2014-09-21 -43 172
| Sun 21 Sep 2014 in -43,172: -43.5961697, 172.6433531 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Port Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand
Participants
The Quaternary (talk) family geohashers
Plans
Today's geohash is in the Port Hills that overlook Christchurch, which is public reserve - this should be simple!
Expedition
From Google Maps it looked like the geohash was near some sort of walking track - and it turned out this was the case - above Victoria Park.
There was a mountain bike track through, and it looked like today was race day!
As we walked towards the geohash, we happened upon a memorial to mountaineer Rob Hall, who died on Mt Everest in 1996. The memorial included a circle of Nepalese prayer flags. So this was a real treat to find this.
Continuing another few hundred metres and we zeroed in on the geohash, which I reckoned was at the base of a flax, with a beautiful lookout over Christchurch city.
Tracklog
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Photos
- Photo Gallery
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At the car park we happened upon a map which confirmed the geohash was on public land - excellent.
The Rob Hall Memorial, looking towards the city.
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The Rob Hall Memorial
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Plaque
Zeroing in on the spot
Annotating the geohash marker
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The geohash
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View of the flax habouring the geohash marker
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Back at the carpark, we are hemmed in by vans and bikes
