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

Postby johnw » Thu 22 Jun, 2023 4:40 pm

Last wrote:Thanks John, I thought the church looked familiar. Have they repaired it?

If you mean the cathedral they still had scaffolding around it in 2017 when we visited. From memory there was some reason why repairs weren't proceeding.
Much of the city was a giant demolition/construction site then. If you wanted a job it was almost just grab a hard hat and get started.

Flåm, Norway?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Thu 22 Jun, 2023 5:58 pm

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

Postby johnw » Fri 23 Jun, 2023 11:40 am

Aoteaora:
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Looking towards the "Basket of Dreams", Queenstown Hill Time Walk, Queenstown, Otago New Zealand
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Fri 23 Jun, 2023 2:34 pm

Basket of Dreams, Queenstown
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 23 Jun, 2023 3:56 pm

eggs wrote:Basket of Dreams, Queenstown

Yes eggs, at the top of the Queenstown Hill Time Walk.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Fri 23 Jun, 2023 4:29 pm

I could tell the skyline was the Remarkables - but hard work nailing this foreground.

This is in Africa - there is a Where's Wally object that would also serve as a clue.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 23 Jun, 2023 5:01 pm

Dr Livingstone I presume? Victoria Falls.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Fri 23 Jun, 2023 5:52 pm

Yes - it was a statue of Dr Livingstone at Victoria Falls
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 23 Jun, 2023 6:53 pm

eggs wrote:Yes - it was a statue of Dr Livingstone at Victoria Falls

Some years ago I read one of the Gutenberg volumes of the Livingstone/Stanley explorations. It was epic, difficult and sad.

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

Postby johnw » Sun 25 Jun, 2023 1:57 pm

Clues, the name of this small lake is consistent with the feature at this end of it.
In a very well known NP with explosive tendencies.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Fri 30 Jun, 2023 6:24 pm

A National Park with explosive tendencies, sounds like Yellowstone? That looks a bit like a beaver dam, is that what you are referring to?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 30 Jun, 2023 10:27 pm

Last wrote:A National Park with explosive tendencies, sounds like Yellowstone? That looks a bit like a beaver dam, is that what you are referring to?

Correct Last, that answer is good enough. We are on the Beaver Ponds loop trail in the northern part of Yellowstone NP. Looking behind us waiting for a wandering bison to move off the track ahead.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Sat 01 Jul, 2023 2:07 am

Thanks john, next, Europe
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Mon 03 Jul, 2023 12:26 pm

I managed to narrow this down to Oslo harbour or waterfront area.
But I can't pinpoint the exact spot despite finding a near identical photo online.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Mon 03 Jul, 2023 1:32 pm

Close enough john, i'm on the wharf at Frammuset
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Mon 03 Jul, 2023 4:03 pm

Last wrote:Close enough john, i'm on the wharf at Frammuset

Thanks Last. That looks like a popular spot but even searching that name doesn't reveal any images remotely like it.

Let's revisit NZ:
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Mirror Lakes below the Earl Mountains, Eglinton Valley - Te Rua-o-te-moko/Fiordland NP via Te Anau, New Zealand
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Mon 03 Jul, 2023 7:46 pm

Kepler Mire (aka dead marshes)?

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

Postby johnw » Mon 03 Jul, 2023 9:59 pm

Walk_fat boy_walk wrote:Kepler Mire (aka dead marshes)?

No, but it's in the same general area.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 04 Jul, 2023 11:14 am

Could be Eglington Valley... Mirror Lake maybe?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 04 Jul, 2023 11:43 am

Walk_fat boy_walk wrote:Could be Eglinton (EDIT) Valley... Mirror Lake maybe?

Yes, Mirror Lakes be it.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Tue 04 Jul, 2023 11:51 am

Its Eglinton, not Eglington
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 04 Jul, 2023 12:06 pm

eggs wrote:Its Eglinton, not Eglington

I agree eggs, my photo caption reflects that. You can join NNW and myself in the grammar and spelling police :).
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 04 Jul, 2023 1:44 pm

Yeesh

This is in Switzerland:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 04 Jul, 2023 6:15 pm

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

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 04 Jul, 2023 6:31 pm

That'll do.... looking at murren and gimmelwald

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

Postby johnw » Wed 05 Jul, 2023 11:59 pm

Thanks, that via ferrata there looks scary, and spectacular.

Back to NZ:
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On the Hooker Valley track, Aoraki/Mt Cook NP, Canterbury New Zealand
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby icefest » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 10:14 am

Reminds me of the beansburn!
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 10:22 am

icefest wrote:Reminds me of the beansburn!

I had to look that up, it sounded more like a digestive problem :). Right island but a fair distance away.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby icefest » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 10:28 am

hmm.

Is that the Copland valley then?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 10:31 am

icefest wrote:Is that the Copland valley then?

No, but somewhat closer.
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