GPS working very well for bush logging, err bush walk logging.
Took the still fairly new Garmin GPS out for a walk yesterday. I started work just after I got it, so have hardly had time to get to know all the cool features it has. So with an unusually warm day forecast for this time of year, it was back to tackle Mount Macedon again.
The main reason I got it was for logging, that is not for telling me HOW to get somewhere, but to actually RECORD where I’ve been. Later on I can take these GPS logs and do a number of interesting things with them, including:
- Show them on a computer map
- View the log (and hence bush walk) on a 3D ‘map’ in Google Earth
Both of which – and photos of the walk – are shown at my Picasaweb album page.
The Mt Macedon walk is very enjoyable and a bit of a challenge. I guess I am somewhat fitter than when I tried it earlier this year, as I found the first bit – a zig zag climb of some 1.5km – much easier this time around. The weather played its part too, it was a sunny, windy day, but the trees protected me from the worst of it. I really felt how strong the wind was at the summit area; on Camels Hump. It was actually getting dangerous being on the exposed rocks, with large drops all around, and the gusts pushing me towards the edge!
