Difference between revisions of "2024-02-29 -37 145"

Revision as of 23:56, 29 February 2024

Location

On a suburban street in Murrumbeena.

Participants

Expedition One

Expedition Two

BarbaraTables

Expedition Three

Expedition Four

Wizdude

Expedition Five

Patrick's childhood friend

Expedition Six

Lachie

Expedition

Expedition One (Felix and Stevage)

Expedition Two (BarbaraTables)

Leap Day Hash!

For all the other Wiki editors trying to work out the correct order to put these expeditions in, I got there at 2:16pm. I said I was going to get there at 12:00pm, but my sleepiness said no.

I got there, as usual, by public transport. As soon as I got off the last bus, I Pythagorased to the coffee like the Melburbian I am, then went to the Hash.

I actually saw the homeowner of the adjacent house when I got there; they were exiting the driveway in their car, waiting for an opening in the traffic. I waited for their car to move off the path as if I were walking past, and we exchanged polite gestures as they left (in response to my patience).

Kinda decided to keep walking on until they had driven off to avoid looking insane and/or suspicious, then just took a selfie nearby. I wanted to do a pano of the street, but I kept getting interrupted by cars driving by and didn't want to look like I was trying to video them (or have a messed up pano).

Headed to Chadstone afterwards since I was in the area; got some stationary for the upcoming uni semester and some food.

Expedition Three (Cam, John and Patrick)

The Leap Day Hash must be done. Plans were made, people were summoned, bikes were lubricated, and work commitments were... not skipped.

We met at Federation Square. Somehow Patrick arrived first and enjoyed watching pedestrians wandering down the FOOTPATH CLOSED. DO NOT ENTER BIKE LANE. USE OTHER FOOTPATH lane, while waiting for Cam and John to arrive.

We proceeded suavely to the geohash, down the Gardiner’s Creek Trail before diverting along the ~~Suburban Rail Loop~~Outer Circle Trail, crossing Dandenong Road a.k.a. the Princes Highway a.k.a. Highway 1 (Alternative) a.k.a. another impressive entry in the worst connected bicycle paths in Melbourne. Patrick was in the lead, meaning that we got lost many times, but eventually made it to the hash.

Upon hash arrival, we bumbled around to get a good distance measure, and had traditional at-hash beers. As we were doing this, the resident of the property directly adjacent to the hash returned so we awkwardly wandered away trying to ensure our faces were not visible.

The intense stress of avoiding being seen at the hash meant beers were needed. So we headed on to Kaiju Brewing, ensuring we narrowly missed meeting Expedition Four ;( However, beers were had. John and Cam stayed for dinner at Kaiju and returned home uneventfully (???????) while Patrick went to his parents’ place for dinner and returned uneventfully.

Expedition Four (Wizdude)

Arrived there at 7:04pm by car.

Expedition Five (Patrick's friend)

Patrick's friend successfully achieved a first hash experience — on a leap day!!! — and described the experience as “I love it” and “Wonder how many people took a selfie outside these people's place hah” (wiki reports: at least 9), and will definitely become a committed geohasher.

Photo and proof to come subject to consents etc.

Expedition Six (Lachie)

Lachie sent pictures to the chat with a bottle of cab sauv and baked ziti. Unsure if he survived, but sure he made it to the hash with minutes to spare.

Tracklog

Photos

Expedition One

At the hash!
Hash VB
GPS proof

Expedition Two (BarbaraTables)

GPS proof
Hash selfie!

Expedition Three

GPS proof
Expedition three beers

Expedition Four (Wizdude)

GPS proof

Achievements

BarbaraTables and Wizdude earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (-37, 145) geohash on 2024-02-29.

..., BarbaraTables, and Wizdude earned the Leap geohash achievement 2024

by leaping to the hash point on leap day of the year 2024.

Wizdude achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Melbourne East, Australia and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

BarbaraTables earned the Public transport geohash achievement

by reaching the (-37, 145) geohash on 2024-02-29 using public transit.

Wizdude earned the Two to the N achievement

by reaching 2¹ hashpoints on 2024-02-29 -37 145 and is promoted to Level 1 (Coordinates reached).

Felix, Stevage; Cam, John, Patrick earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 55 kms to and from the (-37, 145) geohash on 2024-02-29.

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 Headed to Chadstone afterwards since I was in the area; got some stationary for the upcoming uni semester and some food.
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 The Leap Day Hash must be done. Plans were made, people were summoned, bikes were lubricated, and work commitments were... not skipped.
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 Arrived there at 7:04pm by car.
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