2024-02-02 -37 144

Fri 2 Feb 2024 in -37,144: -37.8677017, 144.7621142 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Near Aircraft Station and RAAF Williams

Participants

Expedition 1

• BarbaraTables
• Wizdude

Expedition 2

• Lachie
• Patrick

Expedition Reports

Expedition 1

With the looming possibility of getting the Reverse Regional achievement and others at some point, I saw the opportunity for this easy one and took it.

To get there, I hopped on Bus Route 691 to get to Stud Park. Then, I took Bus Route 901 Frankston to get to Dandenong Station, took the train to Southern Cross station, then finally took the Werribee train and got off at Aircraft Station. The hash was nearby.

This expedition was full of side quests. I helped a lady get an item in her car, called a cab for two people (their phone was dead, they didn't need me to pay for it), and returned a lost smartphone. The joy of adventuring!

My Dad (Wizdude) was waiting for me there. We figured out where the hash was, took some photos, and then went to the kebab place next to the hash. For those outside Australia, our kebab restaurants have halal snack packs (or HSPs) and they are delicious. After that, we drove home. Simple expedition, not too much to say.

Expedition 2

A beautiful day, a bike-accessible geohash: name a more iconic duo. Also, a conveniently-close geohash and a time constraint: name a more cursed duo. Lachie had to fit his hash in between work and family dinner. Patrick had to fit his in between work and extremely important activities that could not possibly be rescheduled and also weren’t vegging out in front of computer games.

Lachie and Patrick met at Lachie's place and got on our bikes, aiming for the hash. The ride went well, until Patrick missed a right-turn arrow and so rode parallel to Lachie for a few kilometres, with a road in between. This was solved by Patrick crossing the road.

We proceeded along the bike path next to Footscray, soon turned into the Koroit Ck Trail, and the on to the Federation Trail. We left the Federation Tl at the Terror Death Road, which was fortunately short before we were at Aircraft Station and the hashpoint.

Purposefully striding into the car wash — as if we might be interested in pressure-washing our bikes — we quickly located the hash and took a photo. We looked longingly at the kebab join but unfortunately time meant we had to depart immediately to make it back to our respective appointments.

Photos

Expedition 1

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  GPS Proof

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  Panorama of the Geohash

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  Eat your hearts out, Lachie and Patrick

Expedition 2

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  Expedition two success

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  John Success

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  John Success

Achievements

BarbaraTables earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging their Dad to the (-37, 144) geohash on 2024-02-02.

BarbaraTables and Wizdude earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash on 2024-02-02.

BarbaraTables earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash on 2024-02-02 using public transit.

Wizdude earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 20 hashpoints on 2024-02-02 -37 144 and is promoted to Level 0 (Coordinates reached).