2015-04-06 -41 173

Mon 6 Apr 2015 in -41,173: -41.9859730, 173.9993458 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Kekerengu Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand

Participants

The Quaternary (talk) family geohashers

Plans

What a great holiday weekend this was shaping up to be - two hashes within two days, and firsts for both graticules.

However today's one was on the far side of a braided river - would we be able to get access to that side of the river?

Expedition

The geohashing gods were looking after us today; not only was there great access to the river, with the road coming right up beside it, there was not a drop of water in the river at this time of the year. An additional bonus was that the two bulls that were grazing on the side of the river seemed not to mind us walking through their domain.

So it was very easy to get to the hash, and grab a few photos; but with the bulls there, we didn't dilly-dally for long.

Tracklog

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  No cell phone coverage for satellite image. The hash is a mere 54 metres from the edge of the graticle.

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  The Nelson graticule.

Photos

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  Arriving at the river, there was a bull blocking our path

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  Skirting around the bull, we discovered the river was devoid of water! A mere 100 metre stroll to the north would see us there.

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  At the hash.

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  At the hash, looking downstream.

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  At the hash, looking upstream, with the Southern Alps in the background.

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  Meanwhile, the bulls don't look too perturbed.