Campers Road Trips

[Kiwivan]

Nuclear or geothermal power station?
Nice pictures by the way

Cheers Kiwivan

[Camper]

Nuclear or geothermal power station?

Cheers Kiwivan

Thanks Kiwi,

it is a coal fired power station, 2 right next to each other - I certainly thought Nuclear when I first saw that cooling tower. Simpsons has me prepped to believe any big tower like that must be nuclear.

[Camper]

It was getting dark by the time I made it into camp, I had stopped a couple times along the way for a nap/walk etc. The dirt road into the campsite was a bit rougher than I thought it would be and poorly signposted, lots of unnamed cross roads (even those that are named are numbered 2536/3718/2518 etc etc.) Lucky I had the GPS with me.

It ended up taking me nearly an hour to do 56Ks!

Got to the campsite, quick look around and an even quicker set up, gotta love a van for that.




Next morning I was woken up by birds and the beauty of the place revealed itself














The light was changing quick so I went for a walk along the edge of the main waterhole

























I think this might be my new favourite photo, the tannins from the paperbark have stained the water nearly black making for great reflections.













The water at one end was covered in this weird weed, does anyone know what its called?

















The water is like a mirror








Back to camp, toilets and cold showers provided - all for $6.35 a night bargain! and only 1 quiet neighbour on the other end of the site.

[Kiwivan]

Again beautiful pictures
What are using as a camera?

Cheers Kiwivan

[Camper]

Again beautiful pictures
What are using as a camera?

Cheers Kiwivan

Thanks Mate,

I mainly use my phone, a Google Pixel XL and a Lumix TZ80 - it has 30 x zoom and fits in my pocket - they say the best camera is the one you have on you.

You can get the Pixel for around $700 now, new one is about to come out.
The camera on the "old" one really is outstanding, if it had the zoom I would probably just use this.

https://store.google.com/product/pixel_phone


The Lumix is around $500, it has some issues with low light shots but otherwise has been great to use and is my first dedicated camera - I am new to & just getting into Photography. Really only since I bought the car.

http://www.panasonic.com/au/consumer.../dmc-tz80.html

I am learning alot about still photography and really enjoying it, this is probably the reason I have not gotten more into video yet.



I have 2 cameras that are mostly for video that I have hardly used so far, I'm thinking next trip I will play with them a bit more, 5 nights camping in one spot coming up. Hopefully I finally get to see some Platypus's!

An action camera style from Nikon that was about $400

http://www.nikon.com.au/en_AU/produc...keymission-170

I have experimented with putting this on the outside of the car for some short drives - fell off once! It's tough as, waterproof and capable of some tricky long exposure time shift stuff that I am still learning about. Think of those cool shots of stars moving.

and secondly a Gyroscopic stabilised camera that I was really amped for when buying, but have hardly turned it on, the DJI OSMO 4K Plus over $1,500 with all the extra add on bits I got.

https://www.dji.com/osmo-plus

It's a lot bigger, heavier and more complex than I thought it would be but is capable of cinema level filming.


I have a lot to learn and experiment with, going forward I will probably need a more powerful computer to edit 4K video, other than that I think I am fairly set for gear for the foreseeable future and broke...

[Camper]

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I got back to camp, had a cold breakfast of jerky and cheese and made a new friend





























Charming characters when they are not trying to steal your lunch

[Camper]

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Took my time on the way out and stopped for a few photo's












Can you see the two birds above?





This is where the zoom really comes in handy









check the two ducks





This creek is called Duckinwilla, so is the locality.

You are seeing a Duck in Duckinwilla ck. at Duckinwilla, Qld.

[Camper]

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Below is the dodgy bridge I mentioned earlier, none of the logs is as wide as either of my tyres.




You can see my Heads Up Display, I have it set for Rev's and speed. Indicators, navigation and song titles also come up.





Sneaky cows on the right just waiting to make that suicide run and F**K up my ride









Angry Momma giving me the stink eye

After this it was back across the Highway heading for the coast and Burrum heads. I would like to come back to this area and have a look at Lake Leventhall one time, kinda need a boat though...

[Camper]

Burrum Heads on what turned out to be a particularly grey day, looking out to sea from the river mouth





Looking back to the mainland





Burrum heads feels like the sort of place old salty's come to retire, still lots of waterfront property available and just north of Fraser Island.


Heading south, trying to stick to the coast as much as possible



This shot is from a vacant block between two houses, you could have this view of Fraser Island from your back deck!









Another block not far away





The boat ramp at River Heads (Mouth of the Mary River) with Fraser still in the background





Fraser Island barge taking 4wds over to land on the beach, very few tarred roads on the island.

That's about it for this trip, mostly highways on the way home, I did get to go through some state forest/pine plantations behind Gympie.









Mt. Cooroy, when I see this I know I'm almost home.

Coke used to own this mountain for the spring at the bottom, which was used in Mt. Franklin water. Not sure you can climb it anymore.

[Kiwivan]

Awesome shots.
Beautiful country you have there.
Sometimes a reminder like these shots need to show us how lucky we really are.

Cheers Kiwivan