I headed off solo from Apollo Bay on the BMW R1200GS on a Tuesday morning in early May, fully prepared and feeling fine for two weeks on the road in South Australia. As planned, I rode 1150kms to Hawker in the Flinders Ranges in the first two days. But the onset of vertigo (which did … Continue reading Four days on the road and one day in the Flinders Ranges on my motorbike, May 2024
This was my first motorbike ride to the Flinders Ranges without my Nikon camera and telephoto lens. My 150-600mm telephoto lens has seized up and can no longer be satisfactorily focussed manually, and the auto-focus no longer functions. All photos in this post are iPhone photos. This is why there are no eagle photos on … Continue reading Six day ride to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia in late Winter 2023
Forced down by thunderstorms on the Yorke Peninsula Thunderstorms generally. Thunderstorms are a great force of nature to be treated with absolute respect by all pilots. The strong turbulence associated with a thunderstorm can destroy an aircraft, large or small. Thunderstorms generate powerful updrafts and downdrafts which operate from the lowest levels to the tops … Continue reading Flying Memories – Chapter 4 (of 10)
Encounter with a thunderstorm at night On 11 June 1978 I landed VH-WIL (a single engine four seat Piper Cherokee 180) after dark with four passengers (one was a babe in her parents' arms, another was Liz who later married me) in gale force winds and driving rain at the peak of a heavy thunderstorm. … Continue reading Flying Memories – Chapter 3 (of 10)
Hang gliding is the simplest form of flying for humans, and for me it is the most beautiful. When hang gliding in a place as beautiful as Apollo Bay, the enjoyment starts well before becoming airborne and endures for quite some time after landing. This flight was my first for the summer season. Bruce, a … Continue reading Early Morning Hang Gliding Flight at Apollo Bay
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