Great Ocean Road (Again)

I spent the day filming on Great Ocean Road again. This time, I was doing mostly aerials. Today was supposed to be a sun break in the cloudy weather and though it didn’t start shining as early as it was supposed to, and didn’t really clear off as much as they said it would, it was adequate until about 1:00 PM when the high overcast took over. I went back to the places that I scouted as possible aerial locations. I also stopped at a couple other places that I saw on a satellite image. There are quite a few small dirt roads leading off the main highway, and none of them are marked in any way. Some are access points for surfers, others for hiking trails. Several of them were good places to fly. By 1:00 when the sunlight finally crapped out I had finished all four of my batteries and have a little over 50 scenes. So I would call the day a success. I also shot a few stills under lighting conditions that I didn’t have on my first pass through here.


Here’s “The Arch” with some afternoon light. I also shot it this morning, but I like this time of day better.


This arch in the Bay of Islands is in a better orientation for morning light.


Here’s an evening shot looking East from one of the Bay of Islands viewpoints.


Some Sea Stacks at sunset.


Here’s a “Dronie” that I inadvertently shot of myself while I was finishing up a pass. That little viewing platform makes a nice landing pad. Tour buses don’t stop here, so it is not very crowded.