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Posted By: Hal Brown
Date Posted: Feb 24, 2014
Description: Christmas day was a washout with low clouds and rain. My Christmas present was fine flying weather the day after.
Date Taken: Feb 24, 2014
Place Taken: Near Mangawhai Heads, NZ
Owner: Dan Nickens
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Category: 446, Yacht Tending NZ
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Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Another Christmas present? “We’re going golfing on the new course. Why don’t you join us? Or just go fly and we’ll see you tomorrow?”<br /><br />Why indeed! My friend the helicopter pilot decided he would go play the owner’s new private golf course. That was the politically correct thing to do. He has a future in SuRi corporate aviation. I decided I’d go fly.<br />      Attachments:  

Play Pass.jpg
Play Pass

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    With a free pass, there was time to explore. I diverted to the west coast to check out the Tasman Sea. The way west may look open, but it is blocked by a big red block of restricted military air space.      Attachments:  

Out to the Tasman.jpg
Out to the Tasman

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    The west coast was much more subdued than the dramatic rockscapes of the eastern side.      Attachments:  

Different Look.jpg
Different Look

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    One of the most noticeable differences between the two coasts is an absence of people. The Christmas holidays had the east coast beaches packed towel-to-towel. No one was vacationing on the west coast. Except me.      Attachments:  

Peopless Beaches.jpg
Peopless Beaches

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    The drama on the west coast was provided by the activities of people who were nowhere in sight. Arches to nowhere? Maybe. It depends. It’s art. Big art.      Attachments:  

Arches to Nowhere.jpg
Arches to Nowhere

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Who needs a tunnel that is on top of the ground?      Attachments:  

Funny Tunnel.jpg
Funny Tunnel

    
  
Eric Batterman - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Dan, This sculpture park is on my list..      Attachments:  

Gibbs farm
Gibbs farm

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Oh, you just wait, Mr. Batterman. This is just the teaser for what's to come.     
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Did Gulliver lose his Rubik’s cube?      Attachments:  

Mind Games.jpg
Mind Games

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Did the government run out of money fencing the border?      Attachments:  

Border Fencing.jpg
Border Fencing

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    It’s a bit scary thinking those big sticks could come down in a pile of pick-up-sticks at any old some time.      Attachments:  

Pickup Sticks.jpg
Pickup Sticks

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    After leaving the ground based art show, I moved on to an aerial one. What a way to rinse the salt off!      Attachments:  

Colorful Rinse.jpg
Colorful Rinse

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Arches of many colors are better than the gold at its end.      Attachments:  

Better than Golden.jpg
Better than Golden

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Is wishing for two too greedy?      Attachments:  

Working on Two.jpg
Working on Two

    
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 24,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Fifty years of aviation made for a welcoming tradition. The North Shore airport was a great base of operations away from the yacht. The nice lady at the front desk quit asking me for parking or landing fees. I don’t know why. Maybe it was just the Christmas spirit.      Attachments:  

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Long Term Parking

    
  
Barry Eaton - Feb 27,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Hi Dan Good to hear your back in NZ. If your down in motueka again give me a call. Barry <br />Eaton 03 5268777     
  
Dan Nickens - Feb 27,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    If all goes well, Barry, I'll be back in October bringing a new SeaRey to be based at a private airport near Mangawhai.     


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