Where on Google Earth am I?

[ozwinner]

Where on Google Earth am I?

If you get it right, its your turn.

I am in Southern Eastern Australia.

Water based..

Al :U

[martrix]

Point Nepean.:cool:

[ozwinner]

Close but no cigar.

Al :p

[martrix]

&^$!...I need a clue?


I bet its not even on the coast.

[watson]

It's not far from water if you count Yan Yean as water.

Hey Paul........I can see Al's house from here

[ozwinner]

Port Philip Bay.

Al :wink:

[ozwinner]

It's not far from water if you count Yan Yean as water.

Hey Paul........I can see Al's house from here

I can see my house on GE too...

Al :p

[watson]

Al,
Mine show's up as an empty paddock................???

[BJP]

Mud Island Marine Reserve:D

[squashedfrog1]

mud island?:?

[ozwinner]

Point Nepean
Is the closest so far, in fact its preeerrrrty close.

Any more, or else Martrix gets a go.:cool:

Al :U

[JDarvall]

Yeh, it does look familiar since I'm always flying about at 6000 ft. :D

haven't a clue.

That google earths just amazing. Can't get it going on my computer. But on a mates, just incredible. I zoomed in on my old house, and then bounced over to Straddie island, then over to Lismore,,,,some places don't seem to work I've noticed. I can't see anyplace in Kyogle at all.

[martrix]

I cant find a name except for Mud Island, in the middle of the bay near the heads. If thats it, BJP got it?

[ozwinner]

Its called Popes Eye..
Why? I dont know.

Well done...

Ok whos turn is it, any where on the planet as long as GE can see it.

Al :2tsup:

[scooter]

I can see my house on GE too...

Al :p

Doesn't show the recent "renos"... :? :wink::-:rolleyes:

[squashedfrog1]

popes eye:rolleyes:

[martrix]

OK, I will go.:D How about a rule...Must be between 5000-6000ft elevation?


1st Clue. South East NSW.

[silentC]

Mate too easy. Pambula River mouth and part of Pambula Beach. I'm sitting 5 km away from it right now...

And you can see my old house in it too...

[Wood Butcher]

Can we add another rule that photo must be orientated so the top is north?

[silentC]

That one is...

[martrix]

Mate too easy. Pambula River mouth and part of Pambula Beach. I'm sitting 5 km away from it right now...

And you can see my old house in it too...

:D :doh: Thought you might get that. I used to go there on holidays as a kid, loved it. There was also a problem with thieves in the caravan park. Stole our surfing gear.:~


Can we add another rule that photo must be orientated so the top is north?
Yep good point. For the record mine was pointing North.

SilentC, you're up.

[silentC]

thieves in the caravan park
I thought you were going to complain about the site fees they charge. They're the real thieves!!

OK, coming up, just trying to find somewhere that has a decent overhead photo in google maps.

[silentC]

OK, another one on the South East coast of Australia. Further south than the last one.

Have to leave you with it, finished work for the evening.

[Grunt]

Lakes Entrance

[joe greiner]

A little farther west. Paynesville. Howzat for long-distance joggerphy?

Joe

[Mirboo]

Paynesville, Raymond Island, Lake Victoria and Metung are all in view in the picture. These places are all on the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria.

[Mirboo]

Not a bad effort Joe. I had the benefit of growing up in Gippsland and going on a school camp a couple of times at a place on Duck Arm which is also in SilentC's picture.

[silentC]

Ian's answer was more complete but I think we should give it to Joe, for his long distance effort.

I used to spend a fair bit of time around there as a kid. Had an uncle and aunty at Eagle Point, which is also in the picture just behind that long spit that almost cuts Lake Victoria in half. We used to go duck shooting out in the lake. When the sea levels rise, it will all be gone :(

Over to you Joe.

[joe greiner]

Wish I could. But this ol' steam-powered compu-duh-r and dialup connection can't handle it. And the OS still needs a few days worth of repairs after getting hosed by a trojan a while back. The OS problem alone is almost worth buying a new machine, but the cost of high-speed connection doesn't thrill me yet.

I've seen the Google Earth stuff on a friend's machine, and it's quite impressive. One pecularity it has is that aerial photos are based on overlapping views from discrete locations. (I used to deal with aerial photos in civil engineering practice.) Due to parallax, a computed oblique view from the South (say) can depict the North face of a tall building. I understand a newer version will actually create a 3D model, and that oddity won't occur.

For the nonce, I'm pretty much stuck with MS Terraserver; and I think we only have it for USA (derived from USGS aerials and topo maps).

Best regards, and thanks for the vote.

Joe

[silentC]

Try maps.google.com. It's all browser based and what I use. Same images as Goggle Earth but you don't need to download their software. Click Satellite in the top right to get the aerial photos.

[Grunt]

I don't think you can save the image from Google Maps.

[Stuart]

If the image is visible on your computer, it can be saved ;) (same with video fwiw)

[Grunt]

I haven't been able to work out how you do it.

[joe greiner]

"Print Screen" saves screen image to clipboard. Then open whatever (e.g. MSPaint) and "Paste."

Joe

[Landseka]

new rule....anyone who knows the location 1st hand is barred from entering:D....we want WILD guesses:2tsup:

neil.

[Landseka]

Can I try one????

South West Coast Australia.

Should slow down you east coasters....:D

[Mirboo]

I believe the little township in view in the picture is Bremer Bay on the Wellstead Estuary. The township of Bremer Bay is situated at the south end of the Fitzgerald River National Park in Western Australia. I've never been anywhere near there.

[Mirboo]

Have a go at this one. It is on the NSW coast.

[silentC]

That's Huskisson. Yes I have been there. Once...

BTW I use maps.google.com and a little screen capture program I downloaded that lets you capture a rectangular portion of the screen and save it to jpg or gif.

[silentC]

Another one on the NSW coast:

[Bluegum]

Its definatly not lake illawarra. I was thinking perhaps the entrance but I'm not 100% sure.

[silentC]

Right neck of the woods but it's not a built up area - no houses. It's in a National Park.

[Grunt]

I found it but I cheated so I won't reveal.

[silentC]

How did you cheat? I reckon if you found it by scanning the coast with Google Earth then that's legit.

[Groggy]

I reckon it's Tamboy, south of Forster.

[silentC]

Tamboy is in there. It's the Bombah Broadwater, part of Myall Lakes National Park. In the northern part of the broadwater where it narrows right down, you can make out the little white shop at the Legge's Beach caravan park on the western shore. There's a car ferry that will take you across to the other side. Mungo Brush is on the Eastern shore, not far from the beach - it's a popular camping spot. Too popular...

[Grunt]

How did you cheat? I reckon if you found it by scanning the coast with Google Earth then that's legit.

That's how I did it. I started a Moruya and went North. Some nice coast line up there.

[silentC]

Some nice coast line up there
Sure is and if the weather is kind I'll be sleeping on some of it tomorrow night :)

[Groggy]

This may trick some...

hint: it is further north than Brisbane, Alice Springs and even Rockhampton

[Cliff Rogers]

Good one. :2tsup:

[Baz]

Weipa? without looking at Google Earth.
Cheers
Barry

[Groggy]

Weipa? without looking at Google Earth.
Cheers
BarryNope, better look at Google Earth :wink::)

[Baz]

Groggy I know what it is but not where, thought we had one at Weipa.
Cheers
Barry

[Groggy]

Yes we do have one near Weipa, and a few others. But where is this one and what is it called?

(The Weipa one is called Scherger by the way, if you enter it in google maps as a search it should find it for you.)

[Wood Butcher]

RAAF base at Exmouth WA?

[Baz]

OK found it, took a while for the penny to drop.As I knew what it was I will leave it for someone else. Groggy or Cliffe, have you been there?
Cheers
Barry

[Groggy]

Close enough. It is RAAF Base Learmonth and is south of Exmouth. It would have confused most people as it is on the eastern side of a prominatory making it appear as if it was on the east coast when in fact it is on the western coast.

The fishing there is fantastic, the sharks are big enough to make you buy your fish instead though :oo:.

Edit: Baz, yes, many times. Usually sleeping in ditches and covered in dust. There is a place nearby called Milstream that is very picturesque though.

[Wood Butcher]

For a hint this is taken in QLD

[Groggy]

Moogerah or Atkinson's Dam? Can't remember which, it's been a while.

[martrix]

I found it, but I dont know what its called.:C north east of Toowoomba

[martrix]

Perseverance Dam?

[Wood Butcher]

Yep. Excpet I don't know how old that photo is because at the moment there is no where near that much water in there:(

[Blocklayer]

Where's this?

If it weren't for a few trees, I'd be able to see this place from my house.

Hmm
Anyone got a spare chainsaw :cool:

(Just kidding)
Actually, a bloke here did this. He cut a 20 foot wide path through the scrub and trees in the buffer zone, so he could see the ocean and place below. It's pretty hard to tell who did it, when you walk up the beach past the clearing and look directly through it right into the back of his house. Needless to say, he's not real popular around here. He's also quite stupid.:doh:

[Grunt]

It's an island called 'Google Earth Placemark'

[Blocklayer]

Got it half right Grunt.
It is definately an island

[Baz]

Low Island.

[Blocklayer]

Thats the one Baz

Heres the coords for GE

16 23 02.66 S 145 33 36.04 E

(paste into the 'Fly To' box and click)

[Baz]

OK hope this works, far northern NSW, you may have had a beer in the pub.
Cheers
Barry

[Groggy]

I thought martrix won the previous one?

[Baz]

Appologies to all if I have jumped the gun, just answered Blocklayers so I posted mine.
Cheers
Barry

[Blocklayer]

Tumbulgum of course

[Baz]

Yep
Cheers
Barry

[martrix]

anyone else can go for it. I will do one later on tonight.....maybe out of the country too.:D