Largest Australian Flag Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By
WotheNeeds2 on 01-Feb-24. Waypoint GA28129
Cache Details
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| Type: | Virtual |
| Container: | Virtual |
| Coordinates: | S35° 18.495' E149° 7.460' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 693133E 6090702N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 605 m |
| Local Government Area: | Australian Capital Territory |
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Description
Largest Australian Flag
The Australian flag and flagmast above Australian Parliament House was designed to be a prominent and recognisable symbol of the Australian Parliament. The flag—which measures 12.8 metres by 6.4 metres—marks the exact centre of the building and was intended to be seen from most parts of Canberra. It is flown over Parliament House 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is floodlit at night.
Parliament House is one of the largest buildings in the southern hemisphere. It is 300 metres long and 300 metres wide and has a floor area of more than 250 000 square metres. A big flag was needed to fly over such a big building!
To claim a find:
To claim a find on this cache, all you need to do is take a photo of yourself and/or GPS and/or geo-name with the flag in the background. If you can't take access GZ, I am happy for you to claim a find as long as the flag is in the photo. Enjoy!
Hints
Znxr fher lbh unir n pnzren jvgu lbh. |
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Logs
I did a full lap of Parliament House.
While around the back I took a snap of the flag.
TFTV
Day one of my mega trip started with a very early wake up and with a leaving time of 5:22am. This is so I could get to my first of three (pre-registered) tours over the weekend which was at Parliament House (on time). It was a great tour and I learn/saw lots which I hadn’t seen before. Of course we also found the caches nearby. Once the tour was over we went our separate ways. For myself, I went to check in at the mega site. Got all my goodies and even bought a Geobash Bucket Hat. Afterwards, I went with a couple of others to find the nearby Letterbox. Afterwards it was time to head to the nearby event (GCAKGK0). It was a great event for everyone to catch up. I ducked off early and found the nearby caches. I then went and got AL’s plus saw some suspicious characters getting dinner. They invited me to tonight’s Mt Stranger tour. So of course I had to go. It was great fun walking around and find the night cache as well as others nearby. TB visit. If the cache wasn’t signed as JohnoMawbs, it was signed as JM or as the tour group name. A big thanks to the CO for adding this cache to game for the Geocaching community to enjoy.
TFTE’s & TFTC’s A nice quick snap shot here and now time for the tour. TFTC
