based on the satellite dish i think the photo is looking north.
― micah, Monday, 6 December 2021 11:50 (two years ago) link
specifically it looks like Indooroopilly looking toward Mt Coot-Tha,
the 3d data is good around there and maybe i'm missing it but i can't see anything like the large developments in the middle and to the right of the hill.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 10:25 (two years ago) link
So many apartment buildings - must be a big/touristy part of a big city? Not many clues to go on except the truck - the plants feel like they're more tropical than the parts of Brisbane I looked at, maybe?
― StanM, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
the steering wheel is on the wrong side for Japan/Okinawa, right? and that 27 wouldn't be in western numbers either - nah, it almost has to be Australia (NZ? not hilly enough around Auckland?)
― StanM, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
Japan drives on the left side too, but I think it's Australia/New Zealand too.
Looks like a Norfolk Island Pine behind the truck, which are native to that area, but widely planted elsewhere. Doesn't look fully tropical to me; that could almost be SoCal if you caught it at the right time of year.
― nickn, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
i think it could easily be as far north as cairns
― micah, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
it's certainly intriguing. there are a lot of very nice hillsides on the eastern side of Australia, I'm learning, but apartment buildings on them? Not so much. Or I keep missing them. But where, then?
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
Second view needed, or a bit more time with this one?
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 9 December 2021 12:11 (two years ago) link
My gut says it's NZ and somewhere in the Hutt Valley but I can't get any more from the pic.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 9 December 2021 12:39 (two years ago) link
... can we get a hint instead of a second pic? :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/QHGDCtm/Screenshot-2021-12-09-at-19-49-34.png
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 9 December 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
intriguing part 2
- nearer the equator than we initially thought, based on the very short shadows?- ACIFIC- those two houses straight ahead have very eastern influenced looking roofs- guy on the right looks rather white/american?
... is it like some Western enclave/american military presence in an otherwise Asian country, maybe?
or Hawaii, even?
― StanM, Friday, 10 December 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link
i clicked a street in Honolulu that looked very similar indeed. but I think the right-hand steering wheels suggest not?
― kinder, Friday, 10 December 2021 10:06 (two years ago) link
(similar to first pic, I mean)
Father Christmas in summer suggests southern hemisphere
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 10 December 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
man I nearly thought I got it, north of Hobart, Tasmania, but the 4+ apartment buildings aren't there either
― StanM, Friday, 10 December 2021 11:01 (two years ago) link
4+ storey
― StanM, Friday, 10 December 2021 11:02 (two years ago) link
that kind of foliage would die within six months in Tassie
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 10 December 2021 12:14 (two years ago) link
I was convinced it's Cairns but i couldn't find it, so now I'm not
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
I'm pretty sure it's Samoa
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
I have zero familiarity with the area, but from some streetview trawling I do think it looks a lot like Northern Queensland.
― o. nate, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
I've pretty much eliminated Noosa/Noosaville and also Townsville. Wondering about Mackay. The hill/mountain in back of the first shot looks typical of the Glasshouse Mountains which run down the eastern seaboard, a series of heavily eroded volcanic plugs which look like old teeth from a distance. We are an old continent so pretty much all of the topography is worn to bits.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 10 December 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
that's what it looks like to me tbh, but on a pacific island
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
my general-area guesses have literally all been wrong though, so maybe use it as a "not-there" guide lol
table might be onto something
― rob, Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
isn't the steering wheel on the wrong side for Samoa?
― StanM, Saturday, 11 December 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
Yeppoon, Queensland: https://www.google.com/maps/@-23.1272813,150.7438388,3a,75y,178.04h,78.99t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sA9ej1_Elxk9mW_wyAitiPQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DA9ej1_Elxk9mW_wyAitiPQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D11.725892%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 11 December 2021 22:14 (two years ago) link
where my cousin lived for several years, I'm considering a restraining order against the nefarious forces of ILX
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 11 December 2021 22:15 (two years ago) link
Nice one!
― StanM, Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
Wow!
StanM, Samoa uses RHD steering wheels, apparently— both types are legal, same as American Samoa.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
I got it by googling "pacific restaurant queensland logo" and this was among the hitshttps://res.cloudinary.com/tf-lab/image/upload/restaurant/28406387-48f9-44eb-ad62-d011a5609721/0dbd294e-203b-47c9-bc33-c8fb9029c88e.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:39 (two years ago) link
(in the distance in the second pic)
Nice, there was a Pacific hotel in Cairns too, but the sign didnt look anything like that one.
― o. nate, Sunday, 12 December 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
guess the obscure town
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 12 December 2021 07:11 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-23.1315767,150.7461552,3a,75y,35.34h,81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPZfPrJHkYOs1ogbwnkXb7A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
For anyone curious about the original view, it was over here a few streets away on the other side of the city
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 12 December 2021 10:50 (two years ago) link
it's not a city!
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 12 December 2021 11:21 (two years ago) link
those multi storey apartment buildings have thrown me off - I've only looked at big cities because of those
― StanM, Sunday, 12 December 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/qWdYJwQ/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-12-06-32.png
Playground
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 13 December 2021 12:18 (two years ago) link
let's ask matttkkkk first - Matt? :-)
― StanM, Monday, 13 December 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
100% not Queensland
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 13 December 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
Thank you Matt! :-)
church spire, bridge with Roman arches, a row of similar looking houses... England? France?
― StanM, Monday, 13 December 2021 12:32 (two years ago) link
Is it a city?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 13 December 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
Looks like England anyway
It looks like South East London to me, maybe looking South(ish) from the big lump that is Forest Hill / Sydenham Hill towards Catford? Can't find the relevant basketball court and wouldn't have expected lewisham to aint things orange anyway so either its a non-municipal court (eg a school or something) or it's different borough or its a different place altogether
― Tim, Monday, 13 December 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
that (railroad?) bridge with all the arches seems like it could be a big deal I'd think?
― StanM, Monday, 13 December 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
Pretty standard for the UK I would say. The playground looks quite old, in my experience the ones in london (in the more affluent areas at least) are more up to date, less so as you go further north.
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Monday, 13 December 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
It's not a city but it is accrington
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LwgAU2aUhuAWkqcx6
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
bravo!
― a (waterface), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
I couldnt see that viaduct on my phone, had to look at it on a bigger screen. But if you look at the list of 'railway bridges and viaducts in the UK' on wikipedia then right at the top there you'll find accrington. Didn't take long to locate the park in relation to the bridge
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
Well done - haven’t been there for years and I thought it was more red brick than I thought looks on the pic.
― Tim, Monday, 13 December 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link