South Island Trip #1

 So begins today the week and a half long road trip round the south island i've been planning for the last couple of months.

Today was mostly just relaxing around till the ferry ride at 3pm. That went safe and sound and now spending the night in Blenheim.

But of course, this trip is purely for aviation so will be going to any aviation related events around.

First things first though are the airfields I went to today. First one being Picton. Only thing seen was the local Cessna 172 ZK-MGR outside.

The only other airfield I went to was Omaka. There is currently a Cessna 180/185 gathering happening, so was nice to see a handful of 180 and 185s from around the country parked up.

Here is what I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-BMW Cessna 180B
ZK-CAN Cessna 185
ZK-CAV Cessna 185
ZK-CGJ Cessna 180A
ZK-DPE Cessna A185F
ZK-EEJ Cessna 180B
ZK-EFB Cessna A185F
ZK-FRY Cessna 180A
ZK-JFG Cessna 180K
ZK-JKL Cessna A185F
ZK-MTN TL-Ultralight TL-2000 Sting S4
ZK-MYN ICP Savannah S
ZK-NWH Cessna A185F
ZK-SAA Cessna 208B
ZK-SCB Cessna 180K
ZK-VKE Cessna 185A
ZK-ZEB Europa Aircraft Europa Classic

Local Aircraft:
ZK-CBT Cessna U206F
ZK-CCP Aero L-39C
ZK-CHF Victa Airtourer 100
ZK-CPT Bristol B.170 Freighter (Unregistered)
ZK-DEX Cessna 172N
ZK-DMI Cessna 177B
ZK-MBH Piper PA-28-161
ZK-WNB Piper PA-38-112

And a few photos from this evening:

Tomorrow the plan is to just hang around the Blenheim area and see what decides to come in for Healthy Bastards which is being held on Saturday,