User:Stevage

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Steve's rules of geohashing:

  1. The bush bash is always longer than it looked on the map.
  2. The bush bash always takes longer than you thought it would.
  3. You will find a better way out of the bush bash than the way in. Unless you rely on this rule, in which case, the reverse applies.

Auto-expedition template

A nice hack to automatically fill in an expedition template when you edit a blank expedition page.

1. Go to https://geohashing.site/geohashing/User:Stevage/common.js and copy all the code (from // <includeonly> onwards)

2. Go to the equivalent URL for your user name (eg https://geohashing.site/geohashing/User:CoolGeohasher/common.js), edit, paste, save.

Successful hashes

Ratings given are epicness: higher epic ratings given for effort, drama, difficulty, interesting location, interesting events en route.


Date/location                   # Summary Epicness Transport Time of day
2008-06-21 -37 145 1 Bunyip State Park, in the mud and rain, with Felix. 8/10 Train/Bike Dark
2009-05-28 -37 144 2 Cheetham Wetlands, on a peaceful weeknight, with 6.5/10 Car and foot Dark
2009-07-24 -36 146 3 In a paddock near Wangarratta, with a few people (including Felix and tAlex). Daylight! 5/10 Car and foot Late afternoon
2009-08-05 -37 145 4 In someone's front garden, Plenty, arriving solo by bike, meeting with Felix, tAlex and others. 3/10 Bike Night
2009-12-16 -37 145 5 In someone's front garden, Claytonish, solo. 2/10 Car Night
2010-06-07 -37 145 6 In a house under construction in Oakleigh, on the way home from work, solo. 3/10 Bike Night
2010-07-11 -37 144 7 In the bush vaguely near Castlemaine, at dusk, solo. 8/10 Car/Bike Dusk
2010-07-20 -37 144 8 In Altona Coastal Park with tAlex. 5/10 Car/foot. Night
2010-07-21 -38 145 9 On an oval in Skye, in the foggy dark, with Ellen. 5/10 Car and foot Night
2010-07-23 -37 145 10 On a rural property near Broadford, with Mitch and a couple of hiking buddies. 5/10 Car and foot Night
2010-08-09 -37 144 11 In a spooky cemetery, Footscray. With Mitch and partners. 6/10 Car Night
2010-11-05 28 77 12 Virgin graticule, New Delhi during Diwali! With Felix. 9/10 Public transport and foot Night
2011-10-15 -37 145 13 Lame car hash on a busy road, solo. 1/10 Car Night
2011-10-16 -37 145 14 Awesome mountain biking solo through Kinglake National Park. Music video and everything! 8/10 Bike Afternoon
2011-10-22 -37 147 15 Virgin graticule on a road cycling trip home from Bairnsdale, with Felix and tAlex. 6/10 Bike Midday
2011-10-29 -37 148 16 Virgin graticule en route to mountain biking adventure in Snowy River NP, with Felix and tAlex. 5/10 Car and foot Morning
2011-10-30 -37 148 17 Same graticule next day, wet, muddy bush bashing, with Felix and tAlex. 6/10 Car and foot Night
2011-10-31 -38 146 18 In a flat paddock near Yarram, with Felix and tAlex. 3/10 Car and foot Morning
2011-10-31 -38 145 19 In a flat paddock near Inverloch, with port, Felix and tAlex. 4/10 Car and foot Afternoon
2011-11-09 -37 144 20 In Wesley College, 400m from a conference I was attending, creates a surprising battle of wits with myself. 5.5/10 Foot Afternoon
2011-12-08 -37 145 21 In Shepherd's Bush, on a path, on a warm summer's night. 3/10 Car and foot Dusk
2011-12-21 -38 144 22 On a golf course in Geelong, cycled to the hash itself. 4/10 Bike Evening
2012-03-16 -37 145 23 Between two lanes of Monash Freeway, skiving off work solo. 5/10 Car and foot Afternoon
2012-03-18 -37 145 24 In Shepherd's Bush again, by bike with risky creek crossing and Felix. 5/10 Bike and foot Afternoon
2012-06-10 -37 145 25 On a stunningly scenic hill in a paddock near Merton, during a cycle tour, with Felix, tAlex and Andrew. 7/10 Bike and foot Midday
2012-06-17 -37 145 26 On a fence, near tAlex's house, with Felix. 3/10 Bike Evening
2012-11-02 -36 145 27 In a paddock near Benalla, with horrifyingly scary cows, with Felix. 5/10 Bike Night
2012-11-04 -36 145 28 In a paddock near Strathbogie, with Felix. 3/10 Car Night
2012-12-12 -37 145 29 In someone's front garden, near my house in Camberwell, with Ellen, Alex, Emma, Naomi. 4/10 Foot Night
2013-01-07 -37 145 30 In a cemetery in Springvale, scaring another expedition to death. Naomi, Felix, Cam, Lachlan, Tim B. 7/10 Car/foot Almost midnight
2013-01-12 -37 145 31 Deep in the bush near the Eildon-Jamieson road, during an epic solo cycle tour. 7.5/10 Bike/foot Midday
2013-05-24 -37 145 32 In a paddock in Ivanhoe, with tAlex, Lachie and a bunch of well dressed partygoers. 4/10 Bike Evening
2015-12-28 -37 147 33 In the bush just north of Dinner Plain, after cycling up Mt Hotham, with Felix, Matt, Lachie and Rhonda. 6/10 Bike Afternoon
2015-12-31 -36 146 34 In a paddock on the way to Wangaratta, with bonus dip in Ovens River, with Felix and Tom. 4/10 Bike Morning
2016-09-10 -37 146 35 In bushland 5km north of Heyfield, during a cycle tour, with Tom, Miriam, Lachie and Ellen. We camped at the hash! 6/10 Bike Evening
2020-06-15 -37 144 36 On the edge of a park in Port Melbourne with Rob, Felix, Lachie and Ruth. 3/10 Bike Evening
2020-06-20 -37 144 37 On a steep street in Pascoe Vale with Lachie and Felix. 3/10 Bike Evening
2020-06-30 -37 145 38 On the banks of Plenty River, Plenty Gorge Park, solo. 6/10 Bike Afternoon
2020-07-25 -37 145 39 On an oval at Bulleen Park, solo. 4/10 Bike Afternoon
2020-11-24 -37 145 40 In the middle of a quiet back street with Alex and Lachie. 3/10 Bike Early evening.
2021-03-14 -37 144 41 In a derelict former high school, Fawkner, with Felix, Lachie, Cam, Rhonda and Matt. 4/10 Bike Afternoon
2021-03-28 -37 145 42 On a bike path in Doncaster with Felix. 3/10 Bike Morning
2021-04-06 -36_146 43 In bushland near Stanley/Beechworth, solo. 6/10 Car/foot Midday
2021-04-06 -36_145 44 In a paddock nearish Dookie, solo. 2/10 Car Afternoon
2021-05-27 -37 144 45 Outside a factory in Campbellfield, solo. 5/10 Bike Afternoon
2021-06-11 -37 145 46 By a creek in a paddock, Doreen, solo. 5/10 Bike Early evening
2021-07-11 -37 144 47 In the bush near Blackwood, with Felix and Ruth. 6/10 Car/foot Midday
2021-07-13 -37 145 48 In a park in Box Hill with Felix, Alex, Lachlan and Laura. 6/10 Bike Evening
2021-08-01 -37 145 49 In muddy rainforest off the Acheron Way, near Warburton, solo. 6/10 Bike/foot Morning
2021-08-25 -37 145 50 High above Darebin Creek, during lockdown, while semi-crippled, with Alex. 3/10 Car/foot Late afternoon
2021-08-26 -37 144 51 In Royal Park Golf Course, with Lachie. 2/10 Bike Midday
2021-10-03 -37 145 52 By a billabong in Bulleen Flats, with Lachie and Laura. 3/10 Bike Midday
2021-10-21 -37 144 53 Next to a school in Braybrook, with Lachie, Laura and Felix. 3/10 Bike Early evening
2021-11-05 -37 144 54 In an undeveloped paddock in Keilor, with Lachie. 4/10 Bike Afternoon
2022-01-14 -37 146 55 In bush near Mt Stirling, mostly with Ellen. 6/10 Car/foot Midday
2022-02-09 -37 145 56 Beside a lacrosse field in Heidelberg, with Felix and John RW. 3.5/10 Bike Afternoon
2022-02-11 -37 145 57 Almost on the banks of the Yarra, Yarra Bend Park, with Felix and John RW. 2 Bike Afternoon
2022-02-12 -37 144 58 Beside a hotel in South Melbourne. 2 Bike Early evening
2022-04-06 -37 145 59 In ambiguously delineated quasi-bushland in Hurstbridge. 4/10 Train/bike Early evening
2022-04-11 -37 144 60 On a footpath in Coburg, with Lachie, Ed, Max, Laura M and Cam. 3.5/10 Bike Evening
2022-04-14 -37 144 61 In a narrow, inaccessible laneway in the Melbourne CBD with Felix. 5/10 Bike/foot Early evening
2022-04-18 -37 145 62 In Bundoora Park Public Golf Course, with Laura K. 3/10 Car/foot Midday
2022-05-09 -37 145 63 Next to Dingley Bypass, with Felix, Lachie and Matt and a random couch. 4/10 Bike Morning
2022-05-25 -37 144 64 In Fawkner Cemetery, with Felix, Lachie and John. 3/10 Bike Early evening
2022-07-03 -37 145 65 In a driveway, Templestowe Lower, with Alex and John. 2/10 Bike Afternoon
2022-07-11 -39 146 66 On the side of a cliff in Wilson's Promontory National Park with Matt and Rhonda. Virgin graticule! 6.5/10 Car/foot/abseil Afternoon
2022-07-26 -37 144 67 Beside a public housing building in Fitzroy with Laura and KT. 2/10 Bike Evening
2022-08-07 -37 144 68 In a paddock near Elaine and wind turbines with KT. 3/10 Car Midday
2022-08-25 -36 145 69 Getting bogged in Reef Hills State Park with KT. 6/10 Car All bloody night
2022-08-29 -37 144 70 In a Hadfield cul-de-sac with Cam. 2/10 Bike Evening
2022-09-03 -37 144 71 Along the Federation Trail with Felix. 3/10 Bike Afternoon
2022-10-08 -37 142 72 Deep in bush in Gariwerd (Grampians) NP with Lachie. 6/10 Bike/walk Midday
2023-01-03 -41 173 73 Up a steep hill in pine forest near St Arnaud, NZ, solo. 7/10 Car/foot Midday
2023-01-11 -43 171 74 High on a very hill near Arthurs Pass NZ, intense bush bashing, solo. 8/10 Car/foot Midday
2023-01-22 -44 169 75 In a hilly paddock near Wannaka, with so much dead bracken, solo. Virgin graticule! 7/10 Car/foot Midday
2023-02-18 -37 144 76 In a McDonalds carpark in Broadmeadows, solo. 3/10 Bike Afternoon
2023-02-19 -38 142 77 Out the front of a dairy farm near Timboon, solo. Virgin graticule! 7/10 Bike Midday
2023-02-20 -37 145 78 On Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill, solo. 2/10 Car Evening
2023-02-21 -37 145 79 In a laneway in Donvale, with Lachie. 3/10 Bike Evening
2023-02-23 -37 144 80 In a street in Williamstown, solo. 3/10 Bike Evening
2023-05-31 -37 144 81 In a park in Altona, with Cam and Lachie. 3/10 Bike Evening
2023-06-25 -38_145 82 In Rutherford Inlet, near Warneet, with KT. 8/10 Inflatable kayak Midday
2023-07-18 -37 144 83 Next to an inlet in Williamstown, solo. 3/10 Bike Late afternoon
2023-07-28 -37 145 84 In a Woolworths, in Lindarum. 4/10 Bike/foot Late afternoon
2023-07-30 -37 144 85 Birraring Marr, solo, in a rainstorm. 5/10 Bike Evening
2023-08-03 -37 144 86 Keilor, in someone's front garden. 3/10 Bike Afternoon
2023-08-12 -37 144 87 Off the coast of Elwood, with KT. 7/10 Paddleboard Afternoon
2023-08-14 -37 145 88 In a Bunnings car park, solo. 3/10 Bike Evening
2023-08-24 -37 144 89 At the entrance to a rubbish tip, Epping, solo. 4/10 Bike Evening
2023-08-25 -37 145 90 In the backstreets of Glen Iris, solo. 3/10 Bike Afternoon
2023-08-26 -37 144 91 In Wombat State Forest, solo. 5/10 Bike Midday
2023-08-30 -37 145 92 In the streets of Balwyn, solo. 2.5/10 Bike Evening
2023-09-02 -37 144 93 At the entrance to a quarry, Epping. 3/10 Bike Afternoon
2023-09-06 -37 145 94 On the Eastern Freeway onramp, Kew, with KT. 2/10 Car Evening
2023-10-25 -37 144 95 In Brimbank Park, solo. 4/10 Bike Evening
2023-11-04 -37 143 96 In a paddock west of Beaufort, with EB sort of. 4/10 Bike/foot Afternoon
2023-12-24 -37 144 97 At Flemington Racecourse Station, with Felix, John and Lachie. 6/10 Bike Evening
2023-12-25 -37 145 98 In wet bushes in Banksia Park with EB. 3/10 Car/foot Afternoon
2024-01-05 -36 145 99 In a front garden, Euroa, with EB sort of. 1.5/10 Car Afternoon
2024-01-11 -38 144 100 On a management track in Long Point Reserve, with my niece. 5/10 Car/walk Morning
2024-01-24 -37 144 101 On a football oval, in Essendon, with Lachie, Ed, Patrick and BarbaraTables. 4/10 Bike Evening
2024-01-31 -37 145 102 In a shopping centre loading bay in Epping, with Lachie and Cam. 3/10 Bike Evening
2024-02-03 -37 144 103 Almost on the beach in Williamstown, solo. 3/10 Bike Morning
2024-02-22 -37 145 104 On a footpath in Eltham, with KT. 2/10 Car Evening
2024-02-29 -37 145 105 On a footpath in Murrumbeena, with Felix. 3/10 Bike Morning
2024-03-01 -37 145 106 In a front garden in Doncaster, solo. 3/10 Bike Afternoon
2024-03-04 -37 145 107 Out the front of an aged care facility, South Morang. 5/10 Bike Afternoon
2024-03-06 -37 145 108 At Mt Sugarloaf lookout, Kinglake, with Lachie. 7/10 Bike Afternoon & Evening
2024-03-08 -37 145 109 In a golf course carpark, Kew, solo. 3/10 Bike Evening
2024-03-12 -37 144 110 In the Royal Botanic Gardens, with KT. 2/10 Bike/foot Midday
2024-03-15 -37 145 111 On a footpath in Doncaster, solo. 3/10 Bike Afternoon

Near misses

  1. 2009-05-25 -37 144 - South Melbourne, passed within 25m, but didn't bother to leave public transport for the occasion. 0/10
  2. 2009-07-17 -36 146 - in a paddock nearish Bright, saw the hashpoint, but didn't get out of the car. 0/10
  3. 2010-08-08 -37 144 - Wading into Port Philip Bay, out of time. 5/10
  4. 2012-06-01 -36 146 - Livestock fail near Glenrowan. 0/10
  5. 2020-05-03 -37 144 - Inside someone's front garden, Coburg.

Unsuccessful hashes

  1. 2009-05-30 -37 145 - a house next to a park in suburbia, by car, solo. Private property. 2/10
  2. 2009-06-08 -37 144 - blinded by science (Felix!), in a paddock near Macedon, with Matt, by bicycle in the dark. 5/10
  3. 2009-09-19 -37 145 - failed due to unexpected water. Solo bike quest through forbidden water catchment in Yarra Ranges, eventually descending steep gully and turning back due to existential crisis, inadequate lighting and waterfall within a couple of hundred metres of the point. 9/10
  4. 2012-06-01 -36 146 - in a paddock near Winton, northern Victoria. It turns out I have a morbid fear of cows.
  5. 2018-12-30 -36 147 - deep in the bush near Mt Hotham. Tried three different ways to get there, foiled at every turn.
  6. 2020-05-03 -37 144 - in someone's front garden, in Melbourne.
  7. 2020-06-21 -37 145 - rode halfway to Kangaroo Ground. Forgot to bring snacks. It was getting late. Sooooo hungry.
  8. 2022-03-06 -37 143 - too deep inside a property near Beaufort
  9. 2022-03-14 -37 145 - thwarted by planned burn in Lysterfield Park
  10. 2022-09-04 -37 144 - too muddy, and still recovering from being bogged a week earlier
  11. 2023-01-01 -41 172 - not in this car. Oh, and the sign said not to. (~Tapawera NZ)
  12. 2023-01-21 -44 169 - let's not wander too far onto private property (~Wanaka NZ)
  13. 2023-01-13 -43 172 - let's not trample the crops (~Christchurch NZ)

Results

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Stevage achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Melbourne East and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

Graticule map (thanks Michael5000!)

This area represents the whole of Victoria. The two blue graticules are totally water. Dark lightgrey are New South Wales or ACT. Only proper expeditions are counted below; half-hearted attempts or expected failures aren't counted.

N\E 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149
-34 Wentworth Mildura Balranald
-35 Underbool Ouyen Swan Hill Deniliquin Cobram Corowa Wagga Wagga Tumut
-36 Nhill Horsham St Arnaud Bendigo Shepparton
2/2
Albury Wodonga
2/3
Corryong Jindabyne
-37 Casterton Hamilton Ballarat 1/2 Melbourne West
10
Melbourne East
22
Mansfield
2
Bairnsdale
2 Virgin graticule!
Orbost
2 Virgin graticule!
Mallacoota
-38 Portland Warrnambool
1 Virgin graticule!
Colac Geelong
1/1
Pakenham
2/2
Traralgon
1/1
Sale
-38 Tidal River
1/1 Virgin graticule!
For up to date version, see geohashing.win.