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

Postby eggs » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 12:11 pm

So you were off track when you took this - presumably going between the Fortress [and its upper cave campsite] and heading down towards Billywing Gorge and the Hole in the Wall, or maybe an alternative scrub bash to Thackery?
So being pedantic - this is probably a small feeder creek into Deep Creek near the headwaters.
The second major feature is probably Mt Thackery. The falls about 1km slightly north of east of the Fortress and about 2km south west from Thackery has 3 other waterfalls around it at your 1.5km mark and might be visible from the cave.
Your 3rd feature might be the Hole in the Wall, but close is a relative term.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 12:42 pm

north-north-west wrote:OK, I usually enjoy these, but is it really fair to expect people to identify (a pretty bad photo of) a waterfall with no name on a creek with no name?
What are we supposed to do - give lat. and long.?

+1 I've just about lost the will to live :roll:. This is a case where unless you've actually been there the chance of ever guessing such an obscure thing are very remote.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Lophophaps » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 12:54 pm

Eggs is correct. It's a small feeder creek running west into Deep Creek. The GR is 159713. The two features are The Fortress and The Arch. The waterfall is passed coming from the bluff about 700 metres to the west across Deep Creek. The waterfall is also passed going from The Fortess to The Arch. The third feature is Thackeray, horrible scrub between the waterfall and the summit.

There is nothing in the rules that says that a place must be named.
http://bushwalk.com/wiki/index.php?titl ... it_-_Rules
This says "Players ask questions to narrow down the choices." Questions have been answered. Knowing and guessing are different.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 1:26 pm

Lophophaps wrote:There is nothing in the rules that says that a place must be named.
http://bushwalk.com/wiki/index.php?titl ... it_-_Rules
This says "Players ask questions to narrow down the choices." Questions have been answered. Knowing and guessing are different.

True but it also says:
"The Photo you post to the game should be a Panorama or panoramic scene with good detail and plenty of clues to help people work out what it is and then Where-It-IS."
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby north-north-west » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 1:32 pm

As long as we get a similar amount of clarifying detail the next time I have a whinge about one of Loppy's photos, I can live with it.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby eggs » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 2:40 pm

Lopohophaps is here to remind us that life is not fair.
Generally I switch off for awhile when his obscure ones come up - complete with completely misdirecting answers.
And -John - in this case it is handy to have a map and have read some trip reports on the area - after others have done the hard work of whittling things down to a workable area.

Next one:
What "specific" feature is in this photo from a 9km walk in the NT
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby GBW » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 4:59 pm

From my childhood memory...The Brain?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby eggs » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 7:45 pm

We will go with childhood memories. The Brain at Uluru
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby GBW » Mon 05 Mar, 2018 8:38 pm

Thanks eggs...NSW...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 06 Mar, 2018 7:40 am

Consett Stevens?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby GBW » Tue 06 Mar, 2018 4:01 pm

Close but not Consett Stephen WFBW.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby GBW » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 6:03 am

SW of CSP.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby crollsurf » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 7:07 am

I'm guessing on the saddle between Anton and Anderson?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby GBW » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 3:12 pm

That's close enough crollsurf. I think that's Anderson to my right looking toward the saddle 500m with Anton hidden around the corner. All yours.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby crollsurf » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 4:43 pm

Thanks GBW, Love walking pads like that in the highcountry. Bit of a pad here and there, to get to where I am in this photo. Where am I standing?
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Looking South from Watsons Crags, KNP
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Zapruda » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 5:33 pm

I believe this is shot from the Crags.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby crollsurf » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 5:47 pm

Sure is Zapruda, or at least on the way to the trig. All yours
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Zapruda » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 5:51 pm

Thanks Crollsurf.

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

Postby crollsurf » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 6:23 pm

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

Postby Zapruda » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 6:25 pm

Much further south than Mt Wondabyne
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Wed 07 Mar, 2018 8:44 pm

Corang?

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

Postby Zapruda » Thu 08 Mar, 2018 3:57 am

Spot on Wfbw.

All yours.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Thu 08 Mar, 2018 7:25 pm

Thanks. NSW again:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Orbita_Serenitatem » Thu 08 Mar, 2018 9:34 pm

Photo is captioned 'Long Spur'. Do I win a prize?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Fri 09 Mar, 2018 8:23 am

Orbita_Serenitatem wrote:Photo is captioned 'Long Spur'. Do I win a prize?

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

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Sat 10 Mar, 2018 7:47 am

A hint maybe... This is in a world heritage area

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

Postby GregR » Sun 11 Mar, 2018 7:42 pm

Jeez looks a lot like Bluff rock at Tenterfield.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby crollsurf » Sun 11 Mar, 2018 7:44 pm

Could you be on the Nattai River by any chance?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Sun 11 Mar, 2018 10:25 pm

crollsurf wrote:Could you be on the Nattai River by any chance?
Yup that'll do, few hundred metres upstream from Macarthur's flat

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

Postby crollsurf » Mon 12 Mar, 2018 7:03 am

Thanks WFBW. I couldn't work out the bluff though.
Another shot not too far from Sydney, NSW. The mountain in the background is pretty easy to pick so can you pick where I am when I took this shot?
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Folly Point, Morton NP. NSW
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