Night Ride Dec 31

[Maha]

Going to head into the city at about 10.30 tonight, get an advantage point along the North/Western somewhere to watch the pyro display on the Tower.
Nice night for a ride....:corn:

[The Everlasting]

Good idea,where do ya reckon is the best place to see them?

[Maha]

Good idea,where do ya reckon is the best place to see them?

Well as it turned out, Bayswater Mariner/Devonport.....brilliant spot!
Beautiful night for a ride, 18 degs all the way home.
I video'd the whole thing, all 7+ minutes of it.
Skytower, while looked awesome, was over shadowed a tad by the display on the water.
I'll get it up on youtube tomorrow sometime and post it, fingers crossed it'll turn out ok but being there was one of my better ideas this year...:rockon:

[Berries]

Well as it turned out, Bayswater Mariner/Devonport.....brilliant spot!:


Well as it turned out, Bayswater Mariner/Devonport.....brilliant spot!:


Well as it turned out, Bayswater Mariner/Devonport.....brilliant spot!:

Were you pissed ?

[Maha]

Only on the way down there.....:innocent:

[The Everlasting]

Well as it turned out, Bayswater Mariner/Devonport.....brilliant spot!
Beautiful night for a ride, 18 degs all the way home.
I video'd the whole thing, all 7+ minutes of it.
Skytower, while looked awesome, was over shadowed a tad by the display on the water.
I'll get it up on youtube tomorrow sometime and post it, fingers crossed it'll turn out ok but being there was one of my better ideas this year...:rockon:


Oh cool,i watched it from mission bay,was a great fireworks display,but it was an absolute nightmare to get home,took over an hour,I was cursing myself for not taking the bike!

[Mystic13]

Oh cool,i watched it from mission bay,was a great fireworks display,but it was an absolute nightmare to get home,took over an hour,I was cursing myself for not taking the bike!

That's too funny. My wife and I biked in. Cruised around town before stopping at Albert Park by the University, lying on the lawn we watched the fireworks before heading out to Mission Bay past all the cars going nowhere.

Ended up having Burger King at about 1.30am.

A great night for riding and we only saw two bikes. One at the university and one at Mission Bay. None riding around town or anywhere else.

The car cues everywhere were long.

I was really surprised at the lack of bikes.

[Maha]

Oh hell yeah, Bayswater Rd was stream of red lights heading back to Lake rd after the event but the right hand lane heading in was completely clear...way to easy on a bike. Lake rd? not a problem either.

The footage I got is fucken awesome but to big to load on the pc (so it says) will have to get some advice on how to upload the video.:facepalm:

[Swoop]

... all 7+ minutes of it.
Skytower, while looked awesome, was over shadowed a tad by the display on the water.
My watch said it was 10 mins worth of bloody marvellous pyrotechnics! Most certainly the barge was providing the better display.

Also had to chuckle over the parking lot out west! Glad to not be in a car.

[Gremlin]

The footage I got is fucken awesome but to big to load on the pc (so it says) will have to get some advice on how to upload the video.:facepalm:
Put on youtube... post link here to it.

[Maha]

Put on youtube... post link here to it.

Problem is, I cant upload it on our pc as per normal, is there a way I can upload straight onto my UTube account?

[The Everlasting]

Did you use your camera for recording?? Are you not able to transfer via usb cable?

[Gremlin]

Problem is, I cant upload it on our pc as per normal, is there a way I can upload straight onto my UTube account?
If you get an error from youtube, then trying to upload direct wouldn't work either (along with a bunch of other reasons).

You probably have to edit the video to reduce quality, which reduces size etc.

[Maha]

If you get an error from youtube, then trying to upload direct wouldn't work either (along with a bunch of other reasons).

You probably have to edit the video to reduce quality, which reduces size etc.

All good, its currently nextdoor uploading to our Utube account, we managed to upload it to thier pc followed by a few beers...it was still at 12%done when we left 10 mins ago, the wait will be worth it. All done on my Nikon S570 on a tripod resting on my helmet.

[Maha]

Finally....$125,000 worth of bang bang.
3:30 you can here Anne say ..Wow weeeeeeee!
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[Latte]

Yes it was awesome, we had prime viewing from a spa pool on a deck in Northcote :D

Felt like some of the bigger "starbursts" ended up over our heads, had an effect like 3D TV.

[Maha]

Yes it was awesome, we had prime viewing from a spa pool on a deck in Northcote :D

Felt like some of the bigger "starbursts" ended up over our heads, had an effect like 3D TV.

That 3D effect was used to good effect effectively speaking...way cool.

[Maha]

Weirdest thing about riding that night was, I had this thought in my head the whole way, there and back, what if theres a possum on the road?....why the hell I was thinking that I dont know. It has never entered my mind before....ever.

[Latte]

"Look Trev, Two Moons"

* I think thats how it went, the two possums on that TV ad years ago

[Maha]

Yes I do remember that add, but I my case it would singular....
Hard to beat riding at night, clear sky, 18-20 degs ...the crisp clean smells of rural Nz :rockon: