User:Johnwrw

About Me

33 / m / -37,144

John at 2013-03-24 -37 144 hashpoint

Hello, I am John, and I'm from Melbourne, I went on a couple of geohashes with friends from school in 2008, but recently I learnt that some of my uni friends (Particularly Lachie and Felix) do a bit of geohashing which rekindled my interest in it.

I created this account in order to write up my first geohash expedition after my 4 and a half year hiatus post 2008.

All Geohashes

2008 Expeditions

I don't remember that much about them, there was one in someone's front yard in Kew, after which we went for a walk in a cemetery. The other one involved a train to Hurstbridge, about a 10km ride and then a couple of hundred metre scrabble through a creek valley, probably on someone's property. Both didn't involve GPS, google maps satellite images were our main resources.

2013 Expeditions

2013-03-24 -37 144 Just across the Werribee River from Werribee Open Range Zoo.
2013-06-23 -37 144 Just off Merri Creek trail near Rushall Station.
2013-06-28 -37 144 Derrimut, in the middle of the mess of Freeway at the intersection of the Western Ring Road and the Western Hwy.
2013-12-07 -37 144 Altona, where Kororoit Creek Rd crosses the (direct) Werribee railway line

2014 Expeditions

2014-02-24 -37 144 On Williamstown Rd, Seddon.

2022 Expeditions

2022-02-09 -37 145 Near Latrobe Uni just off the Darebin Creek Trail
2022-02-11 -37 145 Just next to the Yarra River in Abbotsford
2022-02-12 -37 144 On a footpath in South Melbourne
2022-02-15 -37 145 Just off the Mt Everard Track near Kinglake

Geohash Achievements

Johnwrw earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 30ish km to the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-03-24.

Johnwrw earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-03-24.

Johnwrw earned the Hashcat achievement by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-06-28.