A Flight Back from Dargaville to Kaipara Flats Yesterday

After lunch at Dargaville yesterday the weather cleared to sunny as we flew a lazy route back to Kaipara Flats in Brien's Fly Synthesis Texan ZK-TXN2:

We flew down the West Coast's continuous beach until we got to Kaipara Heads.  This is a notorious piece of water that has wrecked many ships over the years.  You can see how churned up the water is down there, and I mentally thanked to reliable Rotax engine up front.  That is South Head in the distance.

We cut in at the Heads and flew on across the Kaipara Harbour passing the disused North Head lighthouse below.

An enlargement of the lighthouse.

Then we overflew NZKF and on down the Mahurangi River, which you can see all the way from Warkworth down to Scotts Landing in the photo.

Around past Snells Beach we overflew Sandspit, with the channels showing due to the low tide.

Then we flew back and landed at NZKF where there was lots of activity: (from left) Eagle 150, Chipmunk, Tiger Moth, Messenger, Robin R2160 and Cherokee.

Thanks for the great flight Brien.