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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby north-north-west » Wed 12 Apr, 2017 1:20 pm

Rainbow Valley?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby eggs » Wed 12 Apr, 2017 4:48 pm

Clearly correct NNW.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby north-north-west » Wed 12 Apr, 2017 5:27 pm

eggs wrote:Clearly correct NNW.

It's a fairly recognisable bit of rock. Given that I'll probably be heading out tomorrow I might assume the point and post a nice easy one now to make sure I don't leave you all hanging.

What's the name of the popular walk in an NT NP during which I took this shot?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby MountainMadness » Wed 12 Apr, 2017 6:39 pm

Yep and yep (sorry for tardy response). Running up and down the sandunes around the back was one of my favourite memories as a kid.....
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby MountainMadness » Thu 13 Apr, 2017 8:37 am

Righto since there are no other bites I'll try to take back off your hands. Been there heaps of times, mostly when I was a kid when I don't think there were many signposted or named tracks - so I don't know the name of the walk. A quick background check tells me that the area I think you are looking at could be from the now named Arankaia Walk?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Fri 21 Apr, 2017 10:07 am

is this mike on? been a week with no action...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby eggs » Fri 21 Apr, 2017 11:21 am

NNW may be on a long trek - starting with Easter.
I would suggest MM posts next.
It seems to be from the Fink Gorge area of Palm Valley.
Not sure how many walks there would give this view?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Lophophaps » Fri 21 Apr, 2017 11:31 am

Eggs, agree. I believe that NNW is away, and under the circs MM should go next.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby MickyB » Fri 21 Apr, 2017 12:13 pm

MM hasn't logged on since his guess a week ago so to keep the game going I would suggest that anyone can post next.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby WarrenH » Fri 21 Apr, 2017 12:56 pm

I'm happy to post, to keep the quiz moving.

Where was I ... in New South Wales.

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Fri 21 Apr, 2017 7:05 pm

a total WAG, but can't think of any other location with pagodas and reeds - Dunns Swamp?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby WarrenH » Fri 21 Apr, 2017 9:51 pm

jonnosan G'day. You are spot on.

Your go Mate.

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Sat 22 Apr, 2017 2:15 am

Thanks Warren.

Another one from NSW.

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sat 22 Apr, 2017 10:27 am

Gladstone Pass?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Sat 22 Apr, 2017 4:20 pm

John, it is indeed Gladstone Pass. over to you.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sun 23 Apr, 2017 1:05 am

Thank you jonnosan. Staying with NSW:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Sun 23 Apr, 2017 1:09 pm

Judging by the (telephoto) view of the Sydney skyline, you are west of Sydney. And the hills mean that you are west of the Nepean River - but not very far west, probably around Lapstone/Glenbrook. I'm going to guess Marges Lookout near Mitchells Pass.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sun 23 Apr, 2017 3:48 pm

ribuck wrote:Judging by the (telephoto) view of the Sydney skyline, you are west of Sydney. And the hills mean that you are west of the Nepean River - but not very far west, probably around Lapstone/Glenbrook. I'm going to guess Marges Lookout near Mitchells Pass.

Not Marges LO. You have the right line of thinking but further W/SW (quite a bit of zoom in this).
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Sun 23 Apr, 2017 9:03 pm

Mount Portal?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sun 23 Apr, 2017 9:38 pm

jonnosan wrote:Mount Portal?

Not Mt Portal. You're on the right side of the highway but go further west.

Edit: I should add that the trees in the foreground are probably 50-100 metres from the named clifftop spot where I'm standing.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Mon 24 Apr, 2017 12:41 pm

The clifftop spot is presumably Tunnel View Lookout. Which puts you due north of Mt Portal (but west of Mt Portal Lookout).
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Mon 24 Apr, 2017 1:25 pm

ribuck wrote:The clifftop spot is presumably Tunnel View Lookout. Which puts you due north of Mt Portal (but west of Mt Portal Lookout).

Sorry all, I should have said go northwest rather than west. That's what happens going from memory and not checking the map :roll:. However I am not anywhere in the Glenbrook precinct. This more than several kms further up the mountains. A short steep-ish walk into a small gorge/valley and across a water course. Similar climb up the other side to this spot. Probably an hour's walk from the track head at a relaxed pace.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Tyreless » Mon 24 Apr, 2017 2:39 pm

Bunyan Lookout?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Mon 24 Apr, 2017 2:46 pm

Tyreless wrote:Bunyan Lookout?

Yes, the image is a bit of an optical illusion, Bunyan Lookout is correct Tyreless. Over to you.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Tyreless » Mon 24 Apr, 2017 2:57 pm

Thanks John. Still in NSW...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Mon 24 Apr, 2017 3:03 pm

Looking downstream along the Grose from Asgard Head?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Tyreless » Mon 24 Apr, 2017 3:23 pm

Wow, quick game's a good game! Over to you, ribuck.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Mon 24 Apr, 2017 9:46 pm

Thanks tyreless. I haven't been to Asgard Head, but it was clearly the Grose River and a perusal of a contour map strongly pointed to Asgard Head.

Mine is still in NSW I'm afraid. Apologies to people who are only familiar with other states. We've had quite a lot of NSW photos recently./

For this one, either "where is it" or "where was the photo taken from" will do as answers.

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Tue 25 Apr, 2017 1:25 am

Looking up at the escarpment above Govetts Creek, possibly from at or near Junction Rock?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Tue 25 Apr, 2017 2:31 am

It is in the Blue Mountains, but it's not anywhere in the Grose Valley.
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