User:Lachie

About Me

34 / m / -37,144

I live in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. I got into geohashing through my friends Felix, Stevage and Talex. I've only done a few so far but plan to do more, mostly on my bike.

2012 Expeditions

2012-06-30_-38_145 - On the bank of the Lang Lang River, next to farm land.
2012-11-06 -37 145 - In the rain near Kallista

2013 Expeditions

2013-01-07_-37_145 - In the middle of the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, in Melbourne's outer southeastern suburbs.
2013-01-08_-38_145 - In a paddock south of Warragul. A country town in Victoria.
2013-01-09_-37_144 - In a paddock West of Kilmore.
2013-01-10_-37_145 - In a quarry in Upper Ferntree Gully.
2013-01-11_-38_144 - In a paddock near Avalon airport.
2013-01-14_-37_144 - On The Hume Highway in Cragieburn.
2013-01-16 -38 145 - Failed: No trespassing at Bluescope steel plant in Hastings.
2013-01-31_-37_145 - In a paddock near Kinglake.
2013-02-03_-37_145 - At a house in Box Hill.
2013-02-05 -37 144 - Failed: Arrived at 00:30 the next day. In a padock near melton
2013-02-06_-37_145 - Tintern College, Ringwood East.
2013-02-08_-37_144 - Amongst trees near Gordon, Victoria.
2013-02-09_-37_144 - Very close to my house.
2013-02-17_-37_145 - On a road in Elsternwick.
2013-02-20_-37_145 - Near sugarloaf reservoir.
2013-02-20_-37_144 - Failed: In a paddock near Ballan.
2013-02-23 -37 145 - Near Lysterfield park in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
2013-03-02 -37 144 - In a paddock near Broadford.
2013-03-06 -37 144 - On a rocky hill half way between Melton and Gisborne.
2013-03-07 -37 145 - Mount Dandenong.
2013-03-10_-38_143 - Failed: In a paddock in Collac graticule.
2013-03-11_-37_144 - In a paddock near Werribe.
2013-03-27_-35_147 - In a Paddock, Albury, New South Wales
2013-05-16_-37_145 - In Mount Waverley, Melbourne, Australia.
2013-05-24_-37_145 - In parkland in Eaglemont, Melbourne, Australia.
2013-06-23 -37 144 - Merri Creek trail, 3km from my house
2013-09-04 -37 144 - In a paddock near Melton.
2013-09-08 -37 145 - In a park in North Balwyn.
2013-09-30 -37 144 - In the front yard of a house in Coburg.
2013-10-01 -37 145 - In a swamp to the north of Launching Place.
2013-12-26 -37 145 - On a bike trip
2013-12-29 -37 145 - In Donvale incorporating a Dandenongs ride.

2014 Expeditions

2014-02-02 -37 145 - Next to the Yarra River.
2014-03-05 -37 145 - In a park in Fairfield on a tandem.
2014-06-19 -36 145 - On a dairy farm near Tatura.
2014-07-07 -36 149 - Amongst trees near Rocky Hall.
2014-08-29 -37 145 - On the Mullum-Mullum Creek Trail, Donvale.

2015 Expeditions

2015-05-06 -37 145 - On a residential street in Templestowe.
2016-07-15 -37 145 - At Arthurs Creek, through a cemetery.
2015-12-28 -37 147 - Off Dinner Plain, near Mt Hotham.

2016 Expeditions

2016-02-28 -37 144 - In a park in Sunshine.
2016-07-15 -37 145 - At Arthurs Creek, through a cemetery.

2018 Expeditions

2018-10-21 -37 144 - At an intersection in Essendon

2019 Expeditions

2019-02-18 -37 144 - Inside the wall of a Yarraville supermarket
2019-02-23 -37 144 - In a house under construction in Travancore
2019-05-05 -37 144 - On a residential street in Glenroy
2019-08-07 -37 144 - Fail: In a Kensington property
2019-10-03 -37 144 - In Lerderderg State Park

2020 Expeditions

2020-05-08 -37 145 - On an old rail trail in Glen Iris
2020-06-15 -37 144 - On a nighttime picnic hash at a park in Port Melbourne
2020-06-20 -37 144 - In two groups in Pascoe Vale
2020-06-22 -37 144 - In industrial Laverton
2020-09-04 -37 144 - Ride-by hash on a road in Brunswick

2021 Expeditions

2021-03-14 -37 144 - At a demolished school in Fawkner with beers
2021-06-27 -38 144 - 300m out to sea from Dromana including a 170km bike ride
2021-07-06 -37 145 - Aborted hash in a lake out at a residential estate
2021-07-13 -37 145 - In a park in Box Hill with beers
2021-08-26 -37 144 - In Royal park on a golf course
2021-10-03 -37 145 - In the bush by the Yarra
2021-10-21 -37 144 - Next to a primary school in Braybrook
2021-10-30 -37 145 - Near the dam wall of Silvan Reservoir
2021-11-05 -37 144 - In a field in Keilor North
2021-11-15 -37 144 - On a nature strip between Broadmeadows and Dallas
2021-11-22 -37 145 - On a residential street in Bundoora
2021-12-09 -37 144 - On a residential fence in Port Melbourne
2021-12-13 -37 145 - Next to a SkyRail construction site in Preston
2021-12-18 -37 144 - On a Moonee Ponds footpath beneath a jacaranda tree
2021-12-23 -37 145 - In an alpaca paddock in Kilsyth South

2022 Expeditions

2022-01-18 -37 144 - In a park outside the Eynesbury housing estate
2022-01-24 -37 145 - Just over a fence in a park in Kooyong, with buddies
2022-02-16 -37 149 - Past a creek in thick bush in the Kiah valley, south of Eden
2022-02-25 -37 145 - Along a spur near Mt Everard
2022-03-21 -37 144 - On a street in Seabrook
2022-04-11 -37 144 - With a big group on a nature strip in Coburg
2022-05-09 -37 145 - In a ditch between the Dingley Bypass and a bike path with Steve, Matt and Felix.
2022-05-25 -37 144 - In Fawkner Cemetery
2022-07-26 -37 144 - At a housing commission block of flats in Fitzroy
2022-08-28 -37 144 - On the nature strip of Kennedy St, Keilor at night
2022-08-29 -37 144 - In a cul-de-sac in Hadfield at midnight
2022-08-31 -37 144 - With Ed, Cam and John in F Rush Reserve, Altona, after work.
2022-10-08 -37 142 - On the side of a hill in Gariwerd National Park with Steve
2022-11-12 -37 144 - Just inside the corner of an office building in Cremorne with Felix and Laura

2023 Expeditions

2023-01-12 -38 145 - In a field near Meeniyan on a cycle tour.
2023-02-20 -37 145 - Between two lanes of traffic on Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill.
2023-02-21 -37 145 - In a laneway in Donvale.
2023-02-23 -37 144 - On a small street in Williamstown.
2023-02-25 -37 144 - In a field in Pyalong on a 200kms fixy ride.
2023-02-27 -37 144 - Next to Little River in Little River with Cam.
2023-03-05 -37 144 - Next to a train line in Little River.
2023-04-08 -37 145 - On a footpath in Wheelers Hill
2023-04-21 -36 145 - In a field near Nathalia on a cycle tour.
2023-05-31 -37 144 - On a footy field in Cherry Creek, Altona.
2023-06-04 -37 145 - On a suburban footpath in Camberwell.
2023-06-06 -37 145 - In a suburban driveway in Wantirna, eastern Melbourne.
2023-07-18 -37 144 - 3rd expedition, with Felix, at Altona foreshore.
2023-07-30 -37 144 - In Birrarung Marr park next to the Yarra.
2023-08-30 -37 145 - On a street in East Kew.
2023-09-27 -37 146 - In the bush near Mt Baw Baw.
2023-10-07 -37 144 - With Pearl and Patrick in a paddock in Rockbank.
2023-10-13 -37 145 - On the oval of the Rosanna Golf Links Primary School, Macleod.
2023-10-22 -37 145 - On the Alpine Track in Ferny Creek with Patrick.
2023-10-25 -37 144 - In a carpark in Brimbank park, in Melbourne's northwest
2023-10-29 -37 144 - In a field in Wyndham, in Melbourne's southwest
2023-11-03 -38 145 - In Paratea Reserve in Frankston South with Lachlan and Patrick
2023-11-17 -37 144 - In something paddockish in Point Cook Costal Park.
2023-11-18 -37 145 - In a paddock near Yarra Glen
2023-11-25 -37 144 - Just off a road at Point Cook
2023-12-10 -37 145 - On the edge of Bilson College, Mernda
2023-12-24 -37 144 - On the platform of Flemington Racecourse station, some repercussions
2023-12-25 -37 145 - Banksia Park, Bulleen

2024 Expeditions

2024-01-24 -37 144 - On a football oval in Essendon North, with Stevage, Patrick, BarbaraTables and Ed.
2024-01-31 -37 145 - In a truck loading bay behind Epping Plaza, in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
2024-02-02 -37 144 - Near RAAF Williams.
2024-02-03 -37 144 - Jawbone Conservation Reserve, Williamstown.
2024-02-25 -37 144 - On the corner of Al-Taqwa College, Truganina.
2024-02-29 -37 145 - On a suburban street in Murrumbeena.
2024-03-06 -37 145 - In bushland, 30m from Sugarloaf lookout, near Kinglake.
2024-03-08 -37 145 - In a car park in Bulleen.
2024-06-03 -37 144 - In a large vacant block of land in Greenvale, in Melbourne's northen suburbs.
2024-06-24 -37 144 - On the wall of a 7-Eleven in Brunswick West.
2024-07-02 -37 144 - Failed on the way to the airport nearly via Kielor Downs.
2024-07-26 -37 145 - On Yarra Rd, Wonga Park, with John.

Fauna Collection

I've decided to keep a list of all the fauna i encounter on my geohashes. Not sure exactly how i define an encounter but seeing a cow in a paddock doesn't count, almost crashing my bike into a cow does.

Cow - On dirt road near Kinglake, I almost crashed my bike into. 2013-01-31_-37_145
Deer - On road on the way back from Kinglake, we decided not to shoot it.2013-01-31_-37_145
Kangaroo - On dirt road on Kinglake trip, we made friends hung out for a while. 2013-01-31_-37_145
Dog - Near house Barking a lot on Gordon trip 2013-02-08_-37_144
Goat - On cliff next to road near Sugarloaf Reservoir 2013-02-20_-37_145
Rabbits - On almost every trip, in particular the dead ones hanging from the fence on Kilmore 2013-01-09_-37_144
Fox(or giant killer possum) with a rabbit in its mouth in Keilor Park on the way bake from Melton 2013-02-05 -37 144
Horse - I patted a horse about 10m from the hash in Broadford 2013-03-02 -37 144
Snakes - I had to swerve to avoid running over two snakes on the Calder Freeway on the way to 2013-03-06 -37 144
Bull ant - I was rudely awoken from my nap by a bull ant on the way home from 2013-03-06 -37 144
Leech - I aquired a leech in my shoe near Silvan2021-10-30_-37_145
Pointy Billed Ducklings - I spotted a pile of ground birds with their mother near Kalorama 2021-10-30_-37_145
Wombat or maybe kangaroo - There's a dead wombat on the railroat tracks near Tecoma 2021-10-30_-37_145

Achievments

Felix Dance and Lachie earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement by wearing swashbuckling pirate hats at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2018-10-21.

Felix Dance and Lachie earned the Musical achievement by playing Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg as a multiple-musician instrument on 2018-10-21.

Felix Dance and Lachie earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2018-10-21.

Lachie earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (-37, 144) geohash without crossing their own tracks on 2018-10-21.

Lachlan Gordon and Aimee earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (-38, 145) geohash on 2012-06-30.

Felix Dance & Lachlan Gordon earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 89.7kms to the (-37, 145) geohash on 2012-11-06.

Lachlan Gordon earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Ed to the (-38, 144) geohash on 2013-01-11.

Lachlan Gordon earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 5 consecutive hash points starting on 2013-01-11.

Lachlan Gordon earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-01-14 at 80 km/hr.

Lachlan Gordon earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (-38, 145) geohash on 2013-01-16.

Lachlan earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-01-31 despite being thoroughly wet.

Lachlan earned the Thumbs Up Geohash Honorable Mention by hitchhiking during some part of their journey to the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-01-31, and withstanding the Vogon poetry of the driver.

Lachie earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash for 2013-02-08 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Lachie earned the Ridiculous Achievement by doing a 280k bike ride with no planning (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-08.

Lachie earned the Puppet Master Couch Potato Honourable Mention Consolation Prize by being a long way from home on a geohash trip when it fell at his house so calling various people to do it for him at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-09.

Lachlan earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize by chickening out on the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-20 because Tiredness and/or dehydrations and/or poisoning.

Lachie earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-03-06 in the middle of the night.

lachlan earned the Train wreck consolation prize by failing to reach the (-38, 143) geohash on 2013-03-10 due to having half a dozen bike failures in one trip with a seized up wheel finally ending it all..

Lachie earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Victoria-New South Wales border on 2013-03-27 to reach the (-35, 147) geohash.

Lachie and Tom W earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.

Lachie and Tom W earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement by earning 5 stars all at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.

Lachie and Tom W earned the Squishy-ing in the Rain GeoSquishy Achievement by drinking a diluted squishy at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.

Lachie earned the OpenStreetMap achievement by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (-36, 149) geohash on 2014-07-07.

Lachie and Tom W earned the Product Placement geoSquishy achievement

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