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MarkInSF said:
Victor Engel said:
MarkInSF said:
Victor Engel said:
Were I to guess something more specific, I'd guess Paea, but I don't think I can get more specific than that. Am I close?
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Weirdly, I almost chose a picture from Paea. Lovely place, and you're not a million miles away.
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I find a Guillaume Le Bronnec who married Tahiapii TUPETE, but the dates are wrong. It seems they died in Hiva Oa - îles marquises. Calvary Cemetery would then be my guess, but there's no Google Street view to confirm.
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You got it. Congrats. Better known as the resting place of Paul Gauguin and Jacques Brel, who were immediately downhill from these graves. The Marquesas are spectacular, if you haven't been. Your turn to challenge.
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I don't have anything ready, so I offer a free turn.

I'm going to have to read up more on this place. It seems there's some history with the descendants of the mutineers of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. Part of how I found this site was by finding references to papers about the progeny of the mutineers and the natives.

There's a facebook page Guillaume le Bronnec that seems to be a cummunity page. I haven't had time to look into it.
 
Victor Engel said:
MarkInSF said:
Victor Engel said:
MarkInSF said:
Victor Engel said:
Were I to guess something more specific, I'd guess Paea, but I don't think I can get more specific than that. Am I close?
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Weirdly, I almost chose a picture from Paea. Lovely place, and you're not a million miles away.
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I find a Guillaume Le Bronnec who married Tahiapii TUPETE, but the dates are wrong. It seems they died in Hiva Oa - îles marquises. Calvary Cemetery would then be my guess, but there's no Google Street view to confirm.
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You got it. Congrats. Better known as the resting place of Paul Gauguin and Jacques Brel, who were immediately downhill from these graves. The Marquesas are spectacular, if you haven't been. Your turn to challenge.
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I don't have anything ready, so I offer a free turn.

I'm going to have to read up more on this place. It seems there's some history with the descendants of the mutineers of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. Part of how I found this site was by finding references to papers about the progeny of the mutineers and the natives.

There's a facebook page Guillaume le Bronnec that seems to be a cummunity page. I haven't had time to look into it.

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Victor Engel
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Oh, my, getting lost in the internet! Happens to me all the time. I should have searched more before posting a picture of those particular graves. I was assuming they were nobody of great consequence. They certainly aren't why people go to Hiva Oa. I was with a largely French bunch, who were all at Jacques Brel's grave, with a spectacularly ugly relief carving on his stone that makes him look half chimpanzee. Gauguin's more attractive grave is just above Brel's and had far fewer visitors. These, in turn, were further up the hill.

I love French Polynesia and have been to the Society Islands a couple of times. I've only been to the Marquesas once, last year, but would happily return. I'm going back to Tahiti in late September, this time for a cruise to Fiji, via Cook Islands and Tonga. This is on the M/S Paul Gauguin, based in Papeete, a small luxury ship with about be 300 passengers.
 
Fresh from the SD card and tested against Google Lens - so where is it ?



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Kjeld Olesen
 
Kjeld Olesen said:
Fresh from the SD card and tested against Google Lens - so where is it ?

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On a second test, I found that Google Lens identified the place after all, so I suppose that this will hold back some from posting a "guess" - consequently this can drag out if I am not generous with the clues :-(

The location is a popular daytrip location from the counties capital, and it name is derived from the name Andrew.

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Kjeld Olesen
 
Kjeld Olesen said:
Kjeld Olesen said:
Fresh from the SD card and tested against Google Lens - so where is it ?

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On a second test, I found that Google Lens identified the place after all, so I suppose that this will hold back some from posting a "guess" - consequently this can drag out if I am not generous with the clues :-(

The location is a popular daytrip location from the counties capital, and it name is derived from the name Andrew.
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Perhaps relevantly, it was the birthday of my brother Andreas yesterday. :) I'm guessing it would help to add a saint to the name.

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Victor Engel
 
Victor Engel said:
Kjeld Olesen said:
Kjeld Olesen said:
Fresh from the SD card and tested against Google Lens - so where is it ?

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On a second test, I found that Google Lens identified the place after all, so I suppose that this will hold back some from posting a "guess" - consequently this can drag out if I am not generous with the clues :-(

The location is a popular daytrip location from the counties capital, and it name is derived from the name Andrew.
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Perhaps relevantly, it was the birthday of my brother Andreas yesterday. :) I'm guessing it would help to add a saint to the name.
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Happy birthday to you brother then :-)

Yes, the place name was derived from a Saint Andreas.
There was a big sporting event in the aforementioned capital today.

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Kjeld Olesen
http://www.acapixus.dk
 
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Kjeld, as this location is found immediately by GL I suggest you try a different photo. This is what we normally do.

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''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
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maxdance said:
Kjeld, as this location is found immediately by GL I suggest you try a different photo. This is what we normally do.
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Thanks Max, but I will pass it as a free turn, as I am busy editing my images from Hungary :-)

Here is Google street view of the location
 
Kjeld Olesen said:
GL indicates that it is some 40 km north of Garden of Eden :-/
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Well, I checked this with Google Lens before posting and it wasn't found so I don't know what's happening. It's getting to the stage where images posted have to be so obscure to fool GL that they will be impossible to locate without extensive clues.

It is Tathra Wharf - as you say about 40km north of Eden on the NSW south coast.

I don't have time this evening to find another image so Free Turn
 
OK, trying another one. I did precheck with GL but there seems to be a trend now that GL somehow figures it out between precheck and checks post posting

What is this and where is it?



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Kjeld Olesen
 
Kjeld Olesen said:
OK, trying another one. I did precheck with GL but there seems to be a trend now that GL somehow figures it out between precheck and checks post posting

What is this and where is it?

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The only one of these in this country? (GL not required here) :-)

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''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
maxdance said:
Kjeld Olesen said:
OK, trying another one. I did precheck with GL but there seems to be a trend now that GL somehow figures it out between precheck and checks post posting

What is this and where is it?

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The only one of these in this country? (GL not required here) :-)
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Correct, as far as it is known, it is the only one in the country considering current borders :-)

Clue to others : The place suffered a somewhat similar fate as the majority of pharaonic tombs

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Kjeld Olesen
 
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Victor Engel said:
Ladby ? A similar better preserved example is this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseberg_Ship

Free turn if correct. No google lens assist. :)
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Correct, it is the Ladby Ship, where some viking chief got buried together with his horses and dogs around 900 and 950 AD.

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One interpretation is that the chief was a king predating the official list of Danish kings, and that it was Gorm den Gamle (father to Harald Bluetooth) who looted the grave to erase the memory of the prior king by removing his body from the grave - but there is no proof of this

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Reconstruction of the viking chief in his ship with his horses and dog
Reconstruction of the viking chief in his ship with his horses and dog

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Kjeld Olesen
 
Which vineyard (exact designation of origin) would you find on a bottle with grapes from this place?



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Where?

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We see another pair of pumps in another 1800s vintage town of similar size to the previous Twin Lakes challenge.

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''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
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