(01-01-2024 02:04 PM)DownUnder Wrote:  

(12-31-2023 08:25 PM)Lee_0123 Wrote:  << snip >> All the communities identified for the GT are defined as a municipality meaning there is a formal means of government.

I think that this is a very good definition, and will help many participants. My difficulty is that we don't have Town Councils in Oz, just Local Government Areas. In my home state, the LGAs range in size from 2 sq miles to 20,000 sq miles and each LGA is responsible for all cities, towns, villages and localities within it's boundaries.

This is a screen-shot of the sign at the entrance to the West Wyalong Public School. The school's website shows the street address as Park St, West Wyalong. Australia Post Office recognizes this location with the PostCode (zip-code) of 2671. The Australian Census recognize this location by recording that 2,698 people lived in West Wyalong in 2021. Google Maps shows that the school in located in an area known as West Wyalong, and this area is distinct and separate area from it's sister-town of Wyalong, 3 miles to the east.

In the absence of a Town Council, can I use some combination of name on sign + street address + post code + census data to pre-qualify a bonus location ??

(01-02-2024 08:32 AM)BkerChuck Wrote:  Signed up first thing January 1, I think I was the 3rd entrant. At that time there was no t-shirt option so please add size L to my registration. When are flags being sent out?

(01-01-2024 07:58 AM)Lee_0123 Wrote:  We are intending on providing T Shirts to the finishers. It's mentioned in "the basics" section of the rules. Can a field for T Shirt size be added to Ride Master?

The registration form can now be accessed from the Ride Master web site.
The registration form can also be access through the GLMC GT website, "2024 Sign Up Link". see http://www.glmc.org/grand_tour.php

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Two up riders - each rider needs to register individually.

(01-09-2024 05:37 PM)Lee_0123 Wrote:  Rule Clarification

I was asked an excellent question this morning.
Does visiting a town with the name of just "Center" or "Centre" count as one point or two?

This town meets both the compass point criteria and the name starts with a G, L, M, or a C (GLMC). It should count as 2 points. However, the GLMC point can only be used once per town name. As an example the town of "Center Leeville" would score 1 point for the compass bearing and one GLMC point for either the C or the L but not both. So this example would score 2 points not 3.

(01-26-2024 09:39 AM)Lee_0123 Wrote:  Orbit:
Since the Northfield Township's highway department shop is inside the boundaries of Northbrook you can only claim the one point for Northbrook.

Since the Northfield Township's offices are inside the boundaries of the village of Northfield you can only claim the one point for Northfield.

(02-07-2024 03:20 PM)Willie Wrote:  I have seen many town halls, libraries, schools, etc with signs with the Town Name instead of letters mounted to the buildings. Are these signs acceptable for the tour ??

Willie

(02-09-2024 01:54 PM)Lapchik Wrote:  So, to be very clear:

single piece printed/painted signs with town name are ok
letters mounted to a building constitute a sign and are ok

Post #3 is not ok because the building is physically located in St. Paul


.....right?