User:Stevage

Ratings given are epicness: higher epic ratings given for effort, drama, difficulty, interesting location, interesting events en route.

Successful hashes

1. 2008-06-21 -37 145 - Bunyip State Park, in the mud and rain, with Felix, by bike. 8/10
2. 2009-05-28 -37 144 - Cheetham Wetlands, on a peaceful weeknight, with Felix, by car and foot. 6.5/10
3. 2009-07-24 -36 146 - In a paddock near Wangarratta, with a few people (including Felix and tAlex), by car and short stroll. Daylight! 5/10
4. 2009-08-05 -37 145 - In someone's front garden, Plenty, arriving solo by bike, meeting with Felix, tAlex and others. 3/10
5. 2009-12-16 -37 145 - In someone's front garden, Claytonish, by car, solo. 2/10
6. 2010-06-07 -37 145 - In a house under construction in Oakleigh, on the way home from work, solo, by bike. 3/10
7. 2010-07-11 -37 144 - In the bush vaguely near Castlemaine, at dusk, solo by bike. 8/10
8. 2010-07-21 -38 145 - On an oval in Skye, in the foggy dark, with Ellen. 5/10
9. 2010-07-23 -37 145 - On a rural property near Broadford, with a couple of hiking buddies. 5/10
10. 2010-08-09 -37 144 - In a spooky cemetery, Footscray. 6/10
11. 2010-11-05 28 77 - Virgin graticule, New Delhi during Diwali! 9/10
12. 2011-10-15 -37 145 - Lame car hash on a busy road. 1/10
13. 2011-10-16 -37 145 - Awesome mountain biking through Kinglake National Park. Music video and everything! 8/10
14. 2011-10-22 -37 147 - Virgin graticule on a road cycling trip home from Bairnsdale. 6/10
15. 2011-10-29 -37 148 - Virgin graticule en route to mountain biking adventure in Snowy River NP. 5/10
16. 2011-10-30 -37 148 - Same graticule next day, wet, muddy bush bashing. 6/10
17. 2011-10-31 -38 146 - In a flat paddock near Yarram. 3/10
18. 2011-10-31 -38 145 - In a flat paddock near Inverloch, with port. 4/10

Near misses

1. 2009-05-25 -37 144 - South Melbourne, passed within 25m, but didn't bother to leave public transport for the occasion. 0/10
2. 2009-07-17 -36 146 - in a paddock nearish Bright, saw the hashpoint, but didn't get out of the car. 0/10
3. 2010-08-08 -37 144 - Wading into Port Philip Bay, out of time. 5/10

Unsuccessful hashes

1. 2009-05-30 -37 145 - a house next to a park in suburbia, by car, solo. Private property. 2/10
2. 2009-06-08 -37 144 - blinded by science (Felix!), in a paddock near Macedon, with Matt, by bicycle in the dark. 5/10
3. 2009-09-19 -37 145 - failed due to unexpected water. Solo bike quest through forbidden water catchment in Yarra Ranges, eventually descending steep gully and turning back due to existential crisis, inadequate lighting and waterfall within a couple of hundred metres of the point. 9/10

Results

Stevage achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Melbourne East and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Graticule map (thanks Michael5000!)

This area represents the whole of Victoria. The two blue graticules are totally water. Dark grey are New South Wales or ACT. Only proper expeditions are counted below; half-hearted attempts or known failures aren't counted.

N\E	141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149
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-35
-36						Albury Wodonga 1/1
-37				Melbourne West 3/4	Melbourne East 7/9	Mansfield	Bairnsdale 1/1 Virgin graticule!	Orbost 2/2 Virgin graticule!
-38				Geelong	Pakenham 2/2	Traralgon 1/1	Sale