Griffin water
Play "Spot the Olympic Torch Relay rent-a-crowds"
Climb the Carillion
Steal the blinky light from Mt. Ainslie
Throwing things at ADFA until they chase you
Picnic at Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station (retired)
Breaking the law by carrying such dangerous items as fire crackers and "laser" pointers into the New South Welsh portion of our graticule.

Notable Events

2008-05-24 -35,148 -- Failing to find the spot. Damn GPS navigation wanted to go via Tumut on fire trails.
The Annual Tulip Fest AKA Floriade
Legal Fireworks Purchase Weekend
Kangaroo Cull of 08

Local Geohashers

Psud AKA Adam has started a mailing list and expects to attend on Saturdays
Nemo expresses an interest too
Black Rattism is also an interested party
Likewise for Somersault 00:59, 22 May 2008 (UTC). *puts up their hand*
Luke is interested in attending. If not this weekend (may 24) then perhaps the next.
Chris is keen

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 The Canberra graticule lies at -35 degrees latitude, 149 longitude. It encompasses Canberra, Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood and a number of smaller towns.
-The region consists of farmland, National Parks, a generally dry lake, and a few hills that we call mountains. Canberra (the largest city found in the locality) is more commonly known as the ''Politics, Porno and Pyro hub of the nation'', but sometimes also referred to as ''Our Nation's Capital''.
+The region consists of farmland, National Parks, a generally dry lake, and a few hills that we call mountains. Also to be found are dirt tracks, ravines, cliffs and at least one mountain worthy of the name. Canberra (the largest city found in the locality) is more commonly known as the ''Politics, Porno and Pyro hub of the nation'', but sometimes also referred to as ''Our Nation's Capital''. We love our city. We especially love the porno(graphy), pyro(technics) and pro(stitute)s.
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