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Psud leads the way across the "bridge" over the blackberry gully

Welcome to another edition of... "It's a successful geohash from the Canberra group!"

The Place

35.3491079341188037, 148.9162389042702137. 800m off Paddy's River Road, just past Pierces Creek. [link].

Note: the spot we're going to looks like a fingerprint! Zoom in and see!

The People

“	He [Psud] came in earlier to dig the shallow graves	”
—Nemo, to Joanna

• Joanna - is excited about going to remote locations with strange men :)
• Nemo - is a strange man, but not in the way that you may expect given Joanna's statement!
• Andi - Nemo's housemate
• Psud - Who scouted the location earlier in the day. Is there a prize for dual visitations?
• Kieran - another strange man!

Carpooling

Note how the GPS device has been naturally attracted to the google maps marker!

Nemo, Andi and Joanna made it to the designated nearby meet spot a little early and found evidence of treasures (keys, locks and emergency meetup signposts). Psud and Kieran joined shortly and led the way down the path of much dust.

The Story and Photos!

We followed random paths through the forest regrowth - tackling blackberry brambles and ad-hoc log bridges over gullies, till we found the pinecone deemed "the spot" by the GPS. We were next to a rather steep hill which, whilst the views must have been awesome at the top, we were nevertheless happy to not have to climb. After the requisite photos, picnic was had with photos (go Psud), rumless rum balls (yay Joanna), and the start of the Geohash Card Game. We returned to the abode of Nemo for dinner, Doctor Who watching, more card game refinement, and a promise of more next week!

More photos to appear as Psud and nemo upload them. We arrived in daylight this time, but it got dark on us on the trek out (between 5 and 5:30pm) - so we've decided to plan our hashes earlier in the day (2pm is promising) as a result.

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  We're on the right road, at least

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  But we made it. With convenient things to mark the spot.

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  Psud checks his camera in front of the hill whilst Andi, Joannac and Kieran watch suspisciously

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  Joanna managed to get quite a few scratches on her legs through her jeans

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  And her hand got scratched while fighting a drop bear

Achievements earned

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• Land geohash
• MNIMB Geohash - For proof, see photos of terrain and evidence of Joanna's legs and hand when she was totally attacked by a dropbear!
• We invented the first Geohash Card Game