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Where’s Wally?

I love the ‘Where’s Wally‘ books because they are a good challenge. On each page you have to find a guy who dresses in a red and white striped shirt and bobble hat, carries a wooden walking stick, and wears glasses.

If you are like me and enjoy the books but find that they are not challenging you enough anymore you may like to head over to Google Maps.

Why?

Because a Canadian student called Melanie Coles has installed a 20-meter painting of Wally on a Vancouver rooftop. All you have to do is find him. It will be quite a challenge because not only do you have to locate his roof perch, you also have to wait for Google’s imaging equipment to pick him up, which could happen at any time. The company does not reveal exactly when it updates its images. When you do find him, do me a favour and leave the Google Maps URL in the comments. Read more about it here or check out the artists blog, whereonearthiswaldo.wordpress.com. To help you out a little bit here is a photo of the figure taken from a helicopter:

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7 Responses to “Where’s Wally?”

  1. mcoles Says:
    April 13, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    thanks!

  2. Naomi Lazzaro Says:
    April 15, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    well Mr. Barlow i must say that is pretty cool, wish i had thought of it!

  3. Georgia Daley Says:
    April 15, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    How did she paint something so big and get everything to scale?

  4. tess leopold Says:
    April 16, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    hey mr barlow, i think that its really clever what melanie has done. it is hepas of fun but very frustrating…….especially when you cant find vancover!!!! i tried but its hard haha opps.

    sorry that this is late but i was at my dads and his computer isnt very good. im in the process of convincing him to get another one!!! :)

    good luck tess, i say. but my mum says that i will get there cause thats what i always do. apparently i keep nagging until i get it! because im a taurien :)

    my birthday’s in 9 days….. its gettting closer!!! WOOO HOOOO

    well all this is probs not necersery but anyway.
    see you at school

    THAILANDDD YAY :)
    im excited!!!

  5. Andre N Says:
    April 20, 2008 at 12:39 am

    Yes, i finnaly found wally.

  6. Tia Says:
    April 20, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    So that’s where Wally has been hiding.

  7. Mr. Barlow Says:
    April 20, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Where ????
    In google maps click on ‘link to this page’ at the top right and then paste the link in the comments for me … PLEASE!

    For example here is Uluru.

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