2014-01-21 -35 149

Tue 21 Jan 2014 in -35,149: -35.3156957, 149.2062963 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In a field to the east of Canberra Airport, beside the former drag racing track (long disused, and a sore point around here.)

Participants

• 1PE

Plans

1PE

This is so close to where I work that it's a no-brainer. Lunchtime!

Expedition

1PE

I parked at the first and largest Redwood forest in Australia (both Sequoia sempervirens and Sequoiadendron giganteum) that was planted in 1918 by the designer of Canberra, Walter Burley Griffin and arborist Thomas Charles Weston. Beyond that was a locked gate with an obvious place where people had gone through the fence, then more fences to get to the drag strip. The strip was abandoned many years ago after people from a somewhat nearby, semi-rural housing development objected to the noise. Beyond that, and another fence into two fields of thistles; ankle-biters. I got within my GPSs circle of improbility of the hash, and took some situating pictures. The path back was taken by a small farm dam, to the run-off for the drag strip. There were several kangaroos looking at me. Back to the car park and a few minutes chatting to a person taking a few minutes break from the heat. My total driving distance from work was around 2km.

Photos

• 

  GIANT American trees (planted 1918, in Australia.)

• 

  An old road to drag race heaven.

• 

  It actually looks inviting, and does not say "No... ".

• 

  Back towards start line, the hill for fans on the left, the airport in the background.

• 

  Hash: Thistles, and not much grass for the grazing cattle. YES, it was HOT.

• 

  Ankle-biting thistles at the HASH.

• 

  A big, 'buck' male kangaroo, on the drag race run-off area. Who wou;d have thought it, of a male?

• 

  Redwoods