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

Postby Tyreless » Mon 03 Dec, 2018 8:59 am

johnw wrote:Looks like Townsend from Abbott Peak.


That's right - and very quick! Over to you.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Mon 03 Dec, 2018 10:23 am

Thanks Tyreless.

For those who like a mystery here is one from NSW to figure out. Some clues - There is a large body of water behind me and a smaller one over the dune just ahead. There is no vehicle access, and it would have been many years since "ticket machines" were used around here (if ever). To get to this general locality requires a walk of maybe 45 minutes by the shortest route, of which there are several options.
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Signage relic in the dunes west of Marley Beach - Coast Track, Royal NP via Wattamolla NSW
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby cajun » Mon 03 Dec, 2018 8:15 pm

Is it South Coast (ish)?
And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended,
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Mon 03 Dec, 2018 8:26 pm

Marley, little Marley.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Mon 03 Dec, 2018 8:44 pm

puredingo wrote:Marley, little Marley.

That will do it, in the dunes behind Marley towards the lagoon. Odd place to find such a sign. Over to you puredingo.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Tue 04 Dec, 2018 7:35 am

Name the body of water and extra points for the hill I'm standing upon.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Lophophaps » Tue 04 Dec, 2018 7:37 am

Which state or territory?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 04 Dec, 2018 8:10 am

I think it's Blowering but not sure where from? I don't think it's from Blowering Cliff... Big Bogong maybe?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Tue 04 Dec, 2018 8:17 am

Nailed it fat boy. A hot, heavy slog it was. 3 nights in the Bogong peaks between Christmas and New year. Not recommended.

Go ahead mate.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 04 Dec, 2018 12:59 pm

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

Postby johnw » Tue 04 Dec, 2018 1:11 pm

Bulga Denis Canyon?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 04 Dec, 2018 3:49 pm

johnw wrote:Bulga Denis Canyon?

Can see the similarity, but no
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Tue 04 Dec, 2018 6:51 pm

Sort of looks like the Nattai after the big wash through?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Wed 05 Dec, 2018 7:21 am

Yep, it's the Nattai. Can try and narrow it down if you like (hint: it's one of Sloss's crossings) or just post the next... don't mind either way.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Wed 05 Dec, 2018 8:50 am

Ummm, the valley seems to open up a bit and the river widen...so maybe mid way, the crossing before Colleys flat? If not I'll go back up stream to piggys, going by the rock face.but basically I don't have any idea.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Wed 05 Dec, 2018 9:00 am

Name the swimming hole and location.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Wed 05 Dec, 2018 12:45 pm

puredingo wrote:Ummm, the valley seems to open up a bit and the river widen...so maybe mid way, the crossing before Colleys flat? If not I'll go back up stream to piggys, going by the rock face.but basically I don't have any idea.

Yeh from memory it's called "Tessa crossing". I just know it as the bit where you cross back to the east side after crossing briefly to the west to bypass some cliffs before Black Snake Meadow... maybe halfway give-or-take between Wanganderry Ck and the intersection with Nattai Rd.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Thu 06 Dec, 2018 8:09 am

No takers hey?

Clue: it's part of a river that has catchment duties, In the very south of Sydney...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby crollsurf » Thu 06 Dec, 2018 8:29 am

Are you on the Woronora River by any chance, Lake Eckersley maybe
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Thu 06 Dec, 2018 9:22 am

Yep, on the Woni but not lake Eckersley. This location was used as an early through route from Sydney to down South way back in the day.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Thu 06 Dec, 2018 9:39 am

puredingo wrote:Yep, on the Woni but not lake Eckersley. This location was used as an early through route from Sydney to down South way back in the day.

The reedy banks remind me of The Needles, which I think would also fit the historic description.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Thu 06 Dec, 2018 10:10 am

Exactamondo John. My backyard as a boy...

Take it away mate.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Thu 06 Dec, 2018 11:24 am

puredingo wrote:Exactamondo John. My backyard as a boy...

Thanks dingo. Not too far from my backyard(s) for my entire life, but only got around to walking down there about 18 months ago :roll:.

Where did I take this sunset shot with my phone in NSW:
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Sun setting over Bundanoon Creek Gorge near the Amphitheatre Lookout - Morton NP via Bundanoon NSW
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Zapruda » Fri 07 Dec, 2018 9:26 am

Was it taken from Asgard Head?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Fri 07 Dec, 2018 9:38 am

Zapruda wrote:Was it taken from Asgard Head?

Not in the Blue Mountains, quite a way south of there.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sat 08 Dec, 2018 9:09 am

The name of the creek gorge facing this arena will do. Car camping and a popular village are among the facilities nearby.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Sat 08 Dec, 2018 9:44 am

My first thought was Bundanoon somewhere but can't place which lookout... Haven't been there for years

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

Postby johnw » Sat 08 Dec, 2018 2:47 pm

Walk_fat boy_walk wrote:My first thought was Bundanoon somewhere but can't place which lookout... Haven't been there for years

Bundanoon will do. Amphitheatre lookout, more or less. Technically I'd wandered away from the lookout down one of the tracks.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Sat 08 Dec, 2018 7:31 pm

Thanks. Where in NSW is this?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sat 08 Dec, 2018 8:35 pm

With limited experience of the area it looks like it could be the Budawangs (I did buy Ron Doughton's book the other week with future trips in mind).
Not confident but I'll try either Shrouded Gods Mountain from Monolith Valley, or maybe Mt Nibelung.
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