Difference between revisions of "2011-10-29 -37 148"

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Location

In a paddock off a minor road near Buchan, in southeastern Victoria, Australia.

Participants

Expedition

We were headed for a few days of mountain biking in Snowy River National Park, an area of natural beauty, wildlife, and terrain so steep you don't even need a chain on your bike - you'll either be pushing uphill, or holding on for grim death as you scream downhill. We drove up to Buchan on Friday night, enduring a steady rainstorm that followed us all the way from Warragul.

Emerging from our four star accommodation (an information shelter next to a public toilet), we quickly set off in the car. A virgin graticule always creates a certain amount of excitement. Last night's drenching made the roads a bit iffy, so we declined to take the car down the last section of dirt track.

We were at the edge of a farm, full of lush green fields, a few cows, and the odd rolling hill. The lush green fields were quite wet. "Here comes wet feet time", I accurately prognosticated. Not seeing anyone around, we hopped the fence, and began the few hundred wet, slushy metres to the point.

Suddenly a fence blocked our path. It looked vaguely...electrified. Felix, would you mind? Sure. He touched it with the back of his hand. Zap! Yes, electrified. Let's go around.

A few more metres and we were there. A graticule unlocked, and it wasn't even ten o'clock yet.

Geohash success! -- Talex @-37.5046,148.1706 09:29, 29 October 2011 (GMT+11:00)

Appears the geotaging didn't work, photos of the gpses to be uploaded later -- Talex 09:34, 29 October 2011 (GMT+11:00)

Tracklog

Photos

@-37.5496,148.0640
@-37.5005,148.1711
At the hash
GPS proof
Some nearby sheep
Leaving the hash
Stevage driving a truck
A quia station nearby, hash in distance

Achievements

This user earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (-37, 148) graticule, here, on 2011-10-29.

This user earned the OpenStreetMap achievement

by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (-37, 148) geohash on 2011-10-29.

Also, the first of three consecutive geohashes.

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 == Location ==
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+In a paddock off a minor road near Buchan, in southeastern Victoria, Australia.
 == Participants ==
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+[[User:Stevage|Stevage]], [[User:Talex|tAlex]], [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]]
+== Expedition ==
+We were headed for a few days of mountain biking in Snowy River National Park, an area of natural beauty, wildlife, and terrain so steep you don't even need a chain on your bike - you'll either be pushing uphill, or holding on for grim death as you scream downhill. We drove up to Buchan on Friday night, enduring a steady rainstorm that followed us all the way from Warragul.
+Emerging from our four star accommodation (an information shelter next to a public toilet), we quickly set off in the car. A virgin graticule always creates a certain amount of excitement. Last night's drenching made the roads a bit iffy, so we declined to take the car down the last section of dirt track.
+We were at the edge of a farm, full of lush green fields, a few cows, and the odd rolling hill. The lush green fields were quite wet. "Here comes wet feet time", I accurately prognosticated. Not seeing anyone around, we hopped the fence, and began the few hundred wet, slushy metres to the point.
+Suddenly a fence blocked our path. It looked vaguely...electrified. Felix, would you mind? Sure. He touched it with the back of his hand. Zap! Yes, electrified. Let's go around.
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+A few more metres and we were there. A graticule unlocked, and it wasn't even ten o'clock yet.
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 *Geohash success!  -- [[User:Talex|Talex]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-37.5045846&lon=148.17059651&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @-37.5046,148.1706] 09:29, 29 October 2011 (GMT+11:00)
+*Appears the geotaging didn't work,  photos of the gpses to be uploaded later  -- [[User:Talex|Talex]] 09:34, 29 October 2011 (GMT+11:00)
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+File:2011 10 29 -37 148 Hash.JPG|At the hash
+File:2011 10 29 -37 148 GPSs.JPG|GPS proof
+File:2011 10 29 -37 148 Sheep.JPG|Some nearby sheep
+File:2011 10 29 -37 148 Leaving.JPG|Leaving the hash
+File:2011 10 29 -37 148 Truck.JPG|Stevage driving a truck
+File:2011 10 29 -37 148 Quia.JPG|A quia station nearby, hash in distance
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+Also, the first of three consecutive geohashes.
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