MntlWard is our grand prize Austin picture quiz winner, despite never having been here. For his prize, I’ll be sending him "Beliel Rose" by Derek J. Goodman, which will give him something fun to read over the holidays.
Here’s the photos, MntlWard’s answers, plus the link to googlemaps streetview for each location.
1.)
Winning answer: Austin Prison
Where it actually is: Texas School for the Deaf – It’s an Austin tradition to drive past here and honk.
2.)
Winning answer: Austin River
Where it actually is: Hancock Golf Course – This is a nice place to picnic, but you run the risk of getting brained with a golfball.
3.)
Winning answer: Austin’s largest tree
Where it actually is: View downtown from third floor of library. – I lived in Austin for years before I found out where the power outlets were in the library, so I could only do laptop work for as long as the battery lasted (they’re all on the other sides of the concrete pillars).
4.)
Winning answer: That cave in Austin with the Obi-Wan Kenobi mural
Where it actually is: Shoal Creek spring – the spring seeps out of the cliff, flooding the sidewalk through the park. Or maybe it’s just runoff from the hospital parking lot.
5.)
Winning answer: Austin Bridge
Where it actually is: Austin Bridge – In the steetview link the bridge is just out of sight around the corner.
6.)
Winning answer: Austin Gallery of Homeless Art
Where it actually is:
gallery of anarchist art – Nothing says intellectual freedom like wheatpastings with poetry about eating vegan.
7.)
Winning answer: Austin Hanging Gardens
Where it actually is: Some house – I couldn’t find this one on google streetview, but it ought to be around in this area. I worry that it was actually a magic door that appears once a century and I missed my opportunity to go through to a land of magic and adventure. Or alternately to go through and steal a VCR.
8.)
Winning answer: Graffiti Wing of the Austin Gallery of Homeless Art
Where it actually is: East Side aquaduct – It’s a steep ramp that leads to a river of mud and puddles.
9.)
Winning answer: Austin Bakery
Where it actually is: Eastside fence – I couldn’t find this one on streetview either. I worry that all the cakes are gone.
10.)
Winning answer: Austin Bridge South
Where it actually is: Waller Creek at Eastwood Park – Just around the corner, left then right.