A few weeks ago when I was looking for places to go on Google Maps, I came across a large area of bushland with a few granite outcrops spread around, I have been curious about this place for a few weeks but couldn't work out how to get there, I noticed there was a few tracks around and it was close to a rest area, I don't always get the chance to use Forester for my trips, the other car is an old I30 ,and I can't take that offroad much, so after spending some time on Google maps, I found a route to get there but with the use of my Mountain bike, so I folded the back car seats down and took the front wheel off the bike and put it in the back of the I30. Making my way to the rest area unloaded the bike put the front wheel back on, luckily it has the quick release wheel nuts,
I grabbed the camera bag and off I went, I worked out that it was about a 1.5km ride, not that far I was confident my knee was going to handle it. I often ride to the local bushlands which is around a 3.5 km return trip maybe a little longer, one day I rode about 7km, and my knee was fine. but this day I didn't take any hills into consideration getting there was the easy part, it was the journey back and the soft muddy sand and a slight up hill ride, not a big hill but not being real fit, that caused issues with my knee, I managed to get back ok but just wasn't used riding in the bush like that, I did attach my gopro to the bike for the trip, and took a few videos. I plan to go back again, but with the forester so I can drive there next time. Here is some snaps from there. I did put the drone up as well, I left some of the camera gear at home so I could fit the drone in my back pack.
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There was also a lot of dumped rubbish around the area which was disappointing, it was very muddy and it looks like when it rains a lot there is a quite a bit of water flow travelling around this granite outcrop, after getting some photos it was time to make the trip back to the car. When I got back to the it was pack the bike and cameras away, I grabbed a drink and just sat in the car recovering for a while. After I had recovered I headed of back to Roley pool for a quick walk and to practice some long exposures.
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