User:Stevage

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

Successful hashes

Date/location	Summary	Epicness	Transport	Time of day
2008-06-21 -37 145	Bunyip State Park, in the mud and rain, with Felix.	8/10	Bike	Dark
2009-05-28 -37 144	Cheetham Wetlands, on a peaceful weeknight, with Felix.	6.5/10	Car and foot	Dark
2009-07-24 -36 146	In a paddock near Wangarratta, with a few people (including Felix and tAlex). Daylight!	5/10	Car and foot	Late afternoon
2009-08-05 -37 145	In someone's front garden, Plenty, arriving solo by bike, meeting with Felix, tAlex and others.	3/10	Bike	Night
2009-12-16 -37 145	In someone's front garden, Claytonish, solo.	2/10	Car	Night
2010-06-07 -37 145	In a house under construction in Oakleigh, on the way home from work, solo.	3/10	Bike	Night
2010-07-11 -37 144	In the bush vaguely near Castlemaine, at dusk, solo.	8/10	Bike	Dusk
2010-07-20 -37 144	In Altona Coastal Park with tAlex.	5/10	Car/foot.	Night
2010-07-21 -38 145	On an oval in Skye, in the foggy dark, with Ellen.	5/10	Car and foot	Night
2010-07-23 -37 145	On a rural property near Broadford, with Mitch and a couple of hiking buddies.	5/10	Car and foot	Night
2010-08-09 -37 144	In a spooky cemetery, Footscray. With Mitch and partners.	6/10	Car	Night
2010-11-05 28 77	Virgin graticule, New Delhi during Diwali! With Felix.	9/10	Public transport and foot	Night
2011-10-15 -37 145	Lame car hash on a busy road, solo.	1/10	Car	Night
2011-10-16 -37 145	Awesome mountain biking solo through Kinglake National Park. Music video and everything!	8/10	Bike	Afternoon
2011-10-22 -37 147	Virgin graticule on a road cycling trip home from Bairnsdale, with Felix and tAlex.	6/10	Bike	Midday
2011-10-29 -37 148	Virgin graticule en route to mountain biking adventure in Snowy River NP, with Felix and tAlex.	5/10	Car and foot	Morning
2011-10-30 -37 148	Same graticule next day, wet, muddy bush bashing, with Felix and tAlex.	6/10	Car and foot	Night
2011-10-31 -38 146	In a flat paddock near Yarram, with Felix and tAlex.	3/10	Car and foot	Morning
2011-10-31 -38 145	In a flat paddock near Inverloch, with port, Felix and tAlex.	4/10	Car and foot	Afternoon
2011-11-09 -37 144	In Wesley College, 400m from a conference I was attending, creates a surprising battle of wits with myself.	5.5/10	Foot	Afternoon
2011-12-08 -37 145	In Shepherd's Bush, on a path, on a warm summer's night.	3/10	Car and foot	Dusk
2011-12-21 -38 144	On a golf course in Geelong, cycled to the hash itself.	4/10	Bike	Morning
2012-03-16 -37 145	Between two lanes of Monash Freeway, skiving off work solo.	5/10	Car and foot	Afternoon
2012-03-18 -37 145	In Shepherd's Bush again, by bike with risky creek crossing and Felix.	5/10	Bike and foot	Afternoon
2012-06-10 -37 145	On a stunningly scenic hill in a paddock near Merton, during a cycle tour, with Felix, tAlex and Andrew.	7/10	Bike and foot	Midday
2012-06-17 -37 145	On a fence, near tAlex's house, with Felix.	3/10	Bike	Evening
2012-11-02 -36 145	In a paddock near Benalla, with horrifyingly scary cows, with Felix.	5/10	Bike	Night
2012-11-04 -36 145	In a paddock near Strathbogie, with Felix.	3/10	Car	Night
2012-12-12 -37 145	In someone's front garden, near my house in Camberwell, with Ellen, Alex, Emma, Naomi.	4/10	Foot	Night
2013-01-07 -37 145	In a cemetery in Springvale, scaring another expedition to death. Naomi, Felix, Cam, Lachlan, Tim B.	7/10	Car/foot	Almost midnight
2013-01-12 -37 145	Deep in the bush near the Eildon-Jamieson road, during an epic solo cycle tour.	7.5/10	Bike/foot	Midday
2013-05-24 -37 145	In a paddock in Ivanhoe, with a bunch of well dressed partygoers.	4/10	Bike	Evening
2015-12-28 -37 147	In the bush just north of Dinner Plain, after cycling up Mt Hotham.	6/10	Bike	Afternoon
2015-12-31 -36 146	In a paddock on the way to Wangaratta, with bonus dip in Ovens River.	4/10	Bike	Morning

Near misses

2009-05-25 -37 144 - South Melbourne, passed within 25m, but didn't bother to leave public transport for the occasion. 0/10
2009-07-17 -36 146 - in a paddock nearish Bright, saw the hashpoint, but didn't get out of the car. 0/10
2010-08-08 -37 144 - Wading into Port Philip Bay, out of time. 5/10
2012-06-01 -36 146 - Livestock fail near Glenrowan. 0/10

Unsuccessful hashes

2009-05-30 -37 145 - a house next to a park in suburbia, by car, solo. Private property. 2/10
2009-06-08 -37 144 - blinded by science (Felix!), in a paddock near Macedon, with Matt, by bicycle in the dark. 5/10
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
2012-06-01 -36 146 - in a paddock near Winton, northern Victoria. It turns out I have a morbid fear of cows.

Results

Stevage achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Melbourne East and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

Graticule map (thanks Michael5000!)

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

N\E	144	145	146	147	148
-34
-35
-36	Bendigo	Shepparton 2/2	Albury Wodonga 2/3
-37	Melbourne West 6/7	Melbourne East 16/18	Mansfield	Bairnsdale 2/2 Virgin graticule!	Orbost 2/2 Virgin graticule!
-38	Geelong 1/1	Pakenham 2/2	Traralgon 1/1	Sale