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| + | I've recently been working during the week in the country town of Benalla, about 3 hours north of Melbourne in Victoria. It's for the precast concrete factory for Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel project. | ||
| + | From my motel I noticed the hash for today - only about 5 kms out of town. Me and my hash-going group have been pretty constrained because of the Covid-19 restrictions. In Melbourne, we're not allowed out of the house for more than an hour a day for exercise and have to stay within a 5 km radius. | ||
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| + | However, Benalla has more lenient restriction. So, after work, which I rode my bike to, instead of riding straight to my hire car located back at my motel in town, I rode through town to the geohash. | ||
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| + | I crossed the Hume Freeway and battled the headwinds towards the turn in the road of the hash. Upon reaching the closest road-point I clambered over the barbed-wire fence and waded through the long grass between two bull paddocks. The wind-break shielded me not only against the wind but also sightings from the farmhouse. | ||
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| + | Hash reached, I headed back towards the fence. As I crossed the barbed- and electrified-wire, one of the young bulls ran towards me, but I was safely behind the fence. | ||
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| + | I got back on my bike and rode into the sunset, to Benalla (I took a cute, little path that crossed the river), to my motel, into my hired ute and all the way back to Melbourne. I arrived at my house 1 minute after the 8pm curfew began, but I wasn't arrested. | ||
[https://goo.gl/maps/LXLEAe252T3HBkTw7 Here] is the route I took starting from work and finishing at my motel. | [https://goo.gl/maps/LXLEAe252T3HBkTw7 Here] is the route I took starting from work and finishing at my motel. | ||
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== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
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| − | + | File:Geohash 2020-06-21 -36 146 00 GPS proof.jpg|GPS Proof | |
| + | File:Geohash 2020-06-21 -36 146 01 Field.jpg|Field of Geohash | ||
| + | File:Geohash 2020-06-21 -36 146 02 Felix.jpg|Felix at the hash | ||
| + | File:Geohash 2020-06-21 -36 146 03 Ride.jpg|Riding back to my motel | ||
| + | File:Geohash 2020-06-21 -36 146 04 Sunset.jpg|Sunset on the way back to Benalla | ||
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| distance = 14.6 kms | | distance = 14.6 kms | ||
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Revision as of 04:45, 22 August 2020
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Location
In a field 5kms outside Benalla, Victoria.
Participants
Expeditions
I've recently been working during the week in the country town of Benalla, about 3 hours north of Melbourne in Victoria. It's for the precast concrete factory for Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel project.
From my motel I noticed the hash for today - only about 5 kms out of town. Me and my hash-going group have been pretty constrained because of the Covid-19 restrictions. In Melbourne, we're not allowed out of the house for more than an hour a day for exercise and have to stay within a 5 km radius.
However, Benalla has more lenient restriction. So, after work, which I rode my bike to, instead of riding straight to my hire car located back at my motel in town, I rode through town to the geohash.
I crossed the Hume Freeway and battled the headwinds towards the turn in the road of the hash. Upon reaching the closest road-point I clambered over the barbed-wire fence and waded through the long grass between two bull paddocks. The wind-break shielded me not only against the wind but also sightings from the farmhouse.
Hash reached, I headed back towards the fence. As I crossed the barbed- and electrified-wire, one of the young bulls ran towards me, but I was safely behind the fence.
I got back on my bike and rode into the sunset, to Benalla (I took a cute, little path that crossed the river), to my motel, into my hired ute and all the way back to Melbourne. I arrived at my house 1 minute after the 8pm curfew began, but I wasn't arrested.
Here is the route I took starting from work and finishing at my motel.
Photos
GPS Proof
Field of Geohash
Felix at the hash
Riding back to my motel
Sunset on the way back to Benalla
Achievements
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Felix earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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