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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby Swifty » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 8:08 pm

No, still cold eggs.
nice one scavenger, good to see you can recognize a clue that isn't really a clue!! :lol:
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby north-north-west » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 8:24 pm

The funny thing is, that photo looks familiar, but I haven't the faintest idea of where it could be.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby eggs » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 8:29 pm

Are you somewhere on the central plateau?
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby Swifty » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 8:47 pm

no, not the central plateau... :P
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby dee_legg » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 8:59 pm

Are you on Moonlight Flats?
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby Swifty » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:12 pm

Hi dee-leg, no not Moonlight Flats... :(
...that was going to be my next photo though :lol:
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby eggs » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:13 pm

With all these clues...

Are you near Mt Albert?
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby dee_legg » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:15 pm

hahaha, at this rate there won't be any more photos! certainly a hard one!
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby Swifty » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:22 pm

OK, quick game's a good game, they say. Time to drop some real hints...

"Henry Fielding would recognize that dome"
"Every Hobartian should be able to make the connection"
"If you had a lisp, you might think it was a White Pointer or a gummy"

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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:28 pm

Reading all the clues and looking at the pic, I can see one of two possibilities in a general area kind of speak.
Either up on the Ben Lomond area because of how much flat land there is that is at such altitude, or somewhere around the Hartz / Picton region.
The thing is, that track marker in the centre foreground of the pic is pretty long - indicating not only snow, but that it is a track that needs following in snow.
Looking at the light, I can assume you are looking somewhere between north-west and south-west depending on time of day.
The fact that there were some reasonable sized trees growing up there before the fire is interesting too.
Assuming that dome is over the horizon, I'd guess it sits around 1150 metres.
I'm favouring the north-east but need to hit the maps to see if I can nut out the peak to help on the location.
One other option is Field area - does that jog anyones memory?
Course I could be wrong on all counts.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby north-north-west » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:31 pm

Thark Ridge. That rings a bell . . .
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:32 pm

And now there is another bunch of clues...
Is there such a place as Thark Dome in the Mt Field National Park?
Trying to solve these things with just clues is not as easy as it sounds.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby BarryJ » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:33 pm

Reckon you would have to be pretty close, Scavenger.

tasadam wrote:And now there is another bunch of clues...
Is there such a place as Thark Dome in the Mt Field National Park?
Trying to solve these things with just clues is not as easy as it sounds.

Thark Ridge is "over the back" of Mt Wellington.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby north-north-west » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:34 pm

No, Thark Ridge is up on Wellington somewhere. Out from Big Bend. I walked out there years and years and years ago, which is why that photo looks familiar. Trouble is, I can't place the exact position he's shooting from. My memory isn't that good.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:36 pm

scavenger wrote:Thark Ridge. That rings a bell . . .

Well done I suspect - Thark Ridge Wellington is getting lots of google hits.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby eggs » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:43 pm

I have a photo of Thark Ridge from the top of Wellington,
but 1000m places him in the saddle to the south west from that ridge [correction - slightly north - mostly west]
The other clue is Mt Connection and Tom Thumb (re Fielding) - all of which surround this particular saddle

Unfortunately zooming in with google satellite shows up a lot of cloud or smoke
But Thark Ridge is long a thin and rocky, so I can only presume the peak is Tom Thumb.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby north-north-west » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:44 pm

Now, where's Swifty gone?
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby Swifty » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:48 pm

well done scavenger! you did say it looked sort of familiar, and you were right.
From (north side of) Thark Ridge (lisping the word Shark from the clues :roll: ) looking toward Tom Thumb (Henry Fielding's book) and you can just make out Mt Connection behind the trees on the left.
Whew, glad tha's over :lol:
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:49 pm

Swifty wrote:Whew, glad tha's over :lol:

Me too! :mrgreen:
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby north-north-west » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 9:53 pm

Right, this one should be easy . . .
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:08 pm

Bit over half way up Cradle Mtn, Marions Lookout in the background.
It's the only place I have seen those steel poles used as markers.
I picked it from the pole before I picked it from the rock.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby eggs » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:11 pm

scavenger may have skipped off
but you are definitely right tasadam
I think you can post a new one now
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:13 pm

OK then, along similar lines, hopefully.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby north-north-west » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:21 pm

I don't skip. Much. Not at the computer, anyway.

Hmmm, well, we're still up near Cradle, but . . .
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby sthughes » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:21 pm

Looks like more Jurassic Dolerite! (3 in a row!)
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:24 pm

I read jurassic dolerite
I translate Old rock...
C'mon, keep it moving - looking for a quick result. Anyone need a clue? Want the uncropped version?
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby eggs » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:30 pm

tasadam
did you get up on top of Weindorfers Tower?
I am impressed!!
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:33 pm

eggs wrote:tasadam
did you get up on top of Weindorfers Tower?
I am impressed!!

Not from Weindorfers Tower.
A cryptic clue. This is a first for the game.
A less cryptic clue - look deeper into my comment I posted with the pic...
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby tasadam » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:38 pm

at 10:50 pm I will be posting the uncropped version, and I will be calling for someone to PM me so I can PM them the answer and go to bed assured that this won't sit waiting for me.
Unless someone knows and is holding back... I am surprised scavenger hasn't got it.
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Re: Game - "Where am I ?"

Postby north-north-west » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 10:43 pm

You're right on the top of Cradle, aren't you? I have a shot of the rock in question, but it's still unedited and the file is too big to upload.
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