2013-09-21 -43 172

Sat 21 Sep 2013 in -43,172: -43.3735723, 172.7089212 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Pines Beach, Canterbury, NZ

Plans

Wow - what a great hash site - a beach - and on a Saturday.

What a shame the weather is so sub-optimal, but nevertheless, we are planning on being there at 4pm today. Maybe see some of you there?

Expedition

The rain stopped precipitating early afternoon - perfect timing, and we arrived at the spot around 3:30pm. It was at the top of a sand-dune about 200m from the edge of the Pacific Ocean - Ideal! So a lovely day out for dad, mum and the kids. We found a bit of driftwood that served as a marker-pole. On the strike of 4pm it started raining again, so sand-castling stopped for the day, and we headed back to civilisation. Oh, and we also found a geocache on the way, about 200 metres from the hash-point.

Photos

Image: 2013_09_21_-43_172_Geolocation.jpg | Bingo! Image: 2013_09_21_-43_172_The_Marker-Pole.jpg | The pole marks the spot Image: 2013_09_21_-43_172_Panorama.jpg | Panorama Image: 2013_09_21_-43_172_Understanding_Partner.jpg | Understanding partner Image: 2013_09_21_-43_172_Understanding_Daugther.jpg | Understanding daughter Image: 2013_09_21_-43_172_Time_to_head_to_the_beach.jpg | Let's head to the beach Image: 2013_09_21_-43_172_Collecting_shells.jpg | Collecting shells Image: 2013_09_21_-43_172_The_Pacfic_Ocean.jpg | The Pacific Ocean

Achievements

Quaternary earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (-43, 172) geohash on 2013-09-21.