2017-04-02 -37 145

Location

Right outfield of Moorabbin Baseball Club field, Victoria, Australia

Participants

Thunk (talk)
Felix Dance (talk)

Expedition

thunk

Well, it's best summarized below. Also refer to the images section and tracklog.

Pre-Opening Day hash on a baseball field. It'll be walk till you drop as I procrastinate on Sunday with a slow expedition. -- Thunk (talk) 09:34, 1 April 2017 (GMT+00:00)

Good morning everyone. I'm off on this rather long walk. Let's see how long it can be. -- Thunk (talk) @-37.9108,145.1356 22:02, 1 April 2017 (GMT+00:00)

Time for the traditional Australian 'brekky'. It's not just a matter of the local customs but me needing to actually eat. -- Thunk (talk) @-37.9255,145.1197 22:33, 1 April 2017 (GMT+00:00)

Ow...Ow...Ow...

34 km is quite enough for one day. -- Thunk (talk) @-37.8128,144.9676 04:49, 2 April 2017 (GMT+00:00)

It turns out that after I wrote that, I started feeling restless again. So on another whim, I started walking the 17 km from South Yarra station to my temporary hideaway. The first 5 km were relatively all right, but exhaustion soon set in, and I was at my limits by the time I completed my journey. The total distance on foot is currently unclear due to GPS jitters but is likely greater than 50 km.

And considering how sore I was for two days afterwards, it probably wasn't worth it. Though proper shoe choice left me with only one large blister on my right foot (and only a very small one on the left foot).

Felix Dance

Hampton geohash success! -- Felix Dance (talk) @-37.9407,145.0263 12:45, 2 April 2017 (GMT+10:00)

Some explanation: I was out in Fairfield after riding in the Mike Hall memorial ride along the Yarra - a tribute to Indian Pacific Wheel Race competitor and car-crash fatality victim Mike Hall - when I discovered the hash. I left the Abbotsford Convent cafe and headed south towards Hampton along Church/Chapel Streets, picking up an Astor calendar along the way (heavy Melbourne referencing).

After a fair ride along the Nepean Highway, I turned off and arrived at the park nestled between Hampton East and Moorabin. The sun was sunny so I took a nap on the grass - a hashnap. But soon I was back on the bike and riding directly north into the tailwind, all the way up Burke Rd, a tour of the Eastern suburbs, to a first birthday party in Ivanhoe. I'll work out my total distance in a bit, but it must be about 60 Kms, or about 90 for the day.

Tracklog

Photos

So that's where they play this footy... @-37.9364,145.0426
And here we are. @-37.9407,145.0263
Squishy time!
Why stop at the hash?
And I've reached St. Kilda. Which will give out first--my legs or my phone battery? @-37.8693,144.9757
GPS proof - 0.66m away @-37.9407,145.0263
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Me with bike at the hash @-37.9407,145.0263