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* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-11-08&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 8-Nov-2008]. Up behind Paluma again, miles from the nearest sealed road. | * [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-11-08&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 8-Nov-2008]. Up behind Paluma again, miles from the nearest sealed road. | ||
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| + | * [[Charters Towers, Australia|Charters Towers]]'s [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-11-08&lat=-21&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 point] is just off a dirt track, which in turn is just off the Flinders Highway. As the track winds past a homestead it appears to actually be a driveway on private property, but that seems like the ultimate excuse to claim the [[Ambassador]] award ''and'' [[Virgin Graticule|pop yet another graticule's cherry]] in one go (or at worst another [[No Trespassing Geohash|No Tresspassing]] ribbon..).<br><span style="background:#def">Thought for the day: there should be a '''''Still'' Virgin Graticule''' achievement, for ''attempting'' to pop a graticule's cherry, before being foiled by the terrain/locals/weather/etc.</span> | ||
| + | **What do you say, Trev? Wanna go for a drive? --[[User:Mattyk|Matty K]] | ||
===Recent Unattended Saturday Locations=== | ===Recent Unattended Saturday Locations=== | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 7 November 2008
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| Saturday 2024-11-30 | -19.0880208, 146.7032960 |
| Sunday 2024-12-01 | -19.8597163, 146.9438291 |
| Monday 2024-12-02 | -19.4599884, 146.4411905 |
| – | Ingham | – |
| MMBU | Townsville | Ayr |
| Pentland | Charters Towers | Collinsville |
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Contents
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.
Graticule Links
Local Geohashers
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?
Matty K created the following abomination: http://geohashing.kerwin.net.au/ It reduces the Townsville graticule by another order of magnitude (0.125°×0.125° — approx. 10km×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 group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23713782409
YawnWithExcitement has been on two hash attempts, neither actually in his home graticule.
Geohashes
In reverse-chronological order:
- 2008-10-22 -19 146 ← failed
- 2008-10-04 -19 146 ← failed
- 2008-09-20 -19 146 ← out near Woodstock.
(See: Meetup in -19 146)
Current Meetup Location
- Sat, 8-Nov-2008. Up behind Paluma again, miles from the nearest sealed road.
- Alternatives
- Charters Towers's point is just off a dirt track, which in turn is just off the Flinders Highway. As the track winds past a homestead it appears to actually be a driveway on private property, but that seems like the ultimate excuse to claim the Ambassador award and pop yet another graticule's cherry in one go (or at worst another No Tresspassing ribbon..).
Thought for the day: there should be a Still Virgin Graticule achievement, for attempting to pop a graticule's cherry, before being foiled by the terrain/locals/weather/etc.- What do you say, Trev? Wanna go for a drive? --Matty K
Recent Unattended Saturday Locations
These are only the most potentially accessible Saturday meetup locations to which no one went.
- 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!
- Sat, 28-Jun-2008. Near an apparent crater and some sort of industrial area (a quarry?) near Dotswood... wherever that is.
- Sat, 12-Jul-2008. Near Dotswood again. There's some sort of dirt road on the satellite view.
- Sat, 16-Aug-2008. Someone's front yard at Alice River. Definitely doable.
- 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. (*sigh* —Matty)
Links for upcoming Saturdays
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.
