Motunui a few NM north east of NZNP

Lunch at the NZNP airport Cafe... one of the friendiest aviation cafes on the airport circuit

Greet is now a member in her own right and next time plans to bring her own planes to the next fly in. Here she has the company of Wayne and Mark

There is no hiding from the fact that Ian Jenner ordered this desert despite him hiding his face!

Proof that it was Ian hiding behind the jacket!

Very strong westerly winds sent most planes around the coast over New Plymouth to avoid the Stratford gap hammer!

Heather, Greet, Sheryl, and Judy enjoying each other company on Friday evening.

Old friends Heather Mitchell and Phil Pacey

A classic Paraparaumu entree was no match for Mark... but the you should have seen the main!!!

Keith Mitchell and Phil Pacey catch up on Friday evening

Jeanette, Patrica, Greet, Jan and Sheryl interupted while catching up on the past 6 months of news

Guess what Greet is doing here.... impersonating a horse... what else!

The Southward Car Museum was a great hit with the crew bringing back fond memories of years gone by

This monster hardly fitted the category of 'car' nand had far too much iron to be in the aviation category but was of huge interest to members

As much as Phil wanted to trade the Merc for this they would not hear of it... pity... it would have looked great up Phil's driveway

This copper saved the corrosion and a pint or two of paint but wasn't a winner in the beauty stakes

NZ oldest car... and still in perfect working order

It's all in the fine print!

The drip tray presumes engine powered rather than horse powered!

Electric cars are not new as this photos shows

Even the underside of some cars could be inspected.

This Mercedes stood out among so many cars that were dark coloured... a real beauty

Another Merc... with the roof down she would make a great touring machine on a hot summers day... assuming you could afford the gas!

Tangling with this Messerschmitt would be very different to what our flying forbearers encountered

The De Havilland Aircraft Company was represented by two of their more famous aircraft... the Tiger Moth and Vampire

Saturday evening on Wellington water front Ian Jenner was spotted at the bar with this questionable person...

... the meeting was clearly agreeable but the pick up line could not be heard...

... however they where happy to be photographed together so we assumed it was all on the up and up!!!

Marks entree was again something to be seen... Wellington out does Texas now

A tired crew enjoyed the train trip back to Paraparaumu from Wellington city although the conductor wondered what they had struck with our crew

Sundays weather meant a drive to Foxpine for a BBQ lunch and to see the assembly work being done on the latest Jabiru

This Jabiru engine, at 120hp buring 26ltrs/hr could move 4 people in the Jabiru at 120kts... Robbie looks keen!

Greet saw herself as a model for the Jabaru... demand for this experimental aircraft could well now exceed all expectations!

Our host kept members fully entertained with statistics

Ross Falconer demonstrates to Greet how to eat humble pie!

Chris, Ian, Brian, Wayne, Colin and our host at Foxpine

It was perhaps the finish on these aircraft that caught most peoples eye... including Ian

... and if anyone was ready to take one home it was Ross

... and Julie

One of the reasons we fly... while the rest of NZ were under a gloomy overcast we were treated to Ruapahu dressed in it's finest colours

Just out of Meremere we got a top view of New Zealand's latest 'country retreat'. The perimeter fence gives a clue to the likely guest list!

Almost at Ardmore Julie snapped this shot of St. Stephens School. The school was closed in 2000 but is still highly reckonisable from the air and road