Dash cams and binoculars.

We are thoroughly enjoying our time at this house sit. The house is very easy to care for, and the dog is obedient and also very easy to look after. One of the best things is the large deck, where we spend lots of time.

A few weeks ago I bought Peter a little present. He has drooled over dash cams for the car for ages. He has looked at them, compared them, researched them to death on the internet, so finally I took him down to the Good Guys, and bought him a dash cam for the car.

He was tickled pink. We checked out the different models they had and he chose what he wanted. It was not too expensive, although we had to buy a sim card to record on, and that was about $35 extra. He took it home, read up the instruction book, and fiddled to his hearts content. There was a problem getting the sim card in. He said there were no instructions, and oh dear, he split the sim card trying to force it in the wrong way, so back to Good Guys we go and get another one. Peter was also having trouble downloading from the dash cam to his computer, but the salesman showed him how. He was recording and transferring and watching, a happy little camper.

 

 

 This is not the brand we had but looked like this.

But ah yes….a snag!!! Isn’t there often a snag? The whole idea of these things is that they sit attached to the windscreen at the front of the car so the driver can twiddle the knobs and do what you have to do to work the gadget. But……here in Queensland it gets really really hot! And what happens in the heat? Yes of course, it expands. So the little doodad that the camera slid onto would expand and the attached camera would fall off.  It was still attached to the windscreen by a connecting cord, but It happened all the time. After a few days he got totally fed up with this, so took it back to the Good Guys and asked for his money back. I have to say that we have bought a few things from The Good Guys and the service has always been top notch.

Anyway, he had his money back but no pressie from me any more. But we solved that problem. Meandering around the Wynnum shops he found a pair of binoculars. He bought a good pair when we were in China but they have seen the kiss of death, and packed up. He bought these binoculars home, and he is a happy little camper again.

Watching the birds and planes, anything with wings will do. There was an acrobatic
plane practicing yesterday, really good to watch too.

 

The brand is Bresser , made in Germany and were not expensive. He sits on the deck watching the planes coming and going, and watching the birds…(the ones with wings) and in general, is having a great old time with them.