2023-06-04 -37 145

Sun 4 Jun 2023 in -37,145: -37.8401734, 145.0608566 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

• On a footpath in Camberwell.

Participants

Expedition 1

• Felix
• Ruth
• Gretel

Expedition 2

• Lachie
• Cam
• John
• Tom

Expedition

Expedition 1

I'd (Felix) noticed this hash early on Saturday morning and suggested it to Laura who lives in that area. But I was also kind of thinking that I'd be able to do it too.

You see, Ruth, myself and baby Gretel were all driving back from a weekend away at our Moe friends' house and it could be plausibly argued that the geohash was on the way.

Since the trip up to Moe with 8-week-old Gretel had been pretty successful, Ruth was open to going via the geohash on the way back, assuming our baby wasn't in wildly-upset-land. So on we drove.

One complicating factor was that Gretel had already had a long sleep before we left Moe, and she usually wakes up after about two hours. And sure enough, as we were about to pass through Longwarry, Gretel woke up. So we went for Hungry Jacks and to feed and change the small person. I had to cross the freeway to the opposing HG's due to an order error on my Oreo Flurry, which was then stolen by a group of kids before I could get to it. The shop made me a new one though.

So, Gretel awake but not wildly upset, we went onward to the hash. After getting off the freeway and into the 'evil' Eastern Suburbs, I accidentally went through two successive red lights getting through the off-ramp interchange, so hopefully no ticket from those.

And very soon we were driving down the leafy street at which the hash was at the end. At about 2pm, we all three got out and walked/were transported over to the hash-footpath and did our little hash-dance to get to the exact spot. I took a few screenshots, at one point getting to 17mm from the hash. Close enough! Gretel stayed pretty chill throughout, we took our photos and headed home.

This was my 200th successful geohash and Gretel's first. I was sad not to have brought some celebratory cake or something to mark the occasion. I remember drinking stout in the hot sun at my 100th successful geohash near Darwin.

Expedition 2

Earlier in the week, I (Tom) had made arrangements with Lachir to attend the Australian Handmade Bicycle Show in Williamstown. When organising the logistics of meeting up on the Saturday evening, Lachie, who is perhaps a little more into geohashing and a little less interested in boutique bicycles, suggested we make an attempt after the show. After confirming that it didn't add too long a detour to my ride home, I committed and Lachie made a call out to find any more takers. Cam and John both took up the call and we had a geohashing peloton on our hands!

At around 1:30pm Lachie managed to tear me away from the show, and running late, we rushed along on the opposite side of town from the Camberwell geohash (the 'good' side). They were joined by John and then Cam and continued their ride.

Indications are that it was a success, arriving at approximately 3:15pm, and from rumours, beers at Quiet Deeds brewery were had post-hash. They then went their together and then separate home-ways.

Photos

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  Proof

Achievements

Lachie, Cam, Tom and John earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 67 kms to and from the (-37, 145) geohash on 2023-06-05.