50 years on - Flying from Fox Glacier in a tandem configuration taildragger

My second ever flight was with my cousin Mike Williams on a Fox Glacier local sometime around 1970 in tandem configuration taildragger Piper Cub  ZK-BOX. Some 50+ years on I again took to the air from Fox Glacier for a local flight in tandem configuration taildragger Rans S-7 Courier ZK-JRB

Piper Cub ZK-BOX which I flew in some 50+ years ago at Te Kowhai on on 14 November 2020

Rans S-7 Courier at Fox Glacier on 15 January 2022

On the taxi 

Like the Cub - watch out for the joystick and cables

The confluence of the Fox River (left) and Cook River (right)

The Cook River heading to the Tasman Sea

Following State Highway 6 south

Saltwater Creek

Saltwater Creek

Karangarua River

Bruce Bay in the distance with the Jacobs River coming up

Jacobs River

Bruce Bay

Bruce Bay

Blackwater Creek

State Highway 6

Paringa River

Paringa River

Lake Paringa

Hall River

Lake Rasselas

Coming up on the coast

Looking north

Abbey Rocks

Abbey Rocks

Looking south

The stunning coastline

Mouth of the Paringa River

Mouth of the Paringa River

Hanata Island

The bay to the south of Bruce Bay

The bay to the south of Bruce Bay

The bay to the south of Bruce Bay

Heretaniwha Point

Heretaniwha Point

Bruce Bay and Flowerpot Rock

Flowerpot Rock - a rope between the shore and Flowerpot Rock allowed timber to be lowered to barges which then went out to load the ship. There is a rope still there

Looking up the Mahitahi River

Mouth of the Mahitahi River

Bruce Bay

Mouth of the Jacobs River

Hunts Bay

Manakaiaua River mouth

Karangarua River mouth

Karangarua River mouth

Saltwater Creek mouth

Saltwater Creek mouth - the mysterious seat belt was found on the beach in front of the huts... https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2022/01/brian-chadwicks-air-charter.html 

Mouth of the Cook River

The high peaks

The Cook River

The Cook River mouth

In the Dominie days the pilots used the colours of the rivers as navigational markers - The Cook River has the glacial water 

Otorokua Point at the south end of the Gillespies Beach

The braided Cook River

It's still called the aerodrome paddock, the site of the original Weheka (Fox Glacier) aerodrome

Clearwater River bridge

The Fox Glacier

Joinging for Fox International - Fox Glacier township on the left

Thanks Maurice for an awesome flight!