Self Portraits, With Drone

Day one of the Silo Art Trail, we headed west out of Sydney to Bathurst, then turned south a bit & headed to Grenfell - first stop on the list... & the first self-portrait



Obviously, we took plenty of ground-based photos as well... I just haven't had time to go through all of them yet

Next was the town of Weethalle, a little further south, a little further west...



Our plan to stay in Hay was scuppered by the town choosing that weekend to have their annual Show - so everyone from the surrounding country was staying in town to see the cattle, produce, arts, crafts & bake sales & weary travellers could just keep right on going... another couple of hours in the sunset, twilight & evening down the highway to Balranald, dodging both the kangaroos on the sides of the road & the large trucks on it. Given kangaroos predilection for appearing out of nowhere & hopping straight across the highway, especially at dusk, which can really ruin your vehicle & your day (not much good for the kangaroo either!), we settled in behind a fast-travelling road train & let him clear any potential marsupials. Finally into Balranald, a quick dinner & bed

Next morning, get up, pack up & then out into the land of long straight roads & big skies, as we approached the Victoria border. On our road trip in 2020, this would have been where we turned back - voluntarily or not(!!), but not this time...


Along the Sturt Highway, NSW



Across the border into Victoria & into the Mallee scrublands... & salt flats... Taken from about 150 metres, which is about 30 metres above the legal height for drone flight. Well, we know that now...

And here we pause, as I don't have any other photos ready yet!!