End of an Era or the start of one?

at North Era campsite 🙂

Careful, I’m just warming up on the dad jokes 🙂

Taken at probably the only dry patch of grass at the entire campsite shared with the local deer population. I think its probably time for the good folk at OEH/NPWS or frogs and logs or whatever they are referred to this week to have a look at some additional campsites in the Royal National Park.
The fact there is more locations for heritage huts then there is for public walk in camp grounds in one of the most speccy national parks within 1 hour of Sydney is bonkers.

Single shot @ 20mm f1.6 20 sec ISO 1250.

North Era Campsite Royal National Park aka swampland with two inaccessible dunnies.

Wild Hunt.
This Easter egg hunt was a bit treacherous.. had to dodge the spiders and bugs 🙂 I probably would not stick my hand in a few of those spots 🙂

Dune Buddies.

Skipping
Dad jokes are proof that comedy skips a generation.
but don’t forget to skip 🙂 it will always lift your soul 🙂

Searching for your Path.
Sometimes there is one to follow, other times none, sometimes you end up back where you started.
Leg workout in the Darkes Point sand dunes. 🙂

Kakadu National Park.
Croc spotting.
A few aerials whilst cruising around on a scenic flight in my favourite aircraft of all time (and the one I learnt to fly in), the mighty Cessna 172.
Amazing country, almost savannah like with crazy cliffs and tabletops.

My wild crew.

Darwin East Point Reserve

Nice Birds.
At least these are not gonna kill you.

Milkyway.

I would have found a nicer foreground, but it seems everything in this state (NT) is out to either kill you or make your life very uncomfortable.

We may not be alone in this universe, but sure as sh$t i was not alone standing here in the pitch dark. Whether it be the local buffalo or the bird size mozzies there were more pressing issues than contemplating the serenity of our local galaxy.

At least there was no traffic 🙂

5 horizontal images @ 14mm stitched together, got rid of all those annoying shootings stars as well 😉

A stingray, a crocodile and a poisonous snake walk into a bar.
No joke here, it is just a normal day in Australia.
If you see this.. its probably too late..

Smash-8

Whilst on the outside the nacelles (engine poddy things where the landing gear also comes out of) on these aircraft look deceptively simple, like a boxy volvo style design 🙂

however, it hides an impressive package, in there is all your engine thingys, which by the way is all the wrong way round cause there is a big fan up the front, thing of it like your dunny ‘S-bend’ ducting and airflow going all directions (turbine with propeller)… and amongst all that you got these long dangley legs folded up in there …

Be sure to appreciate the quality design of the Viking Air limited – well actually its Dehavilland, rebranded as Bombardier and bought by some big company called Longview… 😉 gotta love how companies get swallowed up.

Some more ‘W’ building, or more correctly, the snail building.
I reckon I snailed the first one 😉

Symmetry.
Except for Qantas.
I do wonder what that little contrail on the RH wing just inboard of the engine is? standby for the conspiracy theories 🙂

Airshow Light.

I think Airshows should employ me to give them some advice on crowd viewing spots… i must have walked up and down this feaking runway at Avalon half a dozen times to try and get some nice light. I’m pretty sure the gold class stands would have been pretty good, however after being fleeced by Jetstar with absolutely stupid airfares there was no way i was paying the 200+ bucks to sit in a stand.

Really they need a viewing place on the other side of the runway, if that ain’t possible, just swap the airshow to the other side of the runway 🙂 your gonna get much nice light for the majority of the afternoon 🙂

There was some really nice patches of light and cloud depending on what part of the sky the aircraft were at, I really like this one, you could be forgiven thinking that its flogging along at 20,000 ft, but really its probably less than a 1000ft off the deck, great looking aircraft too, even if they are old 🙂