2014-09-21 -43 172

Location

Port Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand

Participants

The Quaternary (talk) family geohashers

Plans

Today's geohash is in the Port Hills that overlook Christchurch, which is public reserve - this should be simple!

Expedition

From Google Maps it looked like the geohash was near some sort of walking track - and it turned out this was the case - above Victoria Park.

There was a mountain bike track through, and it looked like today was race day!

As we walked towards the geohash, we happened upon a memorial to mountaineer Rob Hall, who died on Mt Everest in 1996. The memorial included a circle of Nepalese prayer flags. So this was a real treat to find this.

Continuing another few hundred metres and we zeroed in on the geohash, which I reckoned was at the base of a flax, with a beautiful lookout over Christchurch city.

Tracklog

Photos

Photo Gallery
At the car park we happened upon a map which confirmed the geohash was on public land - excellent.
The Rob Hall Memorial, looking towards the city.
The Rob Hall Memorial
Plaque
Zeroing in on the spot
Annotating the geohash marker
The geohash
View of the flax habouring the geohash marker
Back at the carpark, we are hemmed in by vans and bikes


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