03.04.07
Posted in Aviation, People, Sport, Travel at 6:00 pm by Warren Williams
My last day in Wellington, involved catching up with Bob Leask and Will Mallinson – two fellow aviation enthusiasts. Started off, where-else, but the airport. We soon drove around to Lyall Bay – still next to the airport, and checked out the surf which was rolling through.
We then proceeded to parliament, however weren’t able to take cameras in, so decided to go to the cable car instead.
The weekend drew to an end, returned the camera gear to Tim, and took the 6pm flight back to Auckland. Waved goodbye to the pristine weather in Wellington, and hello to the thunderstorm over the Manukau harbour on our final approach to Runway 05R at Auckland International.
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03.03.07
Posted in Animals, Aviation, General, People, Travel at 6:00 pm by Warren Williams
Kitted with Tim’s 20D and 17-55mm f2.8 IS lens and my own Sigma 120-300mm, I made the attempt to find something interesting to do. Walked along to the information centre, grabbed some brochures, and was off for a quick read. I had my eyes fixed on the Seal visit, but seemed rather expensive, and had seen some in Kaikoura, in late 2005, so wasn’t too worried about seeing them. Decided to check out the wildlife sanctuary up in Karori.
Before heading East, took a quick stroll around Frank Kitts Park, and Te Papa…
A quick 10 min bus ride (yeah Wellington is very small ;)) – and I was already there. Surprisingly the air was still.
Soon through the entrance, I met a young German couple, Daniel & Annalena (hello!) – www.dspiecker.com
Here are just a few of the birds I stumbled across:
After walking for 6 hours practically non stop, decided it was time to head back.
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03.02.07
Posted in Aviation, General, People at 6:00 pm by Warren Williams
I was originally to fly to Blenheim for a wedding in the Marlborough Sounds, however this wedding was postponed, so still took the flight for a weekend away to see friends in Wellington. Travelling light, I left my Digital SLR equipment at home, and took a Fuji point and shoot camera instead – this led to some improvisation.
Bob Leask – www.musice.co.nzÂ
The second half of the day, met up with another photography friend, Tim Wild (www.wildphotography.co.nz)
He was kind enough to lend me use his camera gear for the weekend.
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01.19.07
Posted in Aviation, General, People at 6:00 pm by Warren Williams
Auckland’s Rescue helicopter today had it’s official unveiling of it’s new BK-117 helicopter, after being in operation for the past 3 weeks. Featuring state of the art equipment, ZK-HLN is now owned by the company, rather than leasing ZK-HHV.HLN features ground avoidance system, auto pilot, and night vision goggles to enable safe flights at night time.
CEO of Westpac NZ, Ann Sherry was there to commemorate the unveiling. 
www.rescuehelicopter.org.nz
Helicopter Donations
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01.03.07
Posted in Aviation, General, Travel at 6:00 pm by Warren Williams
3:30am…. Time to leave. What?! Quite an unruly time it sure was. We arrived back at Nadi just after 5am, still sleep walking. Managed to check in before the crowd, and request our window seats on our Air NZ 767.
Ni sa moce.
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