The majority of our clues are the house number near fire hydrants - both above-ground and in-ground hydrants. The location of many hydrants is indicated by posts, arrows and blue markers on the road or on a nearby pole. These pictures have been submitted by our walkers. What a huge variety of hydrants there are around the world!
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Australia New South Wales |
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Cockatoo Island, Sydney (March 2024) |
Miller Street, North Sydney (March 2024) |
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South Australia | ||||||
Adelaide University (2023) |
Adelaide University (2023) |
Town Hall, King William Street, Adelaide (2023) |
Adelaide Central Market (2023) |
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Elder Park, Adelaide (2020) |
King William Road, Adelaide (2020) |
King William Road, Adelaide (2020) |
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Victoria | ||||||
Watsons Road, Newcomb, Geelong (2023) |
Outside Cafe Vita, Springvale Botanical Cemetery Springvale (2019) |
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Backstage inside the Mechanics Institute Hall, Oakleigh (2019) |
Hydrant and post, Studfield Shops, Wantirna South (2018) |
Round in-ground hydrant with blue reflector on road, Ferntree Gully (2018) |
Square in-ground hydrant with blue circle, Ferntree Gully (2018) |
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Fire hydrant cupboard in front of apartment block, Ferntree Gully (2018) |
Square in-ground hydrant, Ferntree Gully (2018) |
Round in-ground hydrant with marker post, Ferntree Gully (2018) |
Square in-ground hydrant with marker post, Ferntree Gully (2018) |
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Fire Hydrant box, Ferntree Gully (2018) |
Square in-ground hydrant, Boronia (2018) |
Square in-ground hydrant with FP marker post, Boronia (2018) |
Square in-ground Sluice Valve cover with red circle, Ferntree Gully (2018) |
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Fire Hydrants and Valves, Mulgrave Country Club, Wellington Road, Wheelers Hill (2018) |
Fire Hydrant, Stamford Hotel, Rowville (2018) |
In-ground 'MMBW' cover
plate, Knoxfield (2018) |
In-footpath 'WATER' cover
plate, Knoxfield (2018) |
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Fire Hydrant, Stud Park Shops, Rowville (2018) |
Fire Hydrant, Wellness on Wellington, Rowville (2018) |
Fire Hydrant and tap, Pinewood Shops, Mt.Waverley (2018) |
In-footpath 'WATER' cover plate, Mulgrave (2018) |
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Blue marker, white arrow & post, Mulgrave (2018) |
Blue marker & white arrow on road, Mulgrave (2018) |
Blue square on pole, Mulgrave (2018) |
Blue marker & above-ground hydrant, Rowville (2018) |
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Fire Hydrants and Valves, Scienceworks, Spotswood (2018) |
WATER cover plate, Rowville (2018) |
Special hydrant for dogs, Rowville Vet (2018) |
How to use instructions, Rowville Vet (2018) |
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FP cover plate, Wantirna (2018) |
FP above-ground hydrant, Wantirna (2018) |
Above-ground hydrant and blue parrot, Dandelion Drive, Rowville (2013) |
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Around the World
Austria | ||||||
Blue hydrant, Durnstein, Austria (2008) | ||||||
Canada | ||||||
Banff, Alberta (2012) |
Jasper, Alberta (2012) |
Kamloops, British Columbia (2012) |
Prince George, British Columbia (2012) |
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Prince George, British Columbia (2012) |
Prince Rupert, British Columbia (2012) |
Toronto, Ontario (2012) |
Vancouver, British Columbia (2012) |
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Victoria, British Columbia (2012) |
Whitehorse, Yukon (2012) |
Whitehorse, Yukon (2012) |
Dawson City, Yukon (2018) |
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Tap under boardwalk Fire Museum Prince Rupert British Columbia (2018) |
Old hydrant Fire Museum Prince Rupert British Columbia (2018) |
Jasper, Alberta (2018) |
Jasper, Alberta (2018) |
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Jasper, Alberta (2018) |
Jasper, Alberta (2018) |
Jasper, Alberta (2018) |
Built into the wall, Jasper, Alberta (2018) |
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Prince Rupert British Columbia (2018) |
Dangerous Hydrant Whitehorse, Yukon (2018) |
Banff Alberta (2019) |
Kamloops British Columbia (2019) |
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Lake Louise British Columbia (2019) |
Nanaimo, Vancouver Island Brithish Columbia (2019) |
Richmond, Vancouver British Columbia (2019) (Ian, Ralph & Lynn) |
Victoria, Vancouver Island British Columbia (2019) |
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Whistler British Columbia (2019) |
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China | ||||||
Cloudy Tourist Road, Dali (2010) |
David in Dali Old Town Yunnan (2010) |
Hanzhou (2010) | Huangshan (2014) | |||
Huangshan (2014) | Lingyin Temple, Hanzhou (2010) |
Shanghai (2010) | Fire Exting Wisher Box, Urumqi (2012) |
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David & Glenys at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xian (2010) |
Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xian (2010) |
Post Fier Hydrant, Xian (2014) |
Siamese Connetion sign, Xiahe (2014) |
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Xiong Bao Lu, Yunnan (2010) |
Outside the China Post shop, Yangshuo, (2010) |
Yuyuan, Shanghai (2010) |
At the top of the Zhonghe Chairlift, Dali (2010) |
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Croatia | ||||||
Split (2019) | ||||||
Egypt | ||||||
Lady selling tissues in Meret Basha Street, Cairo. The Egyptian Museum in the background. (2023) |
3 hydrants in Othman Abd El-Hafiz
Street, Cairo. (2023) (Rowland is supporting the leaning one with his finger.) |
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Ramses II Obelisk (in the backgound) in El-Tahrir Square, Cairo. |
'MTM' and 'Kolling' fire hydrants in Al-Azhar Park, Cairo (2023) | |||||
Falkland Islands | ||||||
Stanley (2015) | ||||||
France | ||||||
Marseille (2019) | Toulon wharf (2019) | |||||
Greece | ||||||
Athens (2019) |
Cover plate, Acropolis, Athens (2019) |
Pireaus, Athens (2019) | Mykonos (2019) | |||
Butterfly Valley, Rhodes (2019) | Rhodes Old Town (2019) | Fire Hose cupboard, Santorini (2019) | ||||
Hungary | ||||||
Man in the manhole, Bratislava, Hungary (2008) |
Cover plate, Bratislava, Hungary (2008) |
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Ireland | ||||||
Hand water pump, Cashel, Ireland (2006) |
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Italy | ||||||
Herculaneum, Naples (2019) | Near the Leaning Tower, Pisa (2019) | Near the Pantheon, Rome (2019) | SPQR cover plate, Rome (2019) | |||
Burano, Venice (2019) | Venice (2019) | |||||
Special hydrant outside the Hilton Hotel, Venice (2019) | Santa Lucia Railway Station, Venice (2019) | |||||
Japan | ||||||
Cover plate near the Russian Orthodox Church, Hakodate (2017) |
Cover plate in the squid market, Hakodate (2017) |
Large sign on pole, Kagoshima (2018) |
Red Naruko Clappers feature on the cover plate in Kochi (2018) |
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Cover plate near the Kochi Castle, Kochi (2018) |
Fire box, hydrant and wild deer on Miyajima Island near Hiroshima (2017) | Hydrants with different water pressures near the entrance to Nagoya Castle, Nagoya (2018) |
Cover plate depicting a Gerridae water skating bug, Nagoya (2018) |
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Twin hydrant in the front garden, Nagoya (2018) |
Fire Cistern sign on pole in Nagoya Castle courtyard, Nagoya (2018) |
Fire truck on hydrant cover plate, Naha, Okinawa (2018) |
Fire hydrant sign on pole next to cover plate, Naha, Okinawa (2018) |
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Cover plate, Yokohama (2017) |
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Monaco | ||||||
Alongside the steps into the
Oceanographic Museum's 'La Boutique' Shop, Monaco (2019) (Near the yellow submarine) |
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New Zealand | ||||||
In-ground FH cover plate, Akaroa (2019) |
In-ground 'Water' cover plates, Mt.Maunganui (2019) |
In-ground FH cover plate, Mt. Maunganui (2019) |
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Russia | ||||||
Protecting the wooden church, Kizhi Island, Lake Onega, Russia (2006) |
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Singapore | ||||||
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Post and hydrant across the road, Pearl's Hill City Park (2019) |
Marina Bay (2019) | Bayfront (2019) | Chinatown (2019) | |||
Slovenia | ||||||
Bled (2019) | Cover plate, Ljubljana (2019) | |||||
Spain | ||||||
At the Aerobus terminal in the carpark at Barcelona Airport (2019) | ||||||
United Arab Emirates | ||||||
Cover plate, Jumeirah Beach, Dubai (2019) | ||||||
United States of America | ||||||
Alaska | ||||||
Anchorage, Alaska (2012) | Fairbanks, Alaska (2012) | Fairbanks, Alaska (2019) | Fairbanks, Alaska (2018) | |||
Hydrant with little red flag, Juneau, Alaska (2012) |
Nenana, Alaska (2012) | Skagway, Alaska (2018) | Skagway, Alaska (2019) | |||
Valdez, Alaska (2018) | Valdez, Alaska (2018) | Valdez, Alaska (2018) | Wrangell, Alaska (2012) | |||
Wrangell, Alaska (2018) | Wrangell, Alaska (2018) | Wrangell, Alaska (2018) | Wrangell, Alaska (2018) | |||
Near the Petroglyphs Beach, Wrangell, Alaska (2018) |
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Hawaii | ||||||
Kuhao Street, Kahului,
Maui, Hawaii (2015) |
Kunu Place, Kahului,
Maui, Hawaii (2015) |
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii (2018) |
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