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FJRider

17th June 2009, 21:35

I was thinking that another game for cold winter nights/days, and for those that don't or can't ride. (Or just nothing else to do) while other tags are being done. File photos ok ... it is virtual eh !!!
The task is to find location of Bike, as it is in the photo ... and post map (Google or other) showing location. First one to post map with correct location, gets to post next photo.

This game can not only be a National game (NZ)... but International too (Worldwide).

Below is a photo of mine, clue is within 100 km's of Alexandra. ... Simple eh !!!

New tags posted CAN be Adventure areas .... so road riders CAN do gravel... and dirt.

Let the game begin ...

JATZ

18th June 2009, 20:39

Nice bike, but it could be beside any one of 100 paddocks within 100 K's of Alexandra

Interesting twist on the tag theme though :yes:

Laxi

18th June 2009, 20:42

I hate google earth, the thought of searching it for hours scares me! think i'd rather ride in the cold thanks:yes:

BMWST?

18th June 2009, 20:44

here is my guess

Idaburn

Google maps wont play.....

FJRider

18th June 2009, 20:56

here is my guess

Idaburn

Google maps wont play.....

Right area ... clue is in my albums for a closer position. Unless your map isn't playing for me either.

Another clue is that white line ... a few more photos are in my albums of that spot.

fireliv

18th June 2009, 21:04

Silverfern

18th June 2009, 21:07

Your in the Ida Valley with the Hawkduns in the background and Brass Monkey/Oturehua over in the top right corner. At the intersection with Andersons Road?

NighthawkNZ

18th June 2009, 21:10

Becks.....

BMWST?

18th June 2009, 21:16

Becks.....

actually its NEAR Becks

stupid google maps....deleted

NighthawkNZ

18th June 2009, 21:20

actually its NEAR Becks

Close enough for me...

FJRider

18th June 2009, 21:35

actually its NEAR Becks

Actually where Browns road meets Highway 85 to be exact ... but as the man says ... close enough.

Your tag ...

BMWST?

18th June 2009, 21:37

can you guys see my map with a pin near becks?

edit map deleted

FJRider

18th June 2009, 21:41

can you guys see my map with a pin near becks?

See map no pin

BMWST?

18th June 2009, 21:59

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30057073@N08/3599938310/" title="moonshine 005 by kiwiproflexrider, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/3599938310_78e41d3a24.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="moonshine 005" /></a>

the picture title will give a very rough idea of where we are looking,I took this picture when i was out looking for Number 19 (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1129244678&postcount=267) welly tag

This was a purpose built facility for a LARGE car company.They relocated there from their original plant in Petone.After ckd production ceased it was used for storage/warehouse/offices only.It has since been sold

"Although the opening of the Petone Plant in 1926 was a milestone in New Zealand's industrial history, so too must the occasion of the opening of the new Trentham (also in Wellington's Hutt Valley area) assembly plant on August 26, 1967 by the Rt. Hon. K. J. Holyoake, Prime Minister of the day."

"June 30, 1999 marks the last day of head office operations for xxxxxxxxx at Trentham. The plant was purchased in February 1999 by a Christchurch based property developer."

google street view you must replicate
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30057073@N08/3637574717/" title="street view by kiwiproflexrider, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3637574717_f2079eeffd.jpg" width="500" height="294" alt="street view" /></a>

hayd3n

18th June 2009, 22:13

down hutt road?
i used to work at james cook joinery

BMWST?

18th June 2009, 22:30

down hutt road?
i used to work at james cook joinery

go north young man see where welly tag 19 was for a GENERAL area

hayd3n

19th June 2009, 06:45

go north young man see where welly tag 19 was for a GENERAL area

lol :shit::shit:

BMWST?

19th June 2009, 12:06

this is near a military camp and the road name is associated with a very very successful (ancient)military career.

Kemet

19th June 2009, 17:30

Never been to Welly (except to stopover at airport) but here goes....

<iframe width="425" height="240" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/sv?cbp=12,152.03,,0,8.49&cbll=-41.141912,175.048213&panoid=&v=1&hl=en&gl=nz"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=trentham&sl l=-45.009962,169.971542&sspn=0.109711,0.2211&ie=UTF8& ll=-41.095912,175.057526&spn=0.116865,0.2211&t=h&z=12& layer=c&cbll=-41.141912,175.048213&panoid=gZ-e7etU-3dLbJmwqGscSQ&cbp=12,152.03,,0,8.49" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>

2 min job (to search)

BMWST?

19th June 2009, 18:13

Never been to Welly (except to stopover at airport) but here goes....

2 min job (to search)

correct,obviuosly my last two clues were too easy!

your tag Kemet
Hey what happened?when i first looked at this thread i could see the street view of the old GM building,Alexander Road Trentham,but now all i see is a blank square

Kemet

19th June 2009, 19:15

correct,obviuosly my last two clues were too easy!

The "two" clues I used were 'trentham' and the hill in the back of the photo... and then look maps and chucked the street view man on the two streets nearest the hill... easy....

Kemet

19th June 2009, 19:19

A rally site in Otago...

Will give more clues if necessary but this should be easy if you've been there before....

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2009, 19:21

A rally site in Otago...

Will give more clues if necessary but this should be easy if you've been there before....

Middlemarch - Off the rails

FJRider

19th June 2009, 21:30

Middlemarch - Off the rails

You mean somewhere round here ... ??

Kemet

19th June 2009, 23:31

so that's what it looks like from above....

should have used something off my external drive rather than from one of my albums....

will have to pick a harder on next time....

FJRider

20th June 2009, 13:51

so that's what it looks like from above....

should have used something off my external drive rather than from one of my albums....

will have to pick a harder on next time....

It seems I have the tag.

Here's one ... any ideas anyone ... ????

The location is still there ... just slightly different now....

hayd3n

20th June 2009, 14:09

lake dunstan?

NighthawkNZ

20th June 2009, 19:53

You mean somewhere round here ... ??

So didn't I get it right???

FJRider

20th June 2009, 20:36

So didn't I get it right???

No pic's or map posted ... to confirm location. WE both know the location of the Rally, others do not.

Kemet

22nd June 2009, 21:14

It seems I have the tag.

Here's one ... any ideas anyone ... ????

The location is still there ... just slightly different now....

F.. :buggerd: me! That must be a really really old photo!!!

Slight difference being that small slab of concrete they added in later???

FJRider

22nd June 2009, 21:19

F.. :buggerd: me! That must be a really really old photo!!!

Slight difference being that small slab of concrete they added in later???

And the "bikes" weren't new then either ... and I'm not that old ... older than the photo though.

Transalper

19th July 2009, 10:14

Is it anywhere about the Kawarau river heading in the general direction of Queenstown?
Hot/Warm/Cold/Freezing ?

FJRider

19th July 2009, 11:20

Is it anywhere about the Kawarau river heading in the general direction of Queenstown?
Hot/Warm/Cold/Freezing ?

Kemet was correct .. a big slab of concrete makes this view impossible now.

The view is of the area in the Cromwell Gorge known as Jacksons.

LittleAngel

22nd July 2009, 22:09

Kemet was correct .. a big slab of concrete makes this view impossible now.

The view is of the area in the Cromwell Gorge known as Jacksons.

It would be the Clyde dam that has changed the look of your original photo eh?

Clyde Dam is the largest concrete gravity dam in New Zealand consisting of one million cubic metres of concrete. It's height is 100 metres, width at base is 70 metres, width at crest 10 metres and length at crest 490 metres.

Controversy surrounded the building of the dam, which saw a number of orchards and houses removed from the Cromwell Gorge to allow the flooding of the river valley. The lake formed by the dam, Lake Dunstan, is 26.4 square kilometres in size.

The lake extends from the historical township of Clyde through the Cromwell Gorge to Cromwell township, with one arm travelling up the Kawarau River to Bannockburn and the other widening out over the Lowburn Flats.

FJRider

22nd July 2009, 23:21

It would be the Clyde dam that has changed the look of your original photo eh?

Changed, some say ruined... I agree. Childhood memories only now. :crybaby:

Kemet

27th July 2009, 16:12

Changed, some say ruined... I agree. Childhood memories only now. :crybaby:
I was only little when they built it, so my childhood memories were of watching the water level creeping higher as we drove to Queenstown for the school holidays....

Speaking of Q'town, there's something else that has changed - and not necessarily for the better.....

BMWST?

11th August 2009, 11:30

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1129348690&postcount=30

_Shrek_

11th August 2009, 19:59

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1129348690&postcount=30

33ks from home

NighthawkNZ

11th August 2009, 20:11

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1129348690&postcount=30

half a day ride... round trip if I go direct or 2 or 3 weeks if I take the long way