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

Tue 21 May, 2024 9:43 pm

Yes, it’s just below Mac Springs, looking roughly north.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Wed 22 May, 2024 11:19 am

Thanks Tyreless, the final clue clinched it.

What big hill am I climbing in QLD?
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View from near the summit of Walshs Pyramid, Wooroonooran NP via Gordonvale FNQ
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Wed 22 May, 2024 3:19 pm

Random guess: Bartle Frere
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Wed 22 May, 2024 3:51 pm

sandym wrote:Random guess: Bartle Frere

No, but not all that far away.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Thu 23 May, 2024 3:09 pm

I doubt that the pharaohs would have made this climb.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Thu 23 May, 2024 4:14 pm

Walshs Pyramid?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Thu 23 May, 2024 6:32 pm

sandym wrote:Walshs Pyramid?

Yes Sandy, probably a tough one to guess from this view unless you've done it.
The annual Great Pyramid Race from Gordonvale up the peak and back is on in August.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Sat 25 May, 2024 6:33 am

Should be an easy one, also Queensland.


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

Sat 25 May, 2024 11:18 am

Well based on the file name...

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

Sat 25 May, 2024 3:09 pm

Got me!

OK, lets try this one. Where is this lighthouse? Should be easy so no state given.

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

Sun 26 May, 2024 4:18 pm

Let's try Cape Sorell, SW Tassie.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Sun 26 May, 2024 4:32 pm

How about Split Point Lighthouse?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Mon 27 May, 2024 4:20 pm

John W is a winner.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Mon 27 May, 2024 6:02 pm

Let's keep the lighthouse theme going, WA:
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Bathurst Lighthouse, Rottnest Island WA
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Mon 27 May, 2024 8:10 pm

Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Mon 27 May, 2024 8:26 pm

crollsurf wrote:Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse

Not Cape Naturaliste, quite a distance from there.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Tue 28 May, 2024 12:50 pm

Pretty sure that's the light at Vlamingh Head.

If I'm right anytone else can jump in because I'm heading out for a walk.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Tue 28 May, 2024 3:17 pm

north-north-west wrote:Pretty sure that's the light at Vlamingh Head.

Similar looking, but a very long way from there.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Tue 28 May, 2024 4:00 pm

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

Tue 28 May, 2024 4:09 pm

Last wrote:Rottnest?

I'm looking for a specific lighthouse.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Tue 28 May, 2024 4:12 pm

Bathurst lighthouse, on Rottnest
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Tue 28 May, 2024 4:42 pm

johnw wrote:
Last wrote:Rottnest?

I'm looking for a specific lighthouse.

I didn't know there was more than one. Poor research!
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Tue 28 May, 2024 6:31 pm

Last wrote:
johnw wrote:
Last wrote:Rottnest?

I'm looking for a specific lighthouse.

I didn't know there was more than one. Poor research!

Well, at least you learned some new trivia today :).

Tyreless wrote:Bathurst lighthouse, on Rottnest

Yes, that's the one Tyreless.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Tue 28 May, 2024 7:00 pm

I can’t in good conscience take it. Without meaning to sound biblical, Last can go first.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Wed 29 May, 2024 10:49 am

Thanks john + Tyreless, Next. NSW
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Wed 29 May, 2024 4:43 pm

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

Wed 29 May, 2024 4:52 pm

Walk_fat boy_walk wrote:Waratah?

Before I say yes/no you'll have to tell where that is, I'm not from NSW
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Wed 29 May, 2024 8:32 pm

The lookout at the end of the Boxvale tramway walking track, above the skip incline, near Mittagong.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Wed 29 May, 2024 11:05 pm

johnw wrote:The lookout at the end of the Boxvale tramway walking track, above the skip incline, near Mittagong.

No, but I was there some hours later
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Wed 29 May, 2024 11:59 pm

Katoomba Lookout on Mt Alexandra?
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