User:Lachie

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About Me

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I live in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. I got into geohashing through my friends Felix, Stevage and Talex. I've only done a few so far but plan to do more, mostly on my bike.

2012 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2012-06-30_-38_145 - On the bank of the Lang Lang River, next to farm land.
Arrow2.png 2012-11-06 -37 145 - In the rain near Kallista

2013 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2013-01-07_-37_145 - In the middle of the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, in Melbourne's outer southeastern suburbs.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-08_-38_145 - In a paddock south of Warragul. A country town in Victoria.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-09_-37_144 - In a paddock West of Kilmore.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-10_-37_145 - In a quarry in Upper Ferntree Gully.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-11_-38_144 - In a paddock near Avalon airport.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-14_-37_144 - On The Hume Highway in Cragieburn.
Arrow4.png 2013-01-16 -38 145 - Failed: No trespassing at Bluescope steel plant in Hastings.
Arrow2.png 2013-01-31_-37_145 - In a paddock near Kinglake.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-03_-37_145 - At a house in Box Hill.
Arrow4.png 2013-02-05 -37 144 - Failed: Arrived at 00:30 the next day. In a padock near melton
Arrow2.png 2013-02-06_-37_145 - Tintern College, Ringwood East.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-08_-37_144 - Amongst trees near Gordon, Victoria.
Arrow4.png 2013-02-09_-37_144 - Very close to my house.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-17_-37_145 - On a road in Elsternwick.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-20_-37_145 - Near sugarloaf reservoir.
Arrow4.png 2013-02-20_-37_144 - Failed: In a paddock near Ballan.
Arrow2.png 2013-02-23 -37 145 - Near Lysterfield park in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-02 -37 144 - In a paddock near Broadford.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-06 -37 144 - On a rocky hill half way between Melton and Gisborne.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-07 -37 145 - Mount Dandenong.
Arrow4.png 2013-03-10_-38_143 - Failed: In a paddock in Collac graticule.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-11_-37_144 - In a paddock near Werribe.
Arrow2.png 2013-03-27_-35_147 - In a Paddock, Albury, New South Wales
Arrow2.png 2013-05-16_-37_145 - In Mount Waverley, Melbourne, Australia.
Arrow2.png 2013-05-24_-37_145 - In parkland in Eaglemont, Melbourne, Australia.
Arrow2.png 2013-06-23 -37 144 - Merri Creek trail, 3km from my house
Arrow2.png 2013-09-04 -37 144 - In a paddock near Melton.
Arrow2.png 2013-09-08 -37 145 - In a park in North Balwyn.
Arrow2.png 2013-09-30 -37 144 - In the front yard of a house in Coburg.
Arrow2.png 2013-10-01 -37 145 - In a swamp to the north of Launching Place.
Arrow2.png 2013-12-26 -37 145 - On a bike trip
Arrow2.png 2013-12-29 -37 145 - In Donvale incorporating a Dandenongs ride.

2014 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2014-02-02 -37 145 - Next to the Yarra River.
Arrow2.png 2014-03-05 -37 145 - In a park in Fairfield on a tandem.
Arrow2.png 2014-06-19 -36 145 - On a dairy farm near Tatura.
Arrow2.png 2014-07-07 -36 149 - Amongst trees near Rocky Hall.
Arrow2.png 2014-08-29 -37 145 - On the Mullum-Mullum Creek Trail, Donvale.

2015 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2015-05-06 -37 145 - On a residential street in Templestowe.
Arrow2.png 2016-07-15 -37 145 - At Arthurs Creek, through a cemetery.
Arrow2.png 2015-12-28 -37 147 - Off Dinner Plain, near Mt Hotham.

2016 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2016-02-28 -37 144 - In a park in Sunshine.
Arrow2.png 2016-07-15 -37 145 - At Arthurs Creek, through a cemetery.

2018 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2018-10-21 -37 144 - At an intersection in Essendon

2019 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2019-02-18 -37 144 - Inside the wall of a Yarraville supermarket
Arrow2.png 2019-02-23 -37 144 - In a house under construction in Travancore
Arrow2.png 2019-05-05 -37 144 - On a residential street in Glenroy
Arrow1.png 2019-08-07 -37 144 - Fail: In a Kensington property
Arrow2.png 2019-10-03 -37 144 - In Lerderderg State Park

2020 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2020-06-15 -37 144 - On a nighttime picnic hash at a park in Port Melbourne
Arrow2.png 2020-06-20 -37 144 - In two groups in Pascoe Vale
Arrow2.png 2020-06-22 -37 144 - In industrial Laverton
Arrow2.png 2020-05-08 -37 145 - On an old rail trail in Glen Iris

2021 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2021-03-14 -37 144 - At a demolished school in Fawkner with beers
Arrow2.png 2021-06-27 -38 144 - 300m out to sea from Dromana including a 170km bike ride
Arrow1.png 2021-07-06 -37 145 - Aborted hash in a lake out at a residential estate
Arrow2.png 2021-07-13 -37 145 - In a park in Box Hill with beers
Arrow2.png 2021-08-26 -37 144 - In Royal park on a golf course
Arrow2.png 2021-10-03 -37 145 - In the bush by the Yarra
Arrow2.png 2021-10-21 -37 144 - Next to a primary school in Braybrook
Arrow2.png 2021-10-30 -37 145 - Near the dam wall of Silvan Reservoir
Arrow2.png 2021-11-05 -37 144 - In a field in Keilor North
Arrow2.png 2021-11-15 -37 144 - On a nature strip between Broadmeadows and Dallas
Arrow2.png 2021-11-22 -37 145 - On a residential street in Bundoora
Arrow2.png 2021-12-09 -37 144 - On a residential fence in Port Melbourne
Arrow2.png 2021-12-13 -37 145 - Next to a SkyRail construction site in Preston
Arrow2.png 2021-12-18 -37 144 - On a Moonee Ponds footpath beneath a jacaranda tree
Arrow2.png 2021-12-23 -37 145 - In an alpaca paddock in Kilsyth South

2022 Expeditions

Arrow2.png 2022-01-18 -37 144 - In a park outside the Eynesbury housing estate
Arrow2.png 2022-01-24 -37 145 - Just over a fence in a park in Kooyong, with buddies

Fauna Collection

I've decided to keep a list of all the fauna i encounter on my geohashes. Not sure exactly how i define an encounter but seeing a cow in a paddock doesn't count, almost crashing my bike into a cow does.

Cow - On dirt road near Kinglake, I almost crashed my bike into. 2013-01-31_-37_145
Deer - On road on the way back from Kinglake, we decided not to shoot it.2013-01-31_-37_145
Kangaroo - On dirt road on Kinglake trip, we made friends hung out for a while. 2013-01-31_-37_145
Dog - Near house Barking a lot on Gordon trip 2013-02-08_-37_144
Goat - On cliff next to road near Sugarloaf Reservoir 2013-02-20_-37_145
Rabbits - On almost every trip, in particular the dead ones hanging from the fence on Kilmore 2013-01-09_-37_144
Fox(or giant killer possum) with a rabbit in its mouth in Keilor Park on the way bake from Melton 2013-02-05 -37 144
Horse - I patted a horse about 10m from the hash in Broadford 2013-03-02 -37 144
Snakes - I had to swerve to avoid running over two snakes on the Calder Freeway on the way to 2013-03-06 -37 144
Bull ant - I was rudely awoken from my nap by a bull ant on the way home from 2013-03-06 -37 144 Leech - I aquired a leech in my shoe near Silvan2021-10-30_-37_145 Pointy Billed Ducklings - I spotted a pile of ground birds with their mother near Kalorama 2021-10-30_-37_145 Wombat or maybe kangaroo - There's a dead wombat on the railroat tracks near Tecoma 2021-10-30_-37_145

Achievments

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Felix Dance and Lachie earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement
by wearing swashbuckling pirate hats at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2018-10-21.
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Felix Dance and Lachie earned the Musical achievement
by playing Geohash 2018-10-21 -37 144 Music.jpg as a multiple-musician instrument on 2018-10-21.
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Felix Dance and Lachie earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2018-10-21.
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Lachie earned the Tron achievement
by reaching and returning from the (-37, 144) geohash without crossing their own tracks on 2018-10-21.
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Lachlan Gordon and Aimee earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (-38, 145) geohash on 2012-06-30.
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Felix Dance & Lachlan Gordon earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 89.7kms to the (-37, 145) geohash on 2012-11-06.
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Lachlan Gordon earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging Ed to the (-38, 144) geohash on 2013-01-11.
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Lachlan Gordon earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 5 consecutive hash points starting on 2013-01-11.
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by passing through the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-01-14 at 80 km/hr.
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Lachlan Gordon earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (-38, 145) geohash on 2013-01-16.
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Lachlan earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-01-31 despite being thoroughly wet.
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Lachlan earned the Thumbs Up Geohash Honorable Mention
by hitchhiking during some part of his journey to the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-01-31, and withstanding the Vogon poetry of the driver.
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Lachie earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash for 2013-02-08 with highly visible raptor claw marks.
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Lachie earned the Ridiculous Achievement
by doing a 280k bike ride with no planning (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-08.
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Lachie earned the Puppet Master Couch Potato Honourable Mention Consolation Prize
by being a long way from home on a geohash trip when it fell at his house so calling various people to do it for him at the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-09.
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Lachlan earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize
by chickening out on the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-02-20 because Tiredness and/or dehydrations and/or poisoning.
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Lachie earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
by reaching the (-37, 144) geohash on 2013-03-06 in the middle of the night.
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lachlan earned the Train wreck consolation prize
by failing to reach the (-38, 143) geohash on 2013-03-10 due to having half a dozen bike failures in one trip with a seized up wheel finally ending it all..
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Lachie earned the Border geohash achievement
by crossing the Victoria-New South Wales border on 2013-03-27 to reach the (-35, 147) geohash.


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Lachie and Tom W earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.
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Lachie and Tom W earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement
by earning 5 stars all at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.
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Lachie and Tom W earned the Squishy-ing in the Rain GeoSquishy Achievement
by drinking a diluted squishy at the (-37, 145) geohash on 2013-05-16.
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Lachie earned the OpenStreetMap achievement
by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (-36, 149) geohash on 2014-07-07.


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Lachie and Tom W earned the Product Placement geoSquishy achievement

Geomap

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