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===Current Meetup Location===
 
===Current Meetup Location===
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2010-02-20&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 20-Feb-2010].  If you like long drives and random bush hikes, maybe.
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* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2010-02-27&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 27-Feb-2010].  Mingela State Forest, just inside the northern boundary, on the edge of a mountain.
  
 
===Recent Unattended Saturday Locations===
 
===Recent Unattended Saturday Locations===
These are only the most potentially accessible Saturday meetup locations to which no one went.
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These are only the most potentially accessible or interesting 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=2008-05-24&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=2008-06-28&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.
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===Links for upcoming Saturdays===
 
===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>
 
<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=2010-02-27&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 27-Feb-2010].
 
 
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2010-03-06&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat,  6-Mar-2010].
 
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2010-03-06&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat,  6-Mar-2010].
 
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2010-03-13&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 13-Mar-2010].
 
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2010-03-13&lat=-20&long=146&zoom=13&abs=1 Sat, 13-Mar-2010].

Revision as of 22:27, 26 February 2010

This page is maintained by Matty K. Automatic updates are not desired.

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Wednesday 2024-11-27 -19.6379559, 146.8207226

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Thursday 2024-11-28 -19.6199548, 146.0330538

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Friday 2024-11-29 -19.9938000, 146.7099028

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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 five attempts (three successful; one from three in the Townsville grat). He also made this (an alternative algorithm for Townsville) and this (a Facebook group). He also idles almost continuously on #geohashing.
  • Twistie has successfully completed one geohash and has failed another. He has handheld GPS.

Geohashes

In reverse-chronological order:

Arrow2.png 2009-11-29 -19 146: near Woodstock again
Arrow4.png 2009-10-10 -19 146: Failed - No public access - Army Range
Arrow4.png 2009-08-29 -19 146: Failed - No public access - Locked Gates
Arrow2.png 2009-07-09 -19 146: A few hundred meters off Harveys Range Road just over the range
Arrow4.png 2009-01-04 -19 146: Failed - No public access
Arrow4.png 2008-10-22 -19 146: Failed - No public access
Arrow4.png 2008-10-04 -19 146: Failed - No public access - Army Range
Arrow2.png 2008-09-20 -19 146: out near Woodstock

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(See: Meetup in -19 146)

Current Meetup Location

  • Sat, 27-Feb-2010. Mingela State Forest, just inside the northern boundary, on the edge of a mountain.

Recent Unattended Saturday Locations

These are only the most potentially accessible or interesting 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)
  • Sat, 28-Mar-2009. Just by a road at Bluewater.

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.