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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby eggs » Fri 28 May, 2021 7:04 pm

Thanks - its just that in summer the mountains beckon..
But hypothetical - I have to get back to Tas first - transit Melbourne?
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Tortoise » Fri 28 May, 2021 7:34 pm

eggs wrote:Thanks - its just that in summer the mountains beckon..
But hypothetical - I have to get back to Tas first - transit Melbourne?

Private plane, direct?

Is that Eros, from....near Elysia?
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby eggs » Fri 28 May, 2021 10:35 pm

Yes. The small tarns to the west of Elysia with Eros in view
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby north-north-west » Sat 29 May, 2021 7:52 am

eggs wrote:But hypothetical - I have to get back to Tas first - transit Melbourne?


You'd think that the airlines would get a bit more flexible given the current situation, and run direct flights between "safe" cities. It might be a bit awkward at first but people would get used to the system quickly enough.
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby eggs » Sat 29 May, 2021 8:08 am

There is a direct flight.
But if I bring the car, its via Melbourne
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Tortoise » Sat 29 May, 2021 3:09 pm

Sorry about the delay. Try this one:
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Tortoise » Sun 30 May, 2021 12:57 pm

I didn’t think it’d be too hard to get the Lake (no cryptic clue there) and I’m on an Abel.
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Last » Sun 30 May, 2021 1:09 pm

stepped hills, with similar mist to what I had
noen ganger er det godt å være alene i villmarken
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Tortoise » Sun 30 May, 2021 5:31 pm

Last wrote:stepped hills, with similar mist to what I had

That be it.
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Last » Sun 30 May, 2021 6:58 pm

thanks Tortoise, next
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby eggs » Mon 31 May, 2021 9:42 pm

The view from Mt Murchison
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Last » Mon 31 May, 2021 10:44 pm

that's correct eggs
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby eggs » Tue 01 Jun, 2021 12:13 am

Try this one
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Tue 01 Jun, 2021 6:12 am

Dunalley?
Nothing to see here.
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Graham51 » Tue 01 Jun, 2021 8:30 am

On The Neck at Bruny Island?
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby eggs » Tue 01 Jun, 2021 8:33 am

Iluv has it. Dunalley Beach
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Tue 01 Jun, 2021 6:42 pm

Anyone go next
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Tortoise » Tue 01 Jun, 2021 9:09 pm

Alrighty. Next one:
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From PB (L to R): Victoria Cross, Moonlight Ridge (Hills 1, 2, 3 & 4), Mt Wylly, La Perouse, Pindars Peak
And plenty of scrub
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 5:25 am

PB
Nothing to see here.
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby Tortoise » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 7:31 am

Yep
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 9:03 am

Name the range above the Dracophyllum Persistentifolium....
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby RicktheHuman » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 9:08 am

Sentinel Range?
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 9:10 am

Of course it is. Was the first pic I could find with the plant formerly known as richea scorparia in it.
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby RicktheHuman » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 9:28 am

Oh, I just looked it up, wasn't aware of the name change! I wonder what the palawa kani word for it was..
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 9:33 am

That trout lake?
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby RicktheHuman » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 9:53 am

ILUVSWTAS wrote:That trout lake?


No. The longitude is very nearly aligned with Trout lake though
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby north-north-west » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 11:10 am

ILUVSWTAS wrote: ... Dracophyllum Persistentifolium....


Shouldn't it be something like Dracophyllum Ouchifolium?
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 11:12 am

north-north-west wrote:
ILUVSWTAS wrote: ... Dracophyllum Persistentifolium....


Shouldn't it be something like Dracophyllum Ouchifolium?



Yeh the persistent bit is at least right....
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby north-north-west » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 1:44 pm

To get back to the game, my first thought was Steanes Tarn from the side of Picton.
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Re: GAME: Where am I?

Postby RicktheHuman » Wed 02 Jun, 2021 2:47 pm

north-north-west wrote:To get back to the game, my first thought was Steanes Tarn from the side of Picton.


Not Steanes, Getting closer though
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