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==Today's location==
 
==Today's location==
23-05-2008: Near a baseball diamond in Chifley.
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26-05-2008 - [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-26&lat=-34&long=150&zoom=17&abs=1] -33.673129°, 150.607308° Winmalee, Blue Mountains; 7 Kristine St.
  
 
==Weekend location==
 
==Weekend location==

Revision as of 00:40, 24 May 2008

Newcastle
Sydney West Sydney, Australia
Wollongong Wollongong

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Sydney

The Sydney graticule lies between -34,151 and -33,152.

Sydney is Australia's largest and oldest city, and is full of interesting places and twisted, hard-to-find streets. It is a rich cultural tapestry with hidden surprises lurking around every corner, waiting to be found.

In other words, it's perfect.

Sydney west

Sydney's vast urban sprawl has led to its occupation of two graticules (well, four really, but seriously, do we count Campbelltown? I think Wollongong can have the south ones). The western graticule lies between -34,150 and -33,151. This area also includes the Blue Mountains which are glorious in their own right. On days when the target falls in the Pacific Ocean, the meet can be officially held in Sydney's western graticule.

Of course the target might also fall on the Blue Mountains which are very pretty. (But note that many locations in the Blue Mountains will be harder to get to than locations out in the Pacific Ocean!)

Interesting fact

Sydney is so far ahead of NYC in terms of time zone that it's accepted to use yesterday's data.

Graticule links

Sydney East
Sydney West

Today's location

26-05-2008 - [1] -33.673129°, 150.607308° Winmalee, Blue Mountains; 7 Kristine St.

Weekend location

Weekend Locations Avaliable from 11:30pm friday night EST
All meetings at 4pm EST

Sydney East:(-34, 151),(-33, 152)
Saturday: [2] -33.126649°, 151.547533° In lake Maquarie on the north coast. Closest rd Henry Rd Morriset Park
Sunday: [3] -33.941774° 151.182873° In Airport carpark off Ross Smith Ave.

Sydney West:(-34, 150),(-33, 151)
Saturday: [4] -33.126649°, 150.547533° In a paddock near Picton. About 700m from a road.
Sunday: [5] -33.941775°, 150.182873° In Blue Mountains National Park. 8km over mountainous terrain to nearest road (Kanangara Rd). Pretty much inaccessible.

Planned outings

I'm planning to head to the Sydney East one this Sunday. Gormster 00:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Expeditions

List your expeditions here!

Local geohashers

Come on Sydneysiders, sign on:
Gormster 13:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC) - northern beaches
Middlerun 13:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC) - Inner West
Pettymiam 23:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC) - Near CBD
DancingMan 00:15, 22 May 2008 (UTC) - Inner West - Bugger, can't make it this weekend
eu/NEKE 01:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC) - I'm at the northern end of the East Sydney graticule, but only just (I'm in Valentine, on Lake Macquarie). I'd likely only be in for meets near Lake Macquarie, otherwise I'll look at where the Newcastle graticule ends up.
rikkyc 02:00, 22 May 2008 (UTC) - i'm along the coast, a few minutes from the CBD.
Danny 03:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC) - in Glebe.
Gnat 17:59, 22 May 2008 (UTC) - near parramatta/Baulkham Hills. Sunday is good.