I was on the early am flight when I flew out of Christchurch to Adelaide via Melbourne. We left Christchurch as the sun was rising over the Canterbury Plains.
The early morning light flickered across the tops of the high country before as we fly over them before crossing the Southern Alps on our way to the West Coast of the South Island.
I was very fortunate to see the early morning light over the high country though which the Waimakarri River flows on its way to Peagasus Bay in the Pacific Ocean.