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

Postby jonnosan » Fri 17 Aug, 2018 1:43 pm

Thanks. I won't be able to post anything till sunday though so anyone else can go.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sat 18 Aug, 2018 8:17 pm

No takers, as runner up here's one to keep it moving. NSW, bonus point for where I'm sitting:
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Wollangambe Wilderness from "The Centre of the Universe" rock pagoda, Blue Mountains NP via Bell NSW
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Sun 19 Aug, 2018 2:49 am

Are you sitting on top of the "Centre of the Universe" pagoda? Looking north towards the wollangambe.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sun 19 Aug, 2018 9:49 am

ribuck wrote:Are you sitting on top of the "Centre of the Universe" pagoda? Looking north towards the wollangambe.

Yep. Well, sitting half way up it anyway. Yours again ribuck.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Sun 19 Aug, 2018 5:04 pm

Thanks johnw.

I'm traveling, without access to my photos. Someone can go who hasn't posted to this game before.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Mon 20 Aug, 2018 5:34 pm

No response, and I'm back now, so let's try this one. What's this high point in NSW?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Mon 20 Aug, 2018 6:30 pm

hmmm am just guessing from the title - possibly pigeonhouse / Didthul (which wikipedia tells me means 'woman's breast')
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Mon 20 Aug, 2018 7:49 pm

You got it, jonnosan. Confirmed by the following Wikipedia page (there are Wikipedia pages for everything nowadays):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast-shaped_hill
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Mon 20 Aug, 2018 8:11 pm

Cheers Ribuck

This is NSW again.

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Grose Head South from Grose Mountain lookout
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Mon 20 Aug, 2018 10:20 pm

Grose Head South from at or near the lookout
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Tue 21 Aug, 2018 5:01 am

Yes, that's correct johnw
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Tue 21 Aug, 2018 11:29 pm

NSW:
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Looking northeast over the Thredbo Valley from Porcupine Rocks, Kosciuskzo NP via Perisher Gap NSW
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Wed 22 Aug, 2018 10:02 am

possibly looking north from mt townsend?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby eggs » Wed 22 Aug, 2018 10:35 am

Is this from the Porcupine Rocks area looking NE?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Wed 22 Aug, 2018 11:07 am

eggs wrote:Is this from the Porcupine Rocks area looking NE?

Yes eggs, I'm actually on them.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby eggs » Wed 22 Aug, 2018 3:02 pm

Thanks John

Back to SA - click on photo to expand
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Checking the rock strata in Wilkawillina Gorge - Flinders Ranges National Park
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby peregrinator » Wed 22 Aug, 2018 8:22 pm

Looking down to Chambers Creek?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby eggs » Wed 22 Aug, 2018 10:16 pm

We weren't as far north as Chambers Gorge.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby peregrinator » Thu 23 Aug, 2018 9:11 am

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

Postby eggs » Thu 23 Aug, 2018 1:13 pm

South East from Parachilna
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby peregrinator » Thu 23 Aug, 2018 2:28 pm

Wilkawillinina Gorge?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby eggs » Thu 23 Aug, 2018 3:35 pm

That will be the one ["Wilkawillina" Gorge that is..].
A delightful place a bit more off the normal tourist tracks
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby peregrinator » Thu 23 Aug, 2018 8:25 pm

eggs wrote:That will be the one ["Wilkawillina" Gorge that is..].
A delightful place a bit more off the normal tourist tracks


Eggsactly.

Name these two peaks in Victoire.

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Mt Speculation and Mt Buggery from Stanleys Name spur
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby GBW » Thu 23 Aug, 2018 8:55 pm

Speculation and Buggery?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby peregrinator » Fri 24 Aug, 2018 9:57 am

Correct, GBW.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby GBW » Fri 24 Aug, 2018 5:19 pm

Thanks peregrinator. Staying in Vic...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby peregrinator » Fri 24 Aug, 2018 7:24 pm

From The Nobs, looking at The Bluff?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby GBW » Fri 24 Aug, 2018 7:28 pm

Hole in one. All yours peregrinator.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby peregrinator » Sat 25 Aug, 2018 12:12 pm

Another one from Victoria: what track is this?

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

Postby peregrinator » Sun 26 Aug, 2018 8:44 am

I thought the two poles (plural, because there's a just-visible one close to the horizon) would be a good clue. The grey January sky is a reasonable clue as well.
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