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Posted By:
Nickens, Dan
Date Posted:
Mar 30, 2017
Description:
What is most memorable about an extended overseas assignment? Long, busy days? The rough water? Howling gales? Unsuccessful searches?
Not so much. The brightest memories are of miles of deserted beaches under bright sunlight.
Date Taken:
Jan. 30, 2017
Place Taken:
Great Exhibition Bay, Far North, North Island, NZ
Owner:
Nickens, Dan
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Looking out into the Pacific it's a far ways to the next shore. About 6000 miles.
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Beach Side 3637
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Classically New Zealand, land of the long white cloud
(or "Aotearoa" in Maori-speak)
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Beach Cloud 3651
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Lounging under a shady wing keeps the nasty NZ ultraviolet radiation from frying exposed skin. The ozone hole in the southern hemisphere may be slowly healing, but not fast enough to prevent melanomas from killing one Kiwi a day. The local skin cancer folks say, "The message remains the same: stay out of the sun, but if you're in the sun, slip, slop, slap and wrap. It's four words, but it can save your life." I'm not quite sure what that means, but sunscreen and shade are two words fewer that are easier to understand.
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Beached Out 3679
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Mclaughlin, Mark - Apr 18,2017
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Family and I are coming down to NZ in June and July. Thanks for the heads up on the UV.
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Don Maxwell - Mar 24,2017
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Yikes! Thanks for this reminder (also for travelers to Patagonia), Dan. Here are some links about slip, slop, slap, and wrap:
http://sunsmart.org.nz/be-sunsmart
http://www.cancer.org.au/preventing-cancer/sun-protection/campaigns-and-events/slip-slop-slap-seek-slide.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip-Slop-Slap
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 24,2017
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All good ideas, Don. Slipping on a shirt, slopping on sunscreen, slapping on a sombrero, sticking on some sunnies and sliding into some shade seems so sensible in such a sunny spot.
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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It's a shame to ruin a perfectly good plane picture with a pilot but a passenger grateful for being transported to such a place could not be refused.
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Beach Stop 3692
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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On the other side of the narrow peninsula it's called ninety mile beach. This one isn't quite ninety, but who's counting.
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Beach Run 3695
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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All good beaches have to end, and this one has a great SeaRey bay at the end.
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Beach End 3704
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Ninety Mile Beach may not be a precise measurement, but it is a fer piece of beach.
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Beach Stretch 3730
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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A passenger's view of passing over the surf.
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IMG 6039
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 23,2017
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Inland the native bush flourishes, at least in a national forest (Herekino Forest).
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Native Bush 3788
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Don Maxwell - Mar 24,2017
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Dan, did you land on the sand, or in the water?
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 24,2017
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With such an inviting long, bright runway, Don, I just couldn't resist using the beach. As a bonus it is actually legal to do it.
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Don Maxwell - Mar 25,2017
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I asked partly because--though I sort of hate to admit it--I haven't landed on a sand beach yet. Not confident about identifying firm sand from aloft, and have gotten stuck too many times while taxiing across soft sand.
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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Soft sand is a hazard, Don. Look at the ""Beach Stop"" picture above and note the color of the sand with tire prints. It's all wet. Compacted by waves. You could drive a truck on it. If in doubt you can always try it at first by doing a gentle wheel landing, just rolling on in slow flight. Caution: like other off-airport landings not all the hazards can be completely mitigated.
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Don Maxwell - Mar 25,2017
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All right, all right. I'll give it a try.
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Ken Leonard - Mar 26,2017
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I did it once. Landed on sand that was still wet as tide was going out. Landing was fine. Turned around to back taxi so I could take
off on a known hard surface and got stuck in soft sand. Then the cops showed up and it went downhill from there.
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Chuck Cavanaugh - Mar 26,2017
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You asked exactly the question I was going to. I am hesitant to try it because if anything were to go wrong, I'd be stranded....and, in
most places, in trouble. It does look fun and if I had some support, I'd be all over it.
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Don Maxwell - Mar 26,2017
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Flight of two Seareys, then!
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John Dunlop - Mar 26,2017
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Obviously we have some pretty long beaches on the Great Lakes, but without a tide to firm things up, I'd be cautious of the
freshwater variety unless wet from rain (and then you'd have to watch for washouts from temporary streams..)
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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On the west side of the Firth of Thames sits a big bird staring out to sea. I tried to read the plaque but I was too high for the fine print.
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Big Bird 3575
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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Making lemonade out of lemons? When a big ship runs aground at the harbour entrance why not turn it into a breakwater?
On the Firth of Thames
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Run Aground 3584
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John Dunlop - Mar 26,2017
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or perhaps they intentionally checked it in at the dump!
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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SuRi took off for the northernmost parts and the SeaRey followed. The North Cape was rough enough, but, later the open seas at the Three Kings islands was too much for a little seaplane.
North Cape, Northlands NZ
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Choppy Parking 3792
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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The sleepy little holiday town of Mangawhai was for years nothing but an escape for residents of Auckland. Now a fancy golf course has edged out some of the bucolic-ness, much to the chagrin of some of the locals. To avoid confrontations it's best not to wear a golf shirt with the logo when you go into town.
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Mangawhai 3824
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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The massive sand dune at Mangawhai is a local attraction and habitat for endangered fairy tern.
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Waves 3833
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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The tall dune is smoothed by the persistent wind.
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Sand Veins 3857
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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The lines along the beach are shaped by the complex interaction of wind and surf.
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Beachlines 3911
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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It was my runway until it was over taken by a yoga class and wedding party.
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Closed Runway 3865
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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It's a nice setting for a fancy golf course.
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Golf View 3889
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Wayne Nagy - Mar 25,2017
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Dan, where does the water come from to water the course... is fresh water plentiful??
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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No, it's not always plentiful, Wayne. Generally there is plenty of rainfall but groundwater is limited. Most residential water in rural
areas is collected from rooftops. There are a few reservoirs and some rivers. Fortunately the golf course is allowed to harvest water
from a stream. It is storied in two large retention ponds. There was a time this summer when there had been a deficit in rainfall
and water trucks were very busy servicing neighboring houses.
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 25,2017
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Where the waves haven't worn the rocks down to sand the battle between rock and sea continues unabated.
Breamtail Head, Langs Beach, Northlands
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Headlands 3945
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John Dunlop - Mar 26,2017
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Spectacular photos Dan,
Ellen and I are planning a 2018 cruise to New Zealand (and Australia..)
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John Brennan - Apr 02,2017
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Try to be in NZ for Warbirds over Wanaka Airshow, John, one year from now Mar 30th - Apr 1.
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Paul Sanchez - Mar 26,2017
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As always, great pics Dan! I especially liked the ""choppy parking"" one. Did a crew member on SuRi take that?
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 26,2017
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Thanks, Paul. The airplane was moored when I took that picture.
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Paul Sanchez - Mar 26,2017
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man, I must be getting old and just plain slow! I had to go back and look at that picture and thought it looked like you were doing a
fly-by and just skimming the tops of the chop! From my laptop I can see the editing! Nice job.
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 30,2017
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Time to party? I was supposed to be the entertainment at an apres golf party. Turns out it wasn't beach weather. Some days it's best just to turn around. This was the view back towards the better weather. A short video shows why I didn't make it to the party.
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Stuck in the Middle (Again)
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Turned Back 4319
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 30,2017
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You know it's not going to be good water when you launch and your nice clean windscreen is quickly covered with salt spray. Some days it's just better to be on the beach.
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Weather Window 4374
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 30,2017
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Splish splashing away is confirmation that it's going to be rough.
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Splashdown 4386
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 30,2017
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Finally the last day in Kiwi Kountry dawned to a bittersweet flight homeward bound.
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Last First Light 4416
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 30,2017
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Fog fights for its transitory life in low places.
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Fog River 4427
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 30,2017
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Nickens, Dan - Mar 30,2017
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My home-away-from-home port (Whangarei, NZ) passes underneath as the SeaRey returns to SuRi, heading to parts unknown.
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Leaving Port 4442
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D'Angelo, Kevin - Apr 09,2017
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HI Dan
This might have been asked before but was Suri in the movie Mechanic Resurrection? I was hoping to see a Searey pop out of the back of the yacht as it had that unusual looking bridge that Suri has.
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 09,2017
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Unfortunately the SeaRey was stuck in Singapore while SuRi was getting blown up in Thailand. Monsoon season prevented any
SeaRey to the rescue subplot.
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Buck Bray - Apr 09,2017
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I was hoping to see a cameo of Dan to the rescue in the Searey. Dave B and I watched part of the movie while relaxing after
Garners. Suri was clearly displayed on all the yacht toys.
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