This blog is divided into 10 separate sections as there are far too many photos to put on one post
Ashburton
On the last day we travelled down to Ashburton, to visit a good friend of mine that I've known from working in Ireland. It just also happened that, that Friday was a public holiday. Knowing that I was an aviation enthusiast (we went to an airshow in Duxford when I travelled to the UK & he was still living in Ireland) and that Ashburton had an Aviation Museum, he kindly took us there.
On the way there we drove through the town of Rakaia, where they had a large sculpture of a fish. Had to stop and take a photo of that. It was really quite well done.
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| Welcome to Rakaia |
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| Ashburton Aviation Museum |
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| D.H.82A Tiger Moth |
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| Inside one of the museum hangers |
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| Aermacchi Trainer NZ6404 |
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| A close up of the Aermacchi cockpit |
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| The tail of the Aermacchi showing the RNZAF roundel & tail flash |
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| British Aerospace HS Harrier GR3 XZ129 |
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| Port side view |
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| Starboard side view |
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| Close up of the rotating nozzles that allowed the Harrier to perform its vertical take offs |
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| This Harrier was purchased from the RAF and is displayed in its colours |
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| The new version of the RNZAF roundel on the side of the McDonnell Douglas A4 Skyhawk NZ 6204 |
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| Gloster Meteor F8 (former RAAF) |
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| De Havilland DH 100 Vampire FB 5 |
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| Another roundel on the North American ATD6 Harvard Mk IIA NZ1012 Note the silver fern motif in the red section of the roundel |
Before too long our holiday was at an end and it was time to head back home to Adelaide, South Australia.
Farewell New Zealand.
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