My return flight from Wellington to Kaikoura with Air Kaikoura. I was on the right hand side this time so had a better look at the coastline - unfortunately the low cloud hadn't cleared but it is still a stunning flight. This is what passengers on the service said, they didn't realise a flight from Point A to Point B could be so beautiful.
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| Air Kaikoura's Gippsland Airvan ZK-EHS waiting for its passengers for the return flight to Kaikoura |
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| Echo Hotel Sierra taxi and hold at Mike 4... holding for a Jetstar Airbus |
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| An Air New Zealand Bombardier Q300 |
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| Echo Hotel Sierra, after the departing Caravan line up Runway 16 behind |
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| Lined up Runway 16 |
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| Surfers in Lyall Bay |
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| The south coast of the North Island |
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| Island Bay |
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| Karori Rock light off Tongue Point |
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| Strait Feronia which will be my ride back to the North Island |
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| In the distance a ship had passed through the Strait |
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| While the Interislander was still some distance away |
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| Lake Grassmere again |
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| I was on the right hand side so better views of Cape Campbell and the lighthouse |
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| Clifford Bay where Railways wanted to build the new South Island ferry terminal |
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| Fascinating rock uplift along the coastline |
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| And there is even at airstrip down there |
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| Canterbury Gully |
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| Flaxbourne River to the left of the strut and Lake Elterwater near Ward to the right |
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| Waima River where the road and rail joins the coast |
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| Kekerengu |
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| Parikawa airstrip... Air Kaikoura operated an air service between Kaikoura and Parikawa after the Kaikoura earthquake when State Highway 1 was blocked by massive slips |
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| Approaching Clarence |
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| Clarence |
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| Big slips from the earthquake |
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| A look at the uplift from the earthquake and road repairs |
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| The big slips that caused the major road closure |
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| Clearing weather as we approached the Kaikoura Peninsula |
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| Company Airvan ZK-ORC was coming back from a scenic |
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| Kaikoura |
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| South Bay and Kaikoura |
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| Kaikoura would have to be one of the most picturesque towns from the air in New Zealand |
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| Kaikoura traffic, Echo Hotel Sierra is finals 23 |
A big thanks to the friendly Air Kaikoura team
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