Author: Jonathan Gladstone

At a steady pace behind the Safety Car, the second BEERS 24 hour event started at Carco.com.au Raceway, at 3pm June 13 2025. Initially racing on a slightly damp track, with more cloud-laden moisture threatening to really make things tricky later on, (it didn’t), 39 teams started with more than 30 finishing the event, 24 hours later. Diff replacements, brake-system changes, engine swaps, 4 turbos installed (and all failed) amongst some of the challenges – all teams worked hard to overcome their plights to make it to the end. Some though had catastrophes, no matter what their pluck…

Scenes from the 2025 Bosch Power Tools Perth Super 440 in Neerabup, in June 2025, taken by myself.

Across to my right is an apricot-hued band of light, sandwiched by the dark clouds above and the darker hills below; the sun is not yet risen and I am driving to my first time photographing at a Supercars event. My goal was to create some interesting and memorable images of the weekend, meet new people and maybe learn a couple of photography tips, continuing to improve. Oh boy. Day 1, Friday for me, was accreditation collection and then up to the media centre to get a brief rundown of the does and don’ts. Gear on…

With temperatures forecast in the low 40s and with education in mind, a few members of the WA Speed Event Series arrived at the Collie Motorplex, south of Perth, early on Saturday 10th February. With an overall goal of improving trainees’ lap times, increased knowledge of datalogging, understanding car setup, and track positioning for trainees, this initiative of Justin O’Hehir appears to have been a success: one member improved his personal best by 2 seconds! With 4 instructors covering different types of competition (high turbo power, rear-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, multi-vehicle knowledge with instructor Geoff “Ducky” Duckworth, and an…

Important note – this Panasonic G9M2 camera and Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm II lenses are both pre-production and they may well be changed, modified and updated for the actual release models. TL/DR: The G9M2 appears to address many of the issues that I have had with earlier Panasonic Lumix mirrorless bodies (G3, G85s and GX9) while still keeping the wonderful compactness and menu/screen structure that I know and love – the phase-detect and tracking is fantastic and I didn’t want to give any of the gear back.    Intro and thanks. I would like to thank Camera Electronic and Isabelle for letting…

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The snaps, pops and crackles of exhausts notes penetrate the not-so-soundproofed walls of the Perth Northbridge TAFE radio-studio on a Friday night. A student perks up his ears and rushes out in curiosity; what is making that sound?