2022-05-25 -37 144

Wed 25 May 2022 in -37,144: -37.7117485, 144.9533905 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In Fawkner cemetery.

Participants

• Felix Dance
• Stevage
• Lachie
• John

Expedition

A classic cemetery geohash!

Here is a list of some others in the area:

• 2010-08-09 -37 144 - Footscray Cemetery;
  
• 2013-01-07 -37 145 - Springvale Cemetery;
  
• 2022-02-08 -37 144 - Bacchus Marsh Cemetery;
  

With honourable mention:

• 2016-07-15 -37 145 - Accessed through the Arthurs Creek Cemetery, but just outside it.

For this expedition, the four intrepid cemetery-hashers met up with our bikes outside Felix's house (18 Temple St, Brunswick West, Vic., 3055, FYI). We then proceeded on wheel up the Upfield Bike Path towards Fawkner.

The sun was setting and turning the sky a deep (insert correct colour description here) while we rode into the darkening night. A detour from the usual bike route, now under construction, put us onto some rocky ballast and through to the Merlynston Station car park. A small gate in the fence of Fawkner Cemetery let us in.

Without too much faffing about we were there. We each circled the annoying, spiky tree to get as close as possible. The hash seemed to be right in the trunk.

To celebrate success, we all got out beers and sat disrespectfully on the grave of a couple who died around 70 years ago. We talked about the recent federal election and how irritating a lot of news media has been.

After an hour or so we departed to have dinner at the Post Office Hotel, where we continued to chat, this time trying to guess the number of common train stations between the metropolitan service and the regional V-Line service. There are 15.

After some sticky date pudding we departed the pub and each peeled off to our respective homes/other places of destination.

Photos

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  GPS proof @-37.7117,144.9534

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  Upfield Line

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  Station

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  Selfie

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  Sunset

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  Hash tree

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  Hash beers!

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  Gravestone at the hash

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  Steve and Lachie

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  Three quarters of the party with four quarters of the high vis.

Achievements

Felix Dance, Stevage, Lachie and John earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling up to 28 kms to and from the (-37, 144) geohash on 2022-05-25.

Stevage earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 26 hashpoints on 2022-05-25 -37 144 and is promoted to Level 6 (Coordinates reached).