STEWART ISLAND (a day of waiting)

Waiting for lunch at the pub. We did also have a long wait at the Invercargill Airport on the way over as we were told to report a half hour earlier than necessary and also we killed and hour or so watching a video at the DOC centre during the morning as it was too wet to go walk about.

Waiting at the jetty to be picked up by the water taxi to take us to Ulva Island which was cancelled because of the rough weather.

Waiting at the wharf cafe for time to go by so we can go to the pub to wait to be picked up to go to the airfield. Note the big seas and this is in the harbour so you can imagine what it was like out on the strait.

Waiting at the pub to be picked up to go to the airfield.

Happy as a sandboy, in the co pilots seat on the return journey.

We flew over on the twin and back on the single. Fairly rough journeys but a jolly sight better than being on the ferry as that looked horrendous.