2013-03-27 -35 147

Wed 27 Mar 2013 in -35,147: -35.9598472, 147.1286154 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In a thistle paddock near Werribee

Who went

• Lachie

Expedition

This hash was done as part of a 670km solo cycle tour from Albury to Bairsdale via Jindabye, I had a great time, not sure how much of it counts as a geohash trip, I'm not going to write up the whole trip.

I cought the bus from Melbourne to Albury early in the morning. I was only planning on catching it to Wodonga but after checking the hash on the bus i decided to stay on for one more stop and add about 30km to the trip to get the hash. I couldn't pass this up as it would be my first hash outside of Victoria. Frm Albury I headed up the Hume Highway and then headed west. The Town of bowna was marked on the map so i thought it would be a good place to fill up my water bottles, it turns out that all that is in Bowna is a boomerang factory, not even any houses. I stopped and filled up my water bottles and had a chat to the owner. A few km after Bowna i turned off onto a driveway and into a paddock and was able to ride all the way to the hash - a pleasant change from the usual barbed wire fences. Hash reached at 3:30pm.

From the hash i rode south to get back to the route i was planning on taking on the other side of The Murray. When I reached the river I discovered that there was no bridge over it but instead a ferry, which took me across free of charge. I rode another ~30km before setting up camp for the night stopping only for a swim in The Murray.

Route

http://goo.gl/maps/rHXXZ http://goo.gl/maps/aoqp6

Photos

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  Ready to head off in Albury.

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  GPS.

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  me at the hash.

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  That's not a bridge

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  Nice place for a swim.

Achievement

Lachie earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 670km to and from the (-35, 147) geohash on 2013-03-27.

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