Great Flight

Had a great flight off of North Brother 2 hrs and got to cloudbase in my first thermals :) Some pics Debs took, I have the orange and white and grey glider.

Also had a great 1 hr flight today off of middle Brother . Heaps of police around and I startled one copper as i came into land as they were in the middle of a drug bust we think but wouldn't tell us.

Debs has been home schoolingand we will hang here till end of weekend then head out to some waterfalls and then Manilla then onto the plains zoo in dubbo.

Galvo

Exitement Turns to Dismay

I'm not sure how to write this post?

Well The car is fantastic and the camper trailer is awesome, and there is heaps of storage in the camper so shouldnt have to load the car up to much.

Well I picked the family up at Sydney airport and managed to dodge most of the maniacs that seem to drive here although an impatiant trucky who didn't want to slow down for anyone including corners gave me a bit of a scare.

We all got back to Gosford and stayed at the RSL in West Gosford , we then went to pick up the trailer that I had spent the previous day loading.

We drove around and finally found the beds for the kids we wanted at Camper World, this is where I left my wallet on the roof or tailgate with approx $1450 in it:( Realising this after we had driven to Umina Campsite.

Add to this I broke the screen on my new Tom Tom 920 :( so was a day full of mixed emotion. Ifelt really sick after that but today is a new day the kids have had a ball, Emily has done some drum lessons and is playing in a band tonight? Grace and Lucy have played in the shallows for hours catching small fish and building sand castles.

Umina campground is huge and our view is fantastic, heaps of activities for the kids and a massive playground, highly recommended.

Heres some pics of our new camper and location.

Galvo

North Brother

Had a great Sleddie from here Awsome flying sight,

Was pretty nervous as was my first flight on my new glider.

I have since had a 30min flight from South East Bonnies.

Im in Gosford now and the trailer looks awesome. i will post some pics of it tomorrow.

Debs and the kids arrive tomorrow which I'm really looking forward to.

I don't know how we are going to fit it all in but I'm sure we will manage.

Staying in a RSL motel tonight and tomorrow night then it's camping in style from here on in.

Galvo

First paragliding Pics

A couple of pics of Mike Annear and Eric Tromes (red glider) at Serpentine Perth WA, The Eagle is renouned for attacking the pilots wings at this location and the last photo shows him claws out a 1/2 a second before making contact with the glider.

Eric tried using a loud compressed air horn but the eagle just let out a war cry and had another go?

First Pics with the D300

Everlasting in my 3yr olds hand at 200mm. I believe the VR must be pretty good as we were both a little shaky!!

Monarch Butterfly

Anigozanthos Manglesii

Calothamnus Quadrifidus

Isopogen Dubious

Hibertia Cuneiformis

All the pics were taken handholding the camera on an overcast windy day. Some of the pics have been cropped but thats all.

New camera

Well I finally took the plunge and bought myself a digital SLR,
I got myself a Nikon D300 with a Nikkor 18-200 VR lense which should be ideal for the trip around Oz. I can't believe it took me so long,as these things are awesome.
It's going to be great to get back into photography again and cheaper now as i can just deleat the crap shots.
I have so much to learn and not just the digital photography side and all the tricks of the camera but also the editing and publishing side as well.
I have taken some shots in my garden and I am impressed at how close I can get with this zoom tele lens, I should be able to get some great macro shots as well as landscape shots with this lens.
Look up happy in the dictionary and you will see a picture of me:)>
Galvo

Australia Here We Come!!!

Well our house has been sold and our adventure is about to start in Oct 08.

I have bought a Landcruiser GXV in QLD and our new home on wheels is being built in Gosford sydney.

We have decided to all fly over to Sydney and start our trip there as it was cheaper than freighting the trailer back here then driving across.

So we have traded our beautiful house for a TENT??

The New Beast

has a console fridge,leather seats with custom fitted sheepskins,woodgrain trim and a sunroof.

Back view of our camper trailer

Front view of trailer

Close up of our camper

What our kitchen will look like

Please note pics are not our trailer but the same model.