So I'm just out past Dolby for the Kapun, going through 10,000 approaches and 11,000 feet.
I haven't had a chance to pull the camera out at this stage because I'm groveling a little bit.
There's a late start due to an inversion around the strip.
I've just been trying to get high in the first time of about 10,000 a day.
I'll probably come around and get some shots.
It's time for 300.
There was supposed to be a task of five, but we sort of abandoned that given the late start.
I'll go back and start at about two o'clock.
Let's see how they go anyway.
I don't know what my foot looks like from 11,000 feet.
About five, six minutes.
So starting to slow down, I probably should have left a little bit earlier, but I'm going to pull the camera out.
It may look like I'm getting close to those clouds, but I've just been talking to pilots who've been closer than me,
and it's still about 14,000 feet.
So I can get within 1,000 feet of them.
I've still got plenty of height before I do that.
It's time to set up now.
I'll head towards Miles.
I'll be there soon.
I'm still just plodding along, finally got a bit higher again.
I'm just sort of turning south of Chinchilla under this beautiful cloud here,
about 12,500 feet.
Yeah, 1,000 foot to go before I hit that fellow.
I'll punch up over towards these clouds over this way, which is on the route to my turn point.
We're starting to get a bit late, so I'm thinking about turning around and going back pretty soon,
and this height I'll push on for a little bit longer.
And there you go.
That's Chinchilla down there.
That lovely chirp is a very old fellow man going up at about four knots.
That's four knots is about 400 feet per minute.
It's under a nice street I've turned around. I went Chinchilla turned south under a nice street.
As you can see, my goal was back down that way to the south to get to a place called The Guns
after touching the circle near Miles, but I decided to stick with the clouds
because essentially they were looking like they were working sensationally, which they definitely are.
And I just climbed again to about 12 and a half.
I've got about 90 to run to Dolby and still fly away too slow.
But I'm just a novice, so getting high and staying high is making me happy.
A nice big fire burning down there in the south.
I've just run along this street back towards Dolby itself.
And I've got an over 1,000 foot spare now to get home to DDSC.
12 and a half grand overlooking the Darling Downs.
And you're wondering what the Canula is, that's the oxygen once you get up to 10,000.
It's mandatory, so thanks Richard Moskens for running me your bottle.
Canula keeps coming out, but it seems to be working a trick. See you soon.
So didn't film too much today, got the good bits in there, just came through that smoke.
You can see the fire, visibility right up to the north where it was getting blown, it's horrific.
And then my final glide, just on the nose there's the airfield, Bowenville on the left.
Bit soggy coming back actually, I've pretty much been on final glide from about 100 out.
Haven't done much, haven't hit much lift at all, except now, always the way.
Anyway, this is what it looks like at the end of the day.
Good soaring day, catch you soon.
