It's literally in their screen name ha ha. Sorry, late to this game.
― Alba, Thursday, 22 April 2021 04:00 (three years ago) link
a picture search for racecourses near junkyards brings up some odd results.
Nothing to suggest that the racecourse and junkyard are near each other though
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 22 April 2021 04:02 (three years ago) link
Not the racecourse in Hobart or Launceston as far as I can tell, but they both have the same type of railings, so this could be Aus/NZ.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 22 April 2021 06:03 (three years ago) link
i was getting results for londonw33d.net in my picture search.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=racecourses+near+junkyards&t=ffsb&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
― koogs, Thursday, 22 April 2021 09:01 (three years ago) link
lots of junkyards, some racecourses, no weed: https://yandex.com/images/search?text=racecourse%20near%20junkyard
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Thursday, 22 April 2021 12:45 (three years ago) link
Is the sheep grazing on the racecourse a factor?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 11:45 (three years ago) link
You could say it's a bit of a clue. I honestly thought the racecourse would make this quite getable. Do people want another pic?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 26 April 2021 12:02 (three years ago) link
The racecourse does feel like a pretty big clue, especially with the sheep. Lets go a bit longer before next pic, feels like we should be able to get it from here
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:20 (three years ago) link
I don't know a ton about racecourses but I feel like they don't usually allow sheep on them. And the grass looks a little worn too
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:31 (three years ago) link
The racecourse does feel like a pretty big clue, especially with the sheep
Chepstow is the only racecourse I know of in Wales.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Monday, 26 April 2021 12:34 (three years ago) link
A list of New Zealand racecourses:
https://www.progroupracing.com.au/new-zealand-racecourses
― Alba, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:54 (three years ago) link
(all with Google Earth photos)
― Alba, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link
no sheep anywhere though
― koogs, Monday, 26 April 2021 13:41 (three years ago) link
the sheep may be red herrings then
― StanM, Monday, 26 April 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
No they're definitely sheep
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:30 (three years ago) link
I'm not adding any help to identifying it but I have a question about the two small brown (fur?) things that seem to be attached the the fence in the foreground. They look identical to each other.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
(almost anyway)
tbh it's not a question either. Just weird.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
I have a question about the two small brown (fur?) things
I think your monitor resolution must be playing up, those looks like red herrings to me
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
btw i'm referring to these two, not the larger grey things
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_HSCtbm77K4/YIbYAwcKnTI/AAAAAAAAA7U/AKeaYNTtrIYtuFYaZGf4UlJMKhN_pRqqACLcBGAsYHQ/s157/Screenshot%2B2021-04-26%2B155806.png
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
I think I need a walk outside
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
I think someone used the clone tool
― StanM, Monday, 26 April 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
I just thought 'fuck it I'll go through that list alba posted but actually search the names in google maps for hi-res pics', luckily it was the second one on the list or i might have died. So, Invercargill!
https://goo.gl/maps/6FF6xn9TFopBmpvf6
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
Woo!!
― Alba, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
Finally!
I thought somebody would get it fairly quickly after Alba's link especially when the introductory paragraph starts "There are 52 racecourses in New Zealand, from Ascot Park at Invercargill in the South..."
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
ha. I thought Dunedin and there was one that looked a bit close but didnt check Invercargill
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-46.3863389,168.3496917,3a,75y,164.15h,84.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP1BxIZSMlVOn7XLGRvZx7g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
the scrapyard
does Google Streetview automatically clone tool stuff? those two identical things on the fence are there in several angleshttps://www.google.com/maps/@-46.3947882,168.3941559,3a,75y,152.89h,78.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCH-4FpA0Y7lkhvKmfpSxNQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
oh, it does - the white curvy bit on the fence above is doubled too
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
it'll be part of the stitching algorithm
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
Invercargill is possibly the ugliest place name I've ever heard in my life.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
Truly hope the Maori take over again and call it by its rightful name, Waihōpai
The Inver- part is nice, the -Cargill part not so much.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
Also it doesn't make sense unless it stands on the River Cargill, which it doesn't.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
I mean, it should be called Waihōpai anyway.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:57 (three years ago) link
Invercargill's second appearance on the thread, also appearing last April
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link
What are the chances!
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
Apologies for the thread faux pas.
I guess the ugliness of the name suggests some sort of context of aesthetics thing because coming from the north of England where gill means stream and living in Scotland where Inver, as Tom D. has acknowledged, Inver means river mouth, the name doesn't read badly but without that I can certainly see how it would
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
I mean, it should be called Waihōpai anyway
Notwithstanding this of course
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
No reason a city can't make a repeat appearance!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
It's interesting, Philadelphia has a LOT of Lenape (aka indigenous) names and a LOT of Welsh and Dutch names, so I'm used to some somewhat off-kilter naming situations— for example, I had many friends who went to Bala Cynwyd middle school, and I live near the Schuylkill River. I think that the residue of the Cargill corporation sort of rubs off on Invercargill and makes it more ugly than it actually is, to my eyes and ears.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
the actual pictures don't make it seem very appealing either tbh
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
for example, I had many friends who went to Bala Cynwyd middle school
WTF?!??!
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
OK, so I'm just reading about the Welsh Tract...
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
Yeah, pretty wild, huh.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/43zCLv20/sinha.jpg
Thursday
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:15 (three years ago) link
Vienna?
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:29 (three years ago) link
it's Turku, Finland
https://www.google.com/maps/@60.450357,22.2776869,3a,75y,338h,105.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s637UKwlL34IcZwgV0neVkg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
can't find the shot as it was posted, but it's the exact same spot
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
ah, there it is, July 2014:
https://www.google.com/maps/@60.4503527,22.2776105,3a,75y,339.07h,92.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sT5TYfrSG1PxbQmkALyJ6fA!2e0!5s20140701T000000!7i13312!8i6656
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:46 (three years ago) link
How'd you get Finland?
― a (waterface), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link