Helicopter fun in Kaikoura!!!

hey it's not something we do every year, just like the one and only son doesn't become a teenager every year, so I splashed out and we hit the road on the bike this morning heading south to Kaikoura.  Beautiful weather, not much traffic on the roads and it was a quick trip :)

HEAPS of vids and photos, FB would have copped some punishment loading some of those up, but I'll limit it in here LOL.

Awesome flight, lasted an hour, Marcus nominated Subway for lunch and then headed home again.

Part of the seal colony

The Sperm Whale we came to see who didn't want to dive again!

About the same length as the whale watching boats which are 18m long

Excuse the glare but the dolphins were playing too!  TONS of them :)

The Alpine Landing

About to get in the chopper at base

Still snow in the ranges

Beautiful spot to check out the scenery

Thanks to Aaron our pilot for taking a couple of pics of us too