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As a proud (and slightly cursed) drone owner, I'm constantly battling with the age-old question: where the hell can I actually go for a fly and a few shots?
And let me tell ya, it's no easy task, especially here in Victoria. In our good ol’ police state, it's banned just about bloody everywhere.
On top of the usual no-fly zones near airports and military bases, you’re also not allowed to fly in national parks. And guess what? Anywhere remotely interesting is a national park.
So after a bit of head-scratching, I thought: stuff it — I'll just keep a low profile and hope the rangers are looking the other way.
Off I went to Phillip Island, hitting up a couple of spots I'd been to before.
First stop: Kitty Miller Bay.
Nice enough little bay, but nothing to write home about. The real drawcard is the shipwreck.
Turns out the three-masted steel sailing ship Speke, cruising from Peru to Geelong, smashed into the reefs on February 22, 1906. Everyone made it out alive — well, except for one poor bugger.
What's left of the Speke is the bow and a few bits of steel scattered by the shore. It’s only about a 1.5 km stroll from the carpark.
But me being the lazy sod I am, figured I’d just fly the drone over instead. Genius idea... except I couldn't actually spot the wreck on the drone screen.
So I just filmed the whole area and, turns out, when I got home, the wreck showed up in two shots.
(For the record, I did actually hike out to it back in 2019 and got some proper close-ups.)
Here’s the old album if you’re keen:
Second spot: Pyramid Rock, right at the southern tip of Phillip Island.
Been there a few times too — but never with the drone until now.
At both spots, I went full photography nerd.
Had a polarising filter slapped on the drone to cut glare and let me see through the water, a black ND filter on the main camera for some long exposure magic, and even dragged along the infrared camera for good measure.
Here’s what came out of all that carry-on:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/147740420@N06/38Q377Qx1v
Как счастливый дроновладелец, я регулярно мучаюсь вопросом куда поехать полетать и поснимать. Вопрос очень непрост, особенно у нас в Виктории. В нашем полицейском штате это запрещено почти везде. Помимо понятных ограничений рядом с аэродромами и военными базами, летать также запрещено в национальных парках. А национальные парки везде, где есть что-либо мало-мальски интересное. Думал я куда поехать... и решил плюнуть на эти ограничения и просто не попадаться на глаза лесникам!
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