A fast pitstop and on ...

After a photographically rewarding 2 days we decided to turn to the comfort of the van park at Queenstown. Time to wash clothes, charge batteries, backup to hard drives and replenish our food supplies before heading off to Te Anau the next morning.

With a few easy hours driving behind us we arranged to charter a small Cessna piloted by Shaun. He flew us from Manapouri to Milford and back. More than accommodating, Shaun would tip the wings on request immediately. Sometimes a little too quick, catching us by surprise. Fortunately we were only shooting with only the windows up, not the doors off. We got totally wind blown, Greg more so as he had the rear seat. Shaun had said this was the best seat though I don't necessarily agree ;) After an hour and a half of acrobatics my stomach was more than ready to get back on the ground. I'm so happy I hadn't eaten close to flight otherwise we may have seen it again .... eeeek.