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Arriving in Murchison East at 3pm I set off on my bike for the ~20km ride to the hash. The first thing of note that I saw was a letter box shaped like a horse float.
 
Arriving in Murchison East at 3pm I set off on my bike for the ~20km ride to the hash. The first thing of note that I saw was a letter box shaped like a horse float.
Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_letter.jpg| A horse float shaped letter box.
 
  
I continued to zigzag through the back roads finding myself at a rather muddy road that appeared to only be frequenttedteted
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I continued to zigzag through the back roads finding myself very close to the hash at a rather muddy road that appeared to only be frequented by tractors. Perfect more my road bike. I rode a few hundred metres down the mud road to find roads even less suitable. I had planned my route based on satellite images but the short section of grass I had to cross turned out to be a 3m wide irrigation channel and the road on the other side was a fence. I backtracked and went down the driveway of the farm to the dairy where I was greeted by a friendly dog.
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After getting permission from the land owner who was busy milking his cows I walked through a swamp, jumped an irrigation channel(slightly narrowed than the previous one), climbed a fence and I was there. I surveyed my surroundings to find I could have taken a different driveway all the way there and that the swamp was right next to a silage pit and I had been probably been knee deep in poo. Geohash success at 4:42pm.
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From there I continued on my bike ride to Wangaratta via Dookie Rail Trail, Wangaratta and Bright. Total distance 338km in 22 hours with highlights including:
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-Doing a dookie in Dookie
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-Drinking 1.5L of ice coffee in Wangaratta my first time through
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-Accidentally going mountain biking in Porepunkah at 5am
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-Making back to Wangaratta in time for the train.
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Lowlights:
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-Bright Brewery not being open at 6:30am
  
  
 
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Image:2013-09-30_-37_144_me.jpg| Me at the hash. Sometimes my beauty and photography skills astound me.
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Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_cowselfie.jpg| Cow selfie at the hash.
image:2013-09-30_-37_144_debris.jpg | Sydney road strewn with stuff.
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Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_dark.jpg| It was dark in Bright.
image:2013-09-30_-37_144_tree.jpg | Go around!
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Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_dog.jpg| Hash Dog.
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Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_gps.png| Proof.
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Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_letter.jpg| A nice letter box.
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Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_noroad.jpg| That's no road.
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Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_road.jpg| Mud.
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Image:2014-06-19_-36_145_silage.jpg| A silage pit.
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Location

On a dairy farm, near Tatura

Participants

Expedition

I had my last exam for the semester on Thursday and had been feeling a little restless from too much time inside and not enough crazy bike rides, Shepparton graticule was a virgin graticule and there were a few rail trails in the area I wanted to ride on. I got up early before my exam checked the coordinates, planned a route and packed what I would need for a long ride. After my exam I went home to change clothes, bought some gloves at Kmart and some supplies at the vic market and made it to Southern Cross station for the 12:52 train to Shepparton with plenty of time to spare.

Arriving in Murchison East at 3pm I set off on my bike for the ~20km ride to the hash. The first thing of note that I saw was a letter box shaped like a horse float.

I continued to zigzag through the back roads finding myself very close to the hash at a rather muddy road that appeared to only be frequented by tractors. Perfect more my road bike. I rode a few hundred metres down the mud road to find roads even less suitable. I had planned my route based on satellite images but the short section of grass I had to cross turned out to be a 3m wide irrigation channel and the road on the other side was a fence. I backtracked and went down the driveway of the farm to the dairy where I was greeted by a friendly dog.

After getting permission from the land owner who was busy milking his cows I walked through a swamp, jumped an irrigation channel(slightly narrowed than the previous one), climbed a fence and I was there. I surveyed my surroundings to find I could have taken a different driveway all the way there and that the swamp was right next to a silage pit and I had been probably been knee deep in poo. Geohash success at 4:42pm.

From there I continued on my bike ride to Wangaratta via Dookie Rail Trail, Wangaratta and Bright. Total distance 338km in 22 hours with highlights including: -Doing a dookie in Dookie -Drinking 1.5L of ice coffee in Wangaratta my first time through -Accidentally going mountain biking in Porepunkah at 5am -Making back to Wangaratta in time for the train.

Lowlights: -Bright Brewery not being open at 6:30am


Photos

Achievements