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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Fri 20 Feb, 2015 10:38 am

Not Milford - wrong island
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Fri 20 Feb, 2015 12:05 pm

dawson falls mt taranaki
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Fri 20 Feb, 2015 1:11 pm

Wrong mountain
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Fri 20 Feb, 2015 1:53 pm

doubt many aussies have been to mangawhero falls on ruapehu
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Fri 20 Feb, 2015 5:32 pm

But that is the correct spot - right next to the road up the mountain.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Fri 20 Feb, 2015 5:45 pm

name this place in Japan
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby MickyB » Sat 21 Feb, 2015 10:03 am

Senbon Tori?

.....post the next picture of a location somewhere in an A natural landscape (eg in a National Park) somewhere out of Australia..


I'm not having a go at Wayno but do photos have to be of a natural landscape. I have a few photos I could use for this game but they are not in National Parks etc.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Sat 21 Feb, 2015 10:45 am

MickyB wrote:Senbon Tori?

.....post the next picture of a location somewhere in an A natural landscape (eg in a National Park) somewhere out of Australia..


I'm not having a go at Wayno but do photos have to be of a natural landscape. I have a few photos I could use for this game but they are not in National Parks etc.

I read that as - a location somewhere in an A natural landscape and for example in a national park - the NP qualification is not mandatory. Many natural areas where I bushwalk or visit here are not in NPs, and similar experience overseas. I think significant features integral to a hiking trail etc are OK based on my interpretation of the above. I haven't visited Japan but found this site which suggests to me that this one complies based on the guidelines:

Senbon Torii
"While the primary reason most foreign visitors come to Fushimi Inari Shrine is to explore the mountain trails, the shrine buildings themselves are also attractive and worth a visit."

"At the very back of the shrine's main grounds is the entrance to the torii gate covered hiking trail, which starts with two dense, parallel rows of gates called Senbon Torii ("thousands of torii gates")"


I'm guessing the photos you have are likely also OK (based on my interpretation).
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Sat 21 Feb, 2015 10:45 am

Duplicate post removed :oops: :roll:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Sat 21 Feb, 2015 11:06 am

it walks through a park in thick forest, you wouldnt have a clue where it is if i posted a photo of the forest, this is a photo that gives a chance of recognising what is a well known attraction. i've got heaps of photos in parks where you wouldnt have a clue where they were if I posted them, i tend to spend my time in areas few if any aussies would recognise, the idea is to make the area identifiable..
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Sat 21 Feb, 2015 11:08 am

Fushimi Inari is correct
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Sat 21 Feb, 2015 11:20 am

highly recogniseable
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby MickyB » Sat 21 Feb, 2015 12:21 pm

Thanks wayno (and johnw for your interpretation of the rules. As I mentioned I was not criticising wayno - just trying to clarify the rules for my own future photo posts.

Another from NZ - Name the waterfall
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 3:50 am

I loose track of which waterfalls are called what in NZ theres so many of them.
I"m pretty sure i havent been to that one. but it has similartities with other ones... whatever its name is it will probably be difficult to remembe and pronounce because i cant remember the names of most of the ones I've seen :mrgreen:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby photohiker » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 7:21 am

Hang on, I think I've been to that one!

Have to check my photos...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby MickyB » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 9:07 am

wayno wrote:whatever its name is it will probably be difficult to remembe and pronounce


For an Aussie it's a bit hard to pronounce. A Kiwi shouldn't have any problems.

photohiker wrote:Hang on, I think I've been to that one!


There's a good chance you might have been here. Very close to a road and from memory about 100m from the car park.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 9:13 am

MickyB wrote:
wayno wrote:whatever its name is it will probably be difficult to remembe and pronounce


For an Aussie it's a bit hard to pronounce. A Kiwi shouldn't have any problems.

photohiker wrote:Hang on, I think I've been to that one!


There's a good chance you might have been here. Very close to a road and from memory about 100m from the car park.


from that description its highly unlikely i've visited it... if it aint a challenge I aint bothered... :mrgreen:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby MickyB » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 9:16 am

wayno wrote:
MickyB wrote:
wayno wrote:whatever its name is it will probably be difficult to remembe and pronounce


For an Aussie it's a bit hard to pronounce. A Kiwi shouldn't have any problems.

photohiker wrote:Hang on, I think I've been to that one!


There's a good chance you might have been here. Very close to a road and from memory about 100m from the car park.


from that description its highly unlikely i've visited it... if it aint a challenge I aint bothered... :mrgreen:


This one isn't a challenge. In fact it's whucking easy.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 9:31 am

Whangarei Falls?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby MickyB » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 10:05 am

That's it Graham. Over to you :D
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 10:23 am

What walk was I about to start on here and/or what is the name of this lake? In USA.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Champion_Munch » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 10:44 am

Looks like Tenaya Lake, Yosemite NP? Could be on your way up Half dome
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 12:04 pm

Champion_Munch wrote:Looks like Tenaya Lake, Yosemite NP? Could be on your way up Half dome

Yes this is Tenaya Lake. It's the starting point of the walk to Clouds Rest.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Champion_Munch » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 12:46 pm

OK, where in NZ was I on this bright and sunny day?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 1:00 pm

abel tasman NP behind The Anchorage probably, last time i saw it there were 80 kayaks in it
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Champion_Munch » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 1:06 pm

Spot on wayno, over to you
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Sun 22 Feb, 2015 1:26 pm

NZ, name the hill or the harbour, if i get an answer for both before checking back, correct hill answer will get it over the harbour, the hill is a harder guess.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby MickyB » Wed 25 Feb, 2015 7:34 pm

Might be time for a clue Wayno.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Thu 26 Feb, 2015 6:15 am

there aren't that many harbours that look like that in the south island
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby icefest » Thu 26 Feb, 2015 11:05 am

Auckland!
Wellington!
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