Very enjoyable. The remarkable account of your grandfather's experience of being given nothing but pickaxe handles to defend the rail bridge over the Hawkesbury illustrates the mood of a different time. I recall my grandmother's animosity towards all things Japanese and blaming them for taking away my grandfather from her while he served in the navy during WWII. She didn't see him for some years but fortunately he survived (HMAS Hobart). Having joined the navy in 1918 he may have well served on HMAS Parramatta ... I'll have to look it up.
Great video! Historical references were great and looking forward to you your upcoming adventures. Any chance we can get a video of your electrical setup?
Ive stopped half way through the vid to say, wow what a fantastic video, so much work you have put in to make it, Thank you. Love the Hawkesbury, so many lovely memories on my yachts sailing in ' Gods Country " I hope to meet you some day, I now live in Newcastle. Ian T.
My great, great, great, ( Enough greats, ?? ) grandfather was a pardoned convict who was given farmland at Castlereagh, North of Penrith on the Nepean River which becomes the Hawksbury at Yaramundi where it merges with the Grose River. The house & dairy farm buildings, over 200 yrs old, is now in the hands of the NSW heritage people & will be restored with & neighbouring house, on the Western side of The Penrith Beach, on the Nepean. We spent many a school holiday there & we all love the place. The property is " Hadley Park". great vid.
Thanks Alex. I’ve been trying to get out since March, but the weather has been atrocious every weekend. Hopefully not as long between drinks for the next one
Hi Paul. Funnily enough - there is no collision detection, but I only hit the trees maybe 3 times. The Bar Island footage was shot with a Hoverair X1 flying camera. It is fully autonomous and has no controller and flies preset moves that centre around recognition of the human in the middle of them. If there is a tree or anything else in the way of the move it just hits the them. But the props are in a cage so no damage done. You can adjust parameters like height, radius and distance from a phone app before launching. It launches from your hand and when the task is done it returns and lands on your outstretched hand. The modes used were follow mode, dolly track (follow mode from the front), hover and birdseye (with a slow corkscrew). I love it. It so easy to use and fast to deploy compared to a drone. It also records synchronised sound though the phone app and digitally removes the whine of the propellers. Just can’t be used over water. It needs a textured ground surface to sense its movement and positioning. When it encounters water it just starts landing. I’ve got a DJI Mini 4 Pro for the water stuff. I’ve fitted a home made carbon fibre catching handle made from a cable tie and carbon fibre arrow shaft and successfully launched and retrieved from the boat. Landing was very difficult until on my 4th attempt I worked out the problem was the anti collision sensors making it jump away on approach as it sensed the mast. It was easy peasy once I turned the sensors off. Now I just have to practice flying and filming with it.
Thanks Anthony. I’ve been trying to get out since March, but the weather has been atrocious every weekend. Hopefully not as long between drinks for the next one
Loved the history lesson. Thank you. Heading up the Hawkesbury next month and plan a stop at Spencer. Must be 20 yrs since I was last there and we used a courtesy mooring and tendered ashore. No sign of courtesy moorings at Spencer on the Maritime maps. Did you see any ?
@@deemacvee1 I didn’t notice any, but I wasn’t really looking. There may be some further up the creek. There is not a lot of wharf space either. What there is seems to be taken up by locals and boat hire. I got the last spot on the public wharf.
Heights Railway Bridge 11.4m Road Bridges 11.1m Depths Railway Bridge 10-12m Road Bridges 18-19m Cascade Bay 0.5m (but about 6m about 50m off shore) Bar Island 1-2m Big Jimmy’s Point 10-13m Marlow 13-15m Spencer 10-11m (1.5m at the public jetty)
@@Cruising_Pamela_B Thankyou, Plenty of mast clearence as my mast height from water line is 10.1 mtr. A deep waterway. Plenty of chain and rode required.
