Welcome to Pete's blog.
Videos
Click the image to see some Radio Controlled aerial footage, taken several years ago over Hastings, Victoria.
I am near the car, where the road bends and finishes at the paddock fence. (size=700kB)
I wanted an aerial shot of our block of land before we build on it...
Note: Image quality has been reduced.
This footage was shot by attaching (with heaps of Duct tape!) a Kodak DX6440 digital camera
to an Albatross electric powered glider.
Aerial Photos
Here are some still photos taken with the same camera, but with a servo operating the shutter. Dodgy, but effective!
Click on the photo to download the higher resolution image.
NOTE: After the full resolution photo has loaded, you can expand it again by moving the curser off
the image, then back on, and click on the "expand" box in the bottom right corner.
Hastings foreshore. Plover attacking the plane.
Hastings foreshore plover attacking again.
Hastings foreshore toward Crib Point/Sandstone Island.
The Hastings Marina and Pelican Park Aquatic center are to the top left of the photo
Hastings foreshore over the Bight toward Esso / BHP Refinery in Hastings Victoria.
Hastings foreshore toward Bluescope Steel/Esso Refinery.
Hastings foreshore toward Hastings Township.
Hastings foreshore toward over the Bight toward Esso Refinery again.
This shot is from Bittern towards hastings
Images around Hastings Victoria
The following two images have not been altered, but were taken with a slow shutter speed on a very calm night.
Image of Hastings foreshore at night toward Hasting Jetty and Bluscope Steel.
Image of Hastings foreshore at night toward Esso /BHP gas Refinery.
I finally got the lightning detection software to work on my Canon camera. This was taken from the safety of my laundry.
April Sunrise.
Kings Creek Hotel wind turbine at sunrise.
Kings Creek Hotel wind turbine at sunrise again.
Kings Creek wind turbine repairs
The wind turbine had broken down for about a year and the Kings Creek owners were quoted a fortune to get it going again.
They knew I was interested in the turbine and asked me if I could get it going again.
Here's a video of the fault.
Obviously I like taking photos, so I took a few shots while we were up there.
From the top og the Kings Creek Turbine looking north.
Top of the Kings Creek Turbine looking South
Top of the Kings Creek Turbine looking East over the bay
Working at the top of the turbine with fellow electrician, James Kassay.
James is a champion rock climber, without him I was too chicken to climb the 26 metre tower.
It's a long way down. My girlfriend has come to check on us.
Here's a video of it running after repairing the fault. Boring I know, but I was pretty happy to see it running again.
The video shows it running in both low speed (30RPM) and switching to high speed (40RPM) as the wind picks up.
Our House.... (so far)
Our house that we "Owner built" in Hastings...I now know the true meaning of "Blood sweat and tears".
Our friends who have owner built their own houses told me that Owner Built homes are never finished.
I set out to prove them wrong...... five years (and counting) later, and it's still not finished.
Our house from the air.
