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Location

Near Lake Grassmere, Marlborough, New Zealand

Participants

The Quaternary (talk) family geohashers

Plans

Heading up to Marlborough for the holiday weekend, what a great way to start with a hash! As this morning we discovered that there was a hash a mere 4 miles away to the east.

Expedition

Lying on private property, it was excellent to have some local knowledge as to whose land it was on. So thanks to cousin Bruce for obtaining permission to access the hash.

From there, it was a reasonably simple stroll to the hash, maybe 200 metres from the road. The hash itself was on the north face of a hill - while we could have walked around the hill, we decided to walk up it first (because it was there).

And boy was it windy at the top. In fact this is a part of the country that is very dry, hot and windy, Which makes it perfect for making ... salt.

The lake in the background is Lake Grassmere, and is a shallow lagoon. Salt is produced here through solar evaporation, and production started here during World War II - chemicals for industrial processing were in short supply. Lake Grassmere now produces about half of the country's salt requirements.

Tracklog

At the hash.
Lake Grassmere.
The Wellington graticule.

Photos

Photo Gallery
At the top of the hill it sure was windy, for plants ...
... and people alike.
But the hash was down the other side of the hill, so down we went ...
... and down ("why did we climb up this hill in the first place, dad?")
And then we started scrambling back up the hill again!
While all this shenanigans goes on, the photographer snaps a quick selfie.
While some of the party start to become despondent, throwing their hands up in despair, we arrive!
The hashpoint.
The hashpoint and view.
Enjoying the view.
As we return back to the road, we meet some of the locals.
And then we're off to the Omaka Air Show.

Achievements


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