Big Brother??

BTW, what network are you using? I'm on Optus GSM and I get no response.

Hi Steve, how long ago did you camp at flea creek, am thinking of doing a night there over easter, and then on to blue waterhole ,Cheers Paul ACT as well.......

Paul,

That pic was taken about 3 weeks ago, on the way home from a weekend at Micalong Nature Reserve.

I haven't actually camped at Flea creek but know some who have. Nice spot, lots of people stop there on their way through the Brindies on day trips, can be busy traffic wise. Also seems a popular place for people to leave their vehicles to unload trail bikes.

Have you been to Flea Creek before???

Steve

I went there sunday week ago to check it out possibly for a fish and an over nighter, was a very nice spot, then on to blue waterhole, if i can find the map that some work mates used a while back.

I went there sunday week ago to check it out possibly for a fish and an over nighter, was a very nice spot, then on to blue waterhole, if i can find the map that some work mates used a while back.

If you need a hand with directions, let me know, I'm more than happy to help!!!!!

Hi again Steve, do you have some kind of mud map or know of a sight where i can get a map on how to get to Bluewater hole, from Piccadilly Circus end? I know there is a right hand turn off Piccadilly about 10 km's in, that takes you through some rough stuff, then a good climb and back on to Picaddilly again.

Thanks Paul...

Sorry haven't been to Blue Waterhole before!! Must get there though!! Maybe once we're back from holiday I get out to have a look!!!

Just read an article on ZDnet, the only thing I could find that mentions this. The article is about a new service being developed for taxis which will use this SMS service. Apparantly the SMS location thing is being trialled by Teslra and Optus in parts of the country (presumably Adl and Mel), and soon you may be able to use your phone to order a taxi.

You just SMS "taxi" to a certain number and the phone system will locate you, locate the nearest available cab (via GPS in the cab) and send a message to the cab with your location as a street reference. The customer gets back a confirmation number by SMS when a cab is assigned to them.

Presumably you could set up an account with the cab company which could identify you from the number sending the original request. That way premium customers get premium service.

How cool would that be if it works????

Steven

Hmmm....

Looks like it is still in the experimental stage. I checked the co-ordinates returned in the message from two seperate locations. In both examples the reported location was 73km to the south east of my actual location.

At least they are developing something that may be useful. As long as they don't whack a $5 charge on it!!!

Steven

Those who are interested - here is an interesting article:

http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,8364562,00.html

Click Link (for lazy clickers)

The original comment re "Big Brother" seems to be spot on!!

Steven

I called a mate who has Telstra in melb too, I thought he may have had his GPS with him in his car but no luck either....his opinion was it would be giving you details to where the closest phone tower was anyway, plus he wasn't going to try it incase it cost him $5 for the sms

It was an interesting find. It probably is more accurate in the metro areas where there is a higher concentartion of towers from which to triangulate. I will check the numbers when I get home tonight to see how accurate it is. It's something different I suppose!!?? Perhaps the beginning of something better to come!!??

Cheers

KiwiAngler,

What network are you on?

Telstra

OK - I've checked it on the other half's GSM phone (Telstra) and it worked. It's about 400metres out in latitude and spot on for longitude. No street directory reference! Spooky!!!
Anne and Millny