Mathew Packer

  • Oh Karen…

    Just got told off by a young Karen for flying my drone over a public park, with nobody in it, whilst I was doing a job for a client.

    Apparently, being a licensed drone operator, with my radio handy to make sure there was no other air traffic in the area, wasn’t good enough…and I quote, “you can keep saying you’re a licensed pilot but it doesn’t make any difference, you’re not allowed to fly over a public park”.

    Did I mention that there wasn’t anybody in the park whilst I was flying, until her dog ran in (off-leash, in a non-off-leash park, but I decided not to be that person) and started barking at my drone, which I then landed back where I took off?

    Did I mention that it’s not illegal to fly in a public park where I live?

    Did I also mention I’m a licensed drone operator?

  • Football Social Posts

    All of the teams on the Northern League One side of New Lambton FC have made it through to the finals, and in the case of the Under 16’s and First Grade, they also won their Minor Premierships.

    To celebrate the Minor Premierships, I designed up the following images for our Instagram and Facebook accounts. I’m pretty happy how they have turned out, particularly as I used the players names from each team to create the background.

    And for our 13’s, 14’s, 15’s, 18’s, and Reserves, I made the below Instagram posts with their Preliminary Final game date/time information on them.

  • Football is almost over for the season and I just realised I’ve uploaded almost zero photos to my website this season, better pull my finger out! ⚽️

  • New Lambton FC vs Cooks Hill United FC

    Round 14 of the 2020 Northern League One season, played at Alder Park, New Lambton on Saturday 26th of September, 2020.

  • How’d this happen?

    Somehow I’ve found myself in the role of Social Media Coordinator at Alder Park Sports Club, alongside sitting on their Board.

    Anyway, here are a bunch of the posts I’ve completed recently on the Club’s Facebook, I’m still in the process of working out what will work on their Insta…

    Sunday Funday advertisement
    Father's Day advertisement
    Sunday Raffles
    Meet the Board
    Eagles Alumni
  • No. 2 Sportsground, Newcastle

    It’s about time I charged the batteries and cleared the dust off my camera, it’s just another couple of weeks until we’re back to this, well not this park specifically, but football in general. ⚽️ 📷 📹

  • Stolen from r/Pokémon 😂

  • So I’ve just learned that a local organisation is changing it’s refund policy, understandable given the current COVID-19 pandemic, however, they’re going to be applying it to purchases of their service that were made pre-pandemic.

    I’m disgusted by their actions… ⚽️

  • Dirty Pink Jeans at The Cambo

    Another local band from the archives today, here’s a bunch of photos from the Dirty Pink Jeans gig at The Cambo, back in November 2005. Enjoy!

  • 📺 Watching: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Old Friends Not Forgotten

    Anakin and Obi-Wan must decide whether to help Ahsoka pursue Maul or rescue Palpatine.

    This season of Clone Wars has been pretty good, I’m really enjoying the Ahsoka ark in particular!