Long service leave trip Adelaide to Cape York.

2 weeks before we leave MY better half declare I think you need a drone!
I have chosen one Mavic Air 2s bought the full set of stuff.
The reason I have been involved in Photography for 30 years Large Format shooter
10x8, 5x4,35mm,darkroom she picked the drone for the lens aperture F2.8
I know you won,t use slow lenses.

So 2 flights in the front yard and one on a nearby park where I was sure I would crash.

Here is my ideal subject and Flight
Lots of mistakes and way to fast at times
but we all start somewhere.
Bazz8

Shows quite starkly what became of a once-thriving community. Looks very arid now.

Blériot53 Posted at 11-12 00:13
Shows quite starkly what became of a once-thriving community. Looks very arid now.

They had good early years,the stone work which is 150 yrs old.
Not much rain in the Southern Flinders Ranges.

Bazz8 Posted at 11-12 02:45
They had good early years,the stone work which is 150 yrs old.
Not much rain in the Southern Flinders Ranges.

Lack of rain is rarely an issue over here. and yet there are many abandoned crofts dotted about the landscape.  Nothing really on that scale though.

Lucky man - a wife telling you to get a drone!? That's a keeper!

Youve made a good start,    im sure you're going to love your flying camera.  

Congrats on getting the Air 2S.  It is a really capable drone.  

Nice job on the video.  Shame the drought forced the families to abandon that location.

DowntownRDB Posted at 11-12 07:14
Congrats on getting the Air 2S.  It is a really capable drone.  

Nice job on the video.  Shame the drought forced the families to abandon that location.

In South Australia is a term the Goyder line
Of of the pioneers worked out above the line not eneogh rainfall to sustain 40/50 thousand sheep.

Bazz8 Posted at 11-12 23:38
In South Australia is a term the Goyder line
Of of the pioneers worked out above the line not eneogh rainfall to sustain 40/50 thousand sheep.

I read where Kanyaka was originally established for cattle but later they converted to sheep.  Interesting background on that location for sure.  There are places in the US where water shortages are becoming more prevalent.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 11-13 08:41
I read where Kanyaka was originally established for cattle but later they converted to sheep.  Interesting background on that location for sure.  There are places in the US where water shortages are becoming more prevalent.

There is a book on the history which I read 10 years ago,but I don,t recall the cattle but at that time 1860s any thing was tried in the Flinders Ranges.

Bazz8 Posted at 11-13 11:26
There is a book on the history which I read 10 years ago,but I don,t recall the cattle but at that time 1860s any thing was tried in the Flinders Ranges.

No doubt that was a lot of effort to settle in that area and make a go of it.  

Some lovely footage there - well done

Codgerzh2 Posted at 11-14 07:43
Some lovely footage there - well done

Thankyou

Nice to see!

Montfrooij Posted at 12-26 12:06
Nice to see!

It is amazing I love the stonework 160 years old straight as  the day it was built.
I teach Advanced building and show students examples like Kanyaka, they are always amazed.

Barry Treleaven Posted at 12-26 12:29
It is amazing I love the stonework 160 years old straight as  the day it was built.
I teach Advanced building and show students examples like Kanyaka, they are always amazed.

Yeah, I can imagine!