Here we are , another year starting , this is where we were for the last days of 2016 - Bungendore !!
We ventured into Canberra a couple of times , taking advantage of the post christmas sales to replace a broken electric shaver and treat myself to a new phone . We also paddled along the Molonglo River & into Lake Burley Griffin , shame the wind was as strong as it was - there were white caps on the lake !!
Lyn was treated to a beautiful Thai lunch afterwards for her birthday .
The weather has been all over the place , mostly warm , but with wind rain & overcast , storms as well .
One of the days at Bungendore , we found Lake Rd - it leads up to the southern end of the lake - about 10klms of gravel road . I would suggest not a lot of people would have seen this end of the lake , and it's been a long time since we've seen this much water in the lake - you can see wheel tracks from where people have been driving onto the lake bed for a long time - not now however !!
The eastern side of the lake is home to one of the largest wind farms , these are just a few of the turbines .
The next photo is where the road ends at a property gate , looking back south towards Bungendore .
Fences that seem to go across the lake are at regular intervals on this shallow lake .
Looking north back over the lake toward Goulburn direction .
Beside the road growing happily in amongst all the grass seed are thistles , and these were flowering, bringing some colour to the golden grass seed .
There was an interesting beetle / bug in the flower - nice mottled green camouflage , and a rather large nose for the size of it !!
Aniseed plants had also flowered and gone to seed .
This dam was near the start of Lake Road , the ridge made a nice backdrop .
Christmas delivered us a surprise present , totally unexpected . The box has only just been opened to reveal the contents a couple of days ago - we haven't had time or the room to try it out . After watching many tutorials and reading instructions , and watching tutorials again ( because I'd forgotten a few things ) , I assembled it , configured the motors , checked the electrics , charged the batteries and had a practice run on a simulator - the time had come to do it for real !! Attaching the phone , app turned on , everything charged and turned on , it was time to do it in real time . I wandered down the track a bit away from trees and fences and placed it on the ground , compass calibrated , it was time to go ! Motors on , it was time for lift off - and it was just as easy as the simulator !! My drone took off vertically and hovered at whatever height I chose , it turned around , went left & right , forward & reverse , and even did it in reverse when you have it pointing back toward you - forward becomes reverse , left becomes right , reverse becomes forward - will I get this right ??? Well yes , it was really easy to fly , I even had to contend with a bit of turbulence from the wind , and did it well !!
Even managed to get some photos taken as well !!
I'll just get higher and let it hover there while I figure this photo thing out , oh yeh , that's the photo button , click , I've done it , wasn't that hard hahahaha .
Okay let's try that again , this time a lot lower , yes that's me again !!
This is turning into a bit of fun , better get Lyn and show her what's happening here - see just look at the phone screen and it's easy , just press that button , click , and there you have it - mental note to oneself - must look at the drone to get photos of us instead of looking at the screen !!!! Doh
I've often wondered what we could take photo's off with a drone , also they do make a bit of noise and can be a bit annoying - guess I'm going to annoy people now !!! only for about 25mins till the batteries need recharging again !!
Stay tuned , I'm sure you'll be seeing more from above in the future !!!
Well till next year , I'm not doing another blog in 2016 !!!! Hehehehe
Have a wonderful new year , hope it's everything you wish for and more .
Cheers and thanks for reading .
Lyn & Alan
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