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For my 50th birthday my friends and family got together and get me a drone. It was a complete surprise. But after one flight down the local park I was hooked.Drone photography is one intense hobby. But its one that gets you "out there" and can reveal the world in a new way.
Matthew Coad
March 4th, 2024
With a spare day on the Australia day weekend I decided to grab my van and see where I could get to. I found a site near Licola and thought I'd head up to the high country north of there as I hadn't been up there for a while.Avrils thesis at university concerned a lungfish fos...
December 25th, 2023
Photo story of trip the snowy river from Buchan to Wallace Gragie Lookout.
Tough going, but so worth it
December 2nd, 2023
At a recent party I was a discussing a trip that Avril and I did in 2009. I went back through the photos I took, sorted and cleaned a few up using the latest tools and there was damn good ones!I sure as hell didn't have a drone back them, but they are easily the highest altitu...
October 3rd, 2023
Looked like a nice sunset so was on the cards on a hot Friday night so just headed down to nearby Patterson Lakes.
September 25th, 2023
An issue that seems to have a surprising amount of yelling and screaming in some parts of social media is the shape of the Earth. Round or Flat.Can't say I ever really got into the detail of what flat earth proponents were claiming, but there was one idea that caught my eye. T...
July 29th, 2023
Stretching from the Snow Mountains to South Australia, this river forms the much of the border between the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria.When I was a child our family spent many summers camped by the Murray. I remember the seemingly endless drive to get the...
Green to max!
July 4th, 2023
About 100 kilometres south east of Melbourne lie the Strezlecki Ranges. Covering Southern Gippsland this is my favourite area to go out for a day trip. It seems like every road I try reveals yet more beautiful scenery, its the gift that keeps on giving.
Too cool for the 21st Century?
June 16th, 2023
What is the story of the Powerhouse? The site of a powerhouse in Geelong, Victoria abandoned many years ago. Then it there was an attempt to set it up as a street art mecca. But that's gone off the rails and the Powerhouse has been abandoned again.It had a website once but the...
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For my 50th birthday my friends and family got together and get me a drone. It was a complete surprise. But after one flight down the local park I was hooked.Drone photography is one intense hobby. But its one that gets you "out there" and can reveal the world in a new way.