The Doc could not travel to the Kimberly this year, so he is visiting images from his last trip in 2015. Here are the Crimson finch, the black bellied subspecies. Click on image to see full size.
Crimson finch – blacked belly
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Back in Sydney
The Doc is back in Sydney to deal with registration of the Patrol and the off-road camper. That’s all now done.
Unfortunately, The Doc had to completely rebuild his home PC twice in the last three weeks! The first was caused by a corrupt Windows installation, then two weeks later the boot drive failed.
The Doc is planning his next trip. First, he will explore around the south coast at Bendalong and Bermagui. Then a trip up to Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo, the Pilliga and on to Gundabooka near Bourke.
Tony Stott F1 images
The Doc has been doing some tests with Tony Stott’s Monaco F1 images – report here. Because of the film speed some of the images are blurred, not surprising as even modern cameras struggle using much higher ISO speeds.
So The Doc tried some new software on the images, which helps sharpen, stablise and improve focus. Here is one image, the before and after are identical except the after was run through Topaz Sharpen using the stabilise mode. What a huge difference, especially the race car.
The Doc will revisit the full size images in the coming weeks.
Second example, even bigger improvement with this image.
Tenterfield images
A long day trip to Tenterfield yielded a few images. Plus a cygnet from Byron Bay.
Mobbs Bay Ballina
A Beach-stone Curlew and Masked Lapwing.
Heading to Tenterfield
Off to Tenterfield early tomorrow. Some images from my last trip.
On the road again
In Ballina doing work around the house. Doing plenty of whale watching out the window as the humpbacks head north. Have spent some time with a friend testing flashes and looking for places to do bird photography.
Back to high pressuring cleaning all the concrete and verandas.
Sunset at Little Topar Roadhouse – NSW Outback
Nature put on quite a show that night. Hoping to restart the Excellent Adventure shortly.
Aussie made 16 to 20
4X4 Equipment
Aussie Made No 16: Hayman Reese are best known for their towbars, but they also make brake controllers, stability equipment for caravans and trucks. The Patrol has a Hayman Reese towbar and trailer brake controller fitted: http://www.haymanreese.com.au/products
Aussie Made No 17: ARB is one of the most respected names in off-road equipment. Many of their vast range of products are made in Australia. Bullbars, canopies, suspension systems, air lockers, compressors and the list goes on. The Patrol has an ARB Twin Compressor fitted under the passenger’s seat: https://www.arb.com.au
Aussie Made No 18: Long Ranger make long range fuel and waters tanks for many vehicles. The tanks are distributed by ARB: http://thelongranger.com.au/
Aussie Made No 19: Brown Davis makes long range fuel tanks (including various tanks for the Bushmaster armoured vehicle). Brown Davis made the auxiliary fuel tank fitted to the Nissan Patrol, increasing the auxiliary fuel tank capacity from 40 to 80 litres. The main tank has 97 litres giving a total of 173 litres. The auxiliary was updated as the added weight was not directly over the rear axle but placed further forward: https://www.browndavis.com.au/
Aussie Made No 20: Safari Snorkels make snorkels for off road vehicles, allowing deeper water crossings by moving the air intake high in the vehicle. Buy a quality snorkel as the cheap Chinese crap around just deteriorates under the hot Australian sun. In my more recent years Safari have branched out to performance upgrades for select Toyota models under the name Armax. After 8 years the Safari snorkel on the Patrol looks brand-new: https://www.safari4x4.com.au/
Aussie made 11 to 15
4X4 Equipment
Aussie Made No 11: Enerdive are based in Queensland. While some products are sourced from overseas, Enerdrive does manufacture its own range of ePOWER AC battery chargers & DC2DC battery chargers along with their Lithium battery systems: https://enerdrive.com.au/
Aussie Made No 12: Austech Wire & Cable make copper cables for automotive, marine, speakers, irrigation, etc. Automotive cables are sold at retail under the name Owl or Wise Owl on eBay: https://austechwire.com.au/#about
Aussie Made No 13: Tycab Australia’s cable products are used across a broad range of industries, from Automotive, Irrigation, Building, Data & Instrumentation to Security, Marine, Welding, Speaker & Audio and Switchboards. I have used their automotive cables and they are world class: https://www.tycab.com.au/
Aussie Made No 14: SmartBar was the original lightweight plastic bullbar built to absorb an impact and bounce back into shape. They are much more pedestrian friendly in an accident. I have one installed on the Patrol. There is a variety of bars now called SmartBar, StealthBar and SpartanBar: https://smartbar.com.au/
Aussie Made No 15: Rhino Rack makes a vast array of roof racks and accessories right here in Australia. The Patrol has a Pioneer Platform fitted with jerry can holder and spare tyre carrier: https://www.rhinorack.com.au/en-au
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