Sydney, Australia

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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.

Sydney East Calculation:

Let the Starting Location be (-33.5000000, 151.5000000)

Todays date is: 2008-05-24

The most recent market opening is: 12620.90[6]

MD5 Hash of 2008-05-24-12620.90 = 206c010b0db51d788c2b217d762e9546[7]

First Half: 206c010b0db51d78
Second Half: 8c2b217d762e9546

Decimal First Half: 2336243453684686000
Decimal Second Half: 10100203412045862000 [8]

GPS Coordinate: (-33.233624, 151.101002) [9]

I'm pretty sure that's not right. You convert from 0.206c010b0db51d78, not 206c010b0db51d78. There's a subtle but mathematically important difference. Also you seem to be adding the calculated decimal coords to -33, 151 rather than -33.5, 151.5 like you said. --Middlerun 03:26, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure, taking a look at the comic, the red outline is only around the hash part, not the '0.', implying that the '0.' is outside the conversion. And you dont add, you substitute, I just picked a location that was clearly within (-33 to -34, 151 to 151) which is the sydney "square" "graticule" or whatever

Planned outings

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

The one on Sunday is a great spot, I might be able to make it. --rikkyc 02:02, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll come on Sunday. I guess we'll have to get to the international terminal, then there's a shuttle bus to that car park. I'll wear my Science T-shirt :) --Middlerun 02:35, 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. Can't make this afternoon's meetup - too far and clashes with SWF event.
Gnat 17:59, 22 May 2008 (UTC) - near parramatta/Baulkham Hills. Sunday is good.