--- Attic/OmLand.xml	2009/08/31 05:27:16	1.82
+++ Attic/OmLand.xml	2014/03/08 21:18:11	3.1
@@ -1,7 +1,154 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Id: OmLand.xml,v 1.82 2009/08/31 05:27:16 philip Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: OmLand.xml,v 3.1 2014/03/08 21:18:11 philip Exp $ -->
 <strips>
 <strip
+ id="245"
+ code="L245,"
+ name="Lilybank"
+ elev="2444"
+ lat="43:42.701S"
+ lng="170:34.162E"
+ comment="Sealed"
+ location="Godley - Macaulay river junction"
+ station="Lilybank"
+ contact="Rex Miles"
+ surface="Seal"
+ length="1150"
+ width="15m"
+ gobook="no"
+ runway="13/31"
+/>
+
+<strip
+ id="378"
+ code="L378,"
+ name="Rasberry Flat"
+ elev="1100"
+ lat="44:30.349S"
+ lng="168:45.914E"
+ comment="Topdressing strip"
+ location="Matukituki road end."
+ station="Mt Aspiring"
+ contact="Randall Aspinall"
+ surface="Grass"
+ length="400"
+ width="15m"
+ gobook="no"
+/>
+<strip
+ id="380"
+ code="L380,"
+ name="Camerons Flat"
+ elev="1100"
+ lat="44:29.050S"
+ lng="168:47.950E"
+ comment="Topdressing strip"
+ location="South of East / West Matukituki river junction."
+ station="Mt Aspiring"
+ contact="Randall Aspinall"
+ surface="Grass"
+ length="400"
+ width="15m"
+ gobook="no"
+/>
+<strip
+ id="382"
+ code="L382,"
+ name="Matukituki"
+ elev="1100"
+ lat="44:33.675S"
+ lng="168:53.435E"
+ comment="Topdressing strip"
+ location="Matukituki"
+ station="Matukituki"
+ contact="Farm Manager (03) 443 4342"
+ surface="Grass"
+ length="400"
+ width="20m"
+ gobook="yes"
+ retrieve="Both"
+/>
+<strip
+ id="383"
+ code="L383,"
+ name="Lower Matukituki"
+ elev="980"
+ lat="44:36.190S"
+ lng="168:55.145E"
+ comment="Runs east/west from road to gravel bank. Large barn mid strip on north side. Deer fenced."
+ location="South end of Matukituki"
+ station="Unknown"
+ contact="Unknown"
+ surface="Grass"
+ length="500"
+ width="20m"
+ gobook="no"
+/>
+<strip
+ id="384"
+ code="L384,"
+ name="Glendhu Bay"
+ elev="1400"
+ lat="44:41.025S"
+ lng="168:58.922E"
+ comment="Topdressing strip up hill southwest of Glendhu Bay. Super bin beside narrow triangle of trees."
+ location="Matukituki / Glendhu Bay"
+ station="Unknown"
+ contact="Unknown"
+ surface="Grass"
+ length="300"
+ width="20m"
+ gobook="no"
+/>
+<strip
+ id="385"
+ code="L385,"
+ name="Whare Kea"
+ elev="1200"
+ lat="44:40.620S"
+ lng="169:04.800E"
+ comment="Multiple ownership. Whare Kea Lodge near lake edge, Simon Laming. Used by hangar/house owner on road side also."
+ location="Northwest edge of Mt Roy, 2 nm northeast of Wanaka town."
+ contact="Simon Laming 0274 346080 work 03 4345666"
+ surface="Grass"
+ length="800"
+ width="Open"
+ gobook="yes"
+/>
+<strip
+ code="L350 SOx 500,two strips"
+ sdesc="L350 SOx 500"
+ comment="Power pylon at north end of visible vector (24) makes it one way only. Difficult to see 06/30 is OK both ways."
+ contact=""
+ elev="1850" 
+ location="Beside Ahuriri River southeast of Magic. In triangular field formed by river bank and two tree lines. Across the river from Killermont Station."
+ slope="Slight"
+ gobook="yes"
+ id="350"
+ lat="44:30.226S"
+ length="500"
+ lng="169:48.065E"
+ name="Birdwood"
+ sname="Birdwood"
+ alternate="Ahuriri Downs 2nm NE."
+ orientation="06/30 24"
+ station="Birdwood"
+ surface="Grass"
+ retrieve="Both"
+ vectors="2"
+ width="Open"/>
+<strip
+ id="485"
+ code="L485,"
+ name="Kurow"
+ elev="600"
+ lat="44:44.257S"
+ lng="170:28.735E"
+ comment="SOS only. Little info known. Probably rough."
+ location="Next to sewage pond"
+ gobook="no"
+/>
+<strip
  id="431"
  code="L431 SOx 800,"
  name="Marks strip"
@@ -15,39 +162,63 @@
 <strip
  id="432"
  code="L432 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L432 SOx 600"
  name="Thompsons gorge"
+ sname="Thompsons"
  elev="1100"
  lat="44:54.054S"
  lng="169:23.785E"
  alternate="Fields next to Thompsons track"
  comment="Topdressing strip with concrete super bin at top."
- location="1 mile north of Thompsons track"
+ location="1nm north of Thompsons track"
  gobook="no"
 />
 <strip
  code="L306 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L306 SOx 400"
  id="306"
  lat="43:57.590S"
  lng="169:28.399E"
  elev="350"
  name="Landsborough"
+ sname="Landsborough"
  gobook="no"
- comment="SOS only. Hard to see. Not maintained. Thick grass cover."
- location="1 mile SW of Clarke and Landsborough river junction. On river flat near the river."
+ comment="Danger: SOS only. Hard to see. Not maintained. Thick grass cover."
+ location="1nm SW of Clarke and Landsborough river junction. On river flat near the river."
  surface="Grass"
  length="400"
  width="Open"
  retrieve="Helicopter"
 /> 
 <strip
+ code="L307 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L307 SOx 400"
+ id="307"
+ lat="43:55.187S"
+ lng="169:41.319E"
+ elev="350"
+ name="Cheswicke Flat"
+ sname="Cheswicke"
+ gobook="no"
+ comment="Danger: SOS only. Difficult retrieve."
+ location="Below Broderick Pass on flat with hut at west end."
+ alternate="Strip 2nm east in Toetoe flat near red hut."
+ surface="Grass"
+ length="400"
+ width="Open"
+ retrieve="Aerotow"
+/> 
+<strip
  code="L490 SOx 800,"
+ sdesc="L490 SOx 800"
  id="490"
  lat="45:05.800S"
  lng="170:07.000E"
  elev="1570"
  name="Crossans"
  sname="Crossans"
- comment="Removable fence across intersection of vectors at treeline increases usable length to 1500m."
+ comment="Used to be a registered airfield. Now just farmland. Removable fence across intersection of vectors at treeline increases usable length to 1500m."
+ location="1nm north of Ranfurly"
  surface="Grass"
  width="Open"
  length="800"
@@ -57,6 +228,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L138 SOx 800,"
+ sdesc="L138 SOx 800"
  id="138"
  lat="43:31.800S"
  lng="171:36.800E"
@@ -74,14 +246,15 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L235 SOx 1500,NZMC"
+ sdesc="NZMC"
  id="235"
- lat="43:46.000S"
- lng="170:07.700E"
+ lat="43:45.900S"
+ lng="170:08.000E"
  elev="2150"
  name="Mount Cook Airfield"
  sname="Mount Cook"
- comment="Inside NZB978, use 118.6. Can be busy airfield, try to vacate runway ASAP or use alternate 1 mile south (shown at bottom of photo)."
- location="2 miles south east of Hermitage"
+ comment="Inside NZB978, use 118.6. Can be busy airfield, try to vacate runway ASAP or use alternate 1nm south (shown at bottom of photo)."
+ location="2nm SE of Hermitage"
  length="1500"
  width="Open"
  contact="Aoraki Mt Cook Skiplanes (03) 430 8034"
@@ -89,10 +262,11 @@
  retrieve="Both"
  surface="Seal"
  slope="Nil"
- alternate="Old two vector grass strip 1 mile south, aerotowable (shown at bottom of photo)."
+ alternate="Old two vector grass strip 1nm south, aerotowable (shown at bottom of photo)."
 />
 <strip
  code="L232 SOx 900,NZGT"
+ sdesc="NZGT"
  id="232"
  lat="43:54.600S"
  lng="170:07.600E"
@@ -109,13 +283,14 @@
  location="North west end of Lake Pukaki"
  contact="Glentanner Park Ltd (03) 435 1855"     
  gobook="yes"
- alternate="L224 Braemar 5 miles SE on east of Lake Pukaki."
+ alternate="L224 Braemar 5nm SE on east of Lake Pukaki."
 />
 <strip
  code="L231 SOx 1000,NZTL"
+ sdesc="NZTL"
  id="231"
  lat="44:00.300S"
- lng="170:25.900E"
+ lng="170:26.500E"
  elev="2490"
  name="Tekapo Airfield"
  sname="Tekapo"
@@ -124,22 +299,23 @@
  surface="Seal"
  slope="Nil"
  comment="Inside NZB978, use 118.6. Very difficult in strong northerly. Seal is narrow."
- location="1.5 miles west of Tekapo township."
+ location="1.5nm west of Tekapo township."
  contact="Air Safaris, (03) 680 6880"
  retrieve="Both"
  gobook="yes"
- alternate="Old airfield .5 mile SE of 29 threshold marked with tyres. 400m. Good for northerly wind."
+ alternate="Old airfield .5nm SE of 29 threshold marked with tyres. 400m. Good for northerly wind."
 />
 <strip
  code="L338 SOx 1500,NZUK"
+ sdesc="NZUK"
  id="338"
- lat="44:14.300S"
- lng="170:06.700E"
+ lat="44:14.100S"
+ lng="170:07.100E"
  elev="1570"
  name="Pukaki Airfield"
  sname="Pukaki"
- comment="Unattended 119.1. Caution parachute jump zone."
- location="1.5 miles north east of Twizel."
+ comment="Unattended 119.1."
+ location="1.5nm NE of Twizel."
  length="1500"
  width="Open"
  surface="Seal"
@@ -147,10 +323,11 @@
  contact="Airport Manager (027) 493 1919"
  retrieve="Both"
  gobook="yes"
- alternate="Topdressing strip 1 mile south adjacent willow trees."
+ alternate="Topdressing strip 1nm south adjacent willow trees."
 />
 <strip
  code="L441 SOx 900,NZWF"
+ sdesc="NZWF"
  id="441"
  lat="44:43.500S"
  lng="169:14.600E"
@@ -158,7 +335,7 @@
  name="Wanaka Airfield"
  sname="Wanaka"
  comment="Unattended 120.1 Use northern grass rather than seal. Warbirds, helicopters, GA and scheduled services."
- location="1.5 miles west of Luggate"       
+ location="1.5nm west of Luggate"       
  length="900"
  width="Open"
  slope="Nil"
@@ -170,6 +347,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L411 SOx 675,NZGY"
+ sdesc="NZGY"
  id="411"
  lat="44:52.400S"
  lng="168:23.800E"
@@ -177,7 +355,7 @@
  name="Glenorchy Airfield"
  sname="Glenorchy"
  comment="Sheep grazing. Unattended 119.2"
- location="2 miles south of Glenorchy"
+ location="2nm south of Glenorchy"
  length="675"
  width="Open"
  slope="Nil"
@@ -189,26 +367,28 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L510 SOx 1800,NZQN"
+ sdesc="NZQN"
  id="510"
  lat="45:01.250S"
  lng="168:44.100E"
  elev="1160"
  name="Queenstown Airport"
  sname="Queenstown"
- comment="Busy airfield. Don't land unless you really need to. Use grass 14/32 runway and taxi clear if possible. Has international services and GA. Tower 118.1 info 128.0 ground 121.9"
+ comment="Busy airfield. Don't land unless you really need to. Use grass 14/32 runway and taxi clear if possible. Has international services and GA. Tower 118.1 info 128.9 ground 121.9"
  length="1800"
- location="4 miles east of Queenstown"
+ location="4nm east of Queenstown"
  contact="Queenstown Airport Corporation (03) 442 3505"
  surface="Seal"
  width="Open"
  retrieve="Both"
  slope="Nil"
  gobook="yes"
- alternate="L520 Jardines 4 miles south"
+ alternate="L520 Jardines 4nm south"
 />
 
 <strip
  code="L457 SOx 1000,NZCS"
+ sdesc="NZCS"
  id="457"
  lat="45:03.000S"
  lng="169:10.100E"
@@ -222,11 +402,12 @@
  width="Open"
  gobook="yes"
  slope="Nil"
- location="1 mile west of Cromwell"
+ location="1nm west of Cromwell"
  contact="Central Otago District Council (03) 448 6979"
 />
 <strip
  code="L570 SOx 1200,NZLX"
+ sdesc="NZLX"
  id="570"
  lat="45:12.800S"
  lng="169:22.400E"
@@ -235,7 +416,7 @@
  sname="Alexandra"
  comment="Parallel grass and seal runways 14/32. Grass cross vector 01/19. 119.1 in circuit. Caution winching by Central Otago Gliding Club."
  length="1200"
- location="2 miles NNW of Alexandra"   
+ location="2nm NNW of Alexandra"   
  contact="Central Otago Flying Club (03) 448 7462"
  gobook="yes"
  width="Open"
@@ -245,6 +426,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L530 SOx 1250,NZRX"
+ sdesc="NZRX"
  id="530"
  gobook="yes"
  comment="Sheep grazing"
@@ -255,7 +437,7 @@
  sname="Roxburgh"
  width="Open"
  contact="Central Otago District Council (03) 448 6967"
- location="2 miles north of Roxburgh, adjacent to racecourse."
+ location="2nm north of Roxburgh, adjacent to racecourse."
  retrieve="Both"
  surface="Grass"
  slope="Nil"
@@ -264,6 +446,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L120 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L120 SOx 600"
  comment="Good strip. Sheep grazing. Busy with adventure tourism."
  elev="1670"
  gobook="no"
@@ -278,6 +461,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L121 SOx 800,"
+ sdesc="L121 SOx 800"
  elev="1440"
  gobook="no"
  id="121"
@@ -292,6 +476,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L122 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L122 SOx 400"
  comment="Recommend not be used. Gliders not welcome during Sep to Nov due to lambing and calving."
  contact="Peter Todd Hunter"
  elev="2430"
@@ -306,6 +491,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L123 SOx,"
+ sdesc="L123 SOx"
  comment="Western side on Lake Heron abeam Mt Sugarloaf, parallel with road, oriented north/south, good trailer access through gate to road."
  elev="2450"
  gobook="no"
@@ -320,6 +506,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L130 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L130 SOx 400"
  elev="1463"
  gobook="no"
  id="130"
@@ -332,6 +519,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L135 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L135 SOx 400"
  elev="1340"
  gobook="no"
  id="135"
@@ -346,6 +534,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L140 SOx 850,"
+ sdesc="L140 SOx 850"
  comment="No trailer access and limited foot or 4wd access through a deep stream. Several hour walk to nearest farmhouse. Surface unknown."
  elev="1970"
  gobook="no"
@@ -358,6 +547,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L141 SOl 850,"
+ sdesc="L141 SOl 850"
  comment="Not great. Rough grass, strip hard to pick. Crosswind and curlover in NW. Uphill, land towards Lake Coleridge. Better paddocks near Lake Coleridge."
  elev="2590"
  gobook="no"
@@ -370,6 +560,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L142 SOx 400,two strips"
+ sdesc="L142 SOx 400"
  comment="Steeply sloping down at  SE end. Flatter at top near shed. Land at NW end."
  elev="1770"
  gobook="no"
@@ -382,6 +573,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L143 SOx 800,"
+ sdesc="L143 SOx 800"
  comment="Good grass surface, marked by tyres, windsock at SE end."
  elev="1800"
  gobook="no"
@@ -394,6 +586,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L150 SOx 800,two strips"
+ sdesc="L150 SOx 800"
  elev="660"
  gobook="yes"
  id="150"
@@ -401,15 +594,33 @@
  lng="171:57.300E"
  name="Hororata"
  sname="Hororata"
+ comment="Ex Canterbury Gliding home field. Club is now at Springfield."
+ width="Open"
+ slope="Nil"
+ surface="Grass"
+ length="700"
+ location="Adjacent to racecourse, 1nm north of Hororata town."
+/>
+<strip
+ code="L155,"
+ sdesc="L155"
+ elev="660"
+ gobook="yes"
+ id="155"
+ lat="43:23.013S"
+ lng="171:54.667E"
+ name="Springfield"
  comment="Canterbury Gliding home field"
+ contact="Canterbury Gliding Club"
  width="Open"
  slope="Nil"
  surface="Grass"
  length="700"
- location="Adjacent to racecourse, 1 mile north of Hororata town."
+ location="Russells Flat, corner of Swamp Road and Wyndale Road"
 />
 <strip
  code="L160 SOx 600,two strips"
+ sdesc="L160 SOx 600"
  elev="1410"
  gobook="no"
  id="160"
@@ -421,6 +632,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L220 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L220 SOx 400"
  elev="2590"
  gobook="yes"
  id="220"
@@ -428,7 +640,8 @@
  lng="170:25.800E"
  name="Cass River"
  sname="Cass River"
- station="Godley Peaks"
+ station="Glenmore Station"
+ contact="Will and Emma Murray, Glenmore Station, Tekapo"
  surface="Grass"
  vectors="1"
  width="20m"
@@ -440,6 +653,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L221 Sx 550,"
+ sdesc="L221 Sx 550"
  elev="2400"
  gobook="yes"
  id="221"
@@ -451,12 +665,13 @@
  station="Godley Peaks"
  vectors="1"
  width="15m"
- location="1nm NE Lake Alexandina, 1nm W of Lake Tekapo."
+ location="1nm NE Lake Alexandrina, 1nm W of Lake Tekapo."
  alternate="Adjacent fields."
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
  code="L224 SOl 600,Crosswind!"
+ sdesc="L224 SOl 600"
  elev="2200"
  gobook="yes"
  id="224"
@@ -470,10 +685,11 @@
  location="1nm NE of Braemar homestead and Lake Pukaki."
  comment="East-West strip. In NW wind use L225"
  alternate="L225 Guide Hill if crosswind."
- retrieve="Both. Road vi east side Lake Pukaki."
+ retrieve="Both. Road via east side Lake Pukaki."
 />
 <strip
  code="L225 SO 600,"
+ sdesc="L225 SO 600"
  elev="2300"
  gobook="yes"
  id="225"
@@ -489,7 +705,8 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L240 SOx 400,"
- comment="Airstrip no longer exists. Use small fields. Caution strong down valley wind."
+ sdesc="L240 SOx 400"
+ comment="Danger: Airstrip no longer exists. Use small fields. Caution strong down valley wind."
  elev="1690"
  gobook="no"
  id="240"
@@ -501,30 +718,32 @@
  station="Mt Potts"
  contact="(03) 303 9738"
  location="Junction Rangitata and Potts River"
- alternate="L241 Mesepotamia"
+ alternate="L241 Mesopotamia"
  retrieve="Road via Lake Clearwater"
 />
 <strip
  code="L241 SOx 450,"
+ sdesc="L241 SOx 450"
  elev="1590"
  gobook="yes"
  id="241"
  lat="43:38.600S"
  lng="170:54.200E"
- name="Mesepotamia"
- sname="Mesepotamia"
+ name="Mesopotamia"
+ sname="Mesopotamia"
  width="20m"
  slope="Slight"
  comment="Marked with old tyres, mostly black. Hangar at NW end."
  length="1000"
- location="Mesepotamia Station, Rangitata River."
- station="Mesepotamia"
+ location="Mesopotamia Station, Rangitata River."
+ station="Mesopotamia"
  contact="M Pontinge (03) 696 3738"
  alternate="Fields 1-2nm south"
  retrieve="Both. Road vi Rangitata Gorge."
 />
 <strip
  code="L242 SOx 450,"
+ sdesc="L242 SOx 450"
  elev="2660"
  gobook="yes"
  id="242"
@@ -548,6 +767,7 @@
  alternate="Hay paddocks 2nm NW of airfield adjacent to Lilybank road."
  comment="Scrub on either side marginal for 20m"
  code="L243 Sl 650,"
+ sdesc="L243 Sl 650"
  elev="2430"
  location="1nm N of Mt Gerald homestead."
  slope="Slight"
@@ -568,6 +788,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L260 SOx 700,"
+ sdesc="L260 SOx 700"
  comment="Land at northern end, stoney at southern end and in middle. Good trailer access, gate onto road."
  contact="Mr Greigg"
  elev="2070"
@@ -582,6 +803,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L261 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L261 SOx 500"
  comment="Not recommended. Flat area, tussocky, rabbit holes. Difficult trailer access as the gate to the road has been removed and fenced across."
  elev="2300"
  location="Flat by lake"
@@ -596,6 +818,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L300 SOx 700,"
+ sdesc="L300 SOx 700"
  elev="1000"
  gobook="yes"
  id="300"
@@ -616,6 +839,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L301 SOx 800,"
+ sdesc="L301 SOx 800"
  elev="1280"
  gobook="yes"
  id="301"
@@ -636,6 +860,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L302 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L302 SOx 500"
  alternate="Dingleburn strip L301 10nm south"
  elev="1290"
  gobook="yes"
@@ -650,12 +875,13 @@
  slope="Nil"
  surface="Grass"
  station="Hunter"
- length="650"
+ length="550"
  width="20m"
  contact="Taff Cochrane" 
 />
 <strip
  code="L303 SOx 800," 
+ sdesc="L303 SOx 800" 
  elev="1000"
  gobook="yes"
  id="303"
@@ -676,6 +902,7 @@
 />
 <strip 
  code="L304 SOx,"
+ sdesc="L304 SOx"
  gobook="yes"
  id="304"
  slope="Medium"
@@ -696,6 +923,7 @@
 />
 <strip 
  code="L305 SOx,"
+ sdesc="L305 SOx"
  gobook="yes"
  id="305"
  name="Makarora East"
@@ -715,6 +943,7 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Stony Stream strip, or fields at TP31 (Glen Lyon)"
  code="L320 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L320 SOx 500"
  elev="1940"
  location="East side of Dobson River, 1nm north of Irishman Stream. 4WD track crosses threshold, stockyards at NE end."
  comment="Long grass in late summer, sometimes hard to spot strip."
@@ -737,8 +966,9 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Grass paddocks near homestead 1nm to south, or adjacent hay paddock."
  code="L321 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L321 SOx 400"
  comment="Power lines appear to cross strip but are actually underground. Best strip in the Ohau Valley north of the Lake."
- contact="Mary and Hamish Weatherall (027) 471 7087 / (03) 438 9663 / (03) 438 9661 Paul and Nicola Wheatry (027) 479 1711"
+ contact="S & L Inkersell (03) 438 9663"
  elev="2030"
  location="500m north of road bridge over Maitland Stream. Two barns at western end. Parallel and close to road."
  notes="Sheep in spring and sometimes summer."
@@ -759,8 +989,9 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Lucerne paddocks 1nm NW."
  code="L322 SOx 300,"
+ sdesc="L322 SOx 300"
  comment="Cross wind may be a problem in NW, check wind on the Lake"
- contact="Gordon Burrows at Ribbonwood Station"
+ contact="Gandy Burrows at Ribbonwood Station (03) 4389 710/880"
  elev="1900"
  location="1nm S of Lake Ohau, W of Lake Ohau road, adjacent prominent Y shape of tree lines."
  slope="Nil"
@@ -781,6 +1012,7 @@
 />
 <strip alternate="Hay paddock on north side of road, or L348" 
  code="L323 Sx 600," 
+ sdesc="L323 Sx 600" 
  elev="1800" 
  location="Parallel and adjacent to Lake Ohau Road. Line of trees 500m to East." 
  slope="Nil"
@@ -803,8 +1035,9 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Ribbonwood hay paddocks to east"
  code="L324 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L324 SOx 600"
  comment="Land to west advised. Caution rocks, do not taxi off strip."
- contact="Gandy Burrows (03) 438 9710"
+ contact="Gandy Burrows (03) 4389 710/880"
  elev="2200"
  location="Green roofed super bin at west end beside Quailburn, 1nm west of homestead"
  gobook="yes"
@@ -823,16 +1056,17 @@
  width="20m"
 />
 <strip
- alternate="Ben Dhu homestead strip 1nm NW beside road. Caution deer fence."
- code="L325 SOx 700,"
- contact="Hamish and Pip Smith"
+ alternate="Ben Dhu homestead strip 1nm NE beside road. Caution deer fence."
+ code="L325 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L325 SOx 500"
+ contact="Hamish and Pip Smith (03) 4389 466"
  elev="2000"
  location="1nm S of Ben Dhu homestead and Quailburn road."
  slope="Medium"
  gobook="yes"
  id="325"
  lat="44:24.400S"
- length="700"
+ length="500"
  lng="169:51.800E"
  name="Ben Dhu"
  sname="Ben Dhu"
@@ -846,6 +1080,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L326 SOx 700,"
+ sdesc="L326 SOx 700"
  elev="2200"
  gobook="yes"
  id="326"
@@ -862,11 +1097,12 @@
  comment="Do not land N of super bin due to poor side clearance. Wind often 5-10kts up the valley."
  station="Longslip"
  retrieve="Both"
- contact="Peter Paterson at Dunstan Peaks (03) 438 9493"
+ contact="Bryan and Michelle Patterson (03) 438 9419"
 />
 <strip
  alternate="Hay paddocks 1nm NE."
  code="L327 SOx 300,"
+ sdesc="L327 SOx 300"
  elev="1690"
  location="Super bin at south end. Homestead SW 100 meters."
  gobook="yes"
@@ -884,10 +1120,11 @@
  slope="Nil"
  width="20m"
  comment="Numerous cultivated paddocks sometimes better than the strip."
- contact="Graeme Spittle"
+ contact="Glen Tomlinson (03) 4389 525"
 />
 <strip
  code="L328 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L328 SOx 500"
  elev="2400"
  gobook="yes"
  id="328"
@@ -908,6 +1145,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L329 Sx 500,"
+ sdesc="L329 Sx 500"
  elev="1750"
  gobook="yes"
  id="329"
@@ -929,6 +1167,7 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Riverside hay paddocks 1nm/strip to NW 1nm"
  code="L335 SO 600,"
+ sdesc="L335 SO 600"
  elev="1500"
  location="Dirt strip .5nm NE of Quailburn/Clay Cliffs road junction"
  slope="Slight"
@@ -945,9 +1184,33 @@
  vectors="1"
  width="20m"
  length="800"
+ contact="D McAughtrie (03) 4389 460"
+/>
+<strip
+ alternate="Omarama"
+ code="L336 SO 600,"
+ sdesc="L336 SO 600"
+ elev="1400"
+ location="Dirt strip south of Little Ben, east of Buscot ridge."
+ slope="Medium"
+ gobook="yes"
+ id="336"
+ lat="44:26.335S"
+ lng="170:01.499E"
+ name="Buscot"
+ sname="Buscot"
+ orientation="32"
+ station="Buscot"
+ surface="Dirt"
+ retrieve="Both"
+ vectors="1"
+ width="20m"
+ length="800"
+ contact="Richard and Jemma Gloag (03) 4389 626"
 />
 <strip
  code="L330 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L330 SOx 500"
  elev="2300"
  gobook="yes"
  id="330"
@@ -967,28 +1230,8 @@
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
- code="L336 SOx 500,"
- alternate="Omarama Airfield"
- comment="Danger. Has been removed. No longer available."
- elev="1400"
- location="Parallel to Ben Omar road on gentle bend. 1nm east of south end of Buscot ridge."
- slope="Nil"
- gobook="no"
- id="336"
- lat="44:27.702S"
- lng="170:00.412E"
- name="Ben Omar"
- sname="Ben Omar"
- orientation="27/09"
- station="Buscot Station"
- surface="Dirt"
- retrieve="Both"
- length="700"
- width="20m"
- contact="Ginger and Sylvia Anderson (03) 438 9784"
-/>
-<strip
  code="L331 Sx 600,"
+ sdesc="L331 Sx 600"
  elev="1750"
  gobook="yes"
  id="331"
@@ -1005,10 +1248,11 @@
  alternate="Fields (rough) 2nm N near Glen Lyon homestead (TP31) or Maitland L321"
  comment="Caution deer fence on NE side, Narrow for 20m, cattle."
  station="Glen Lyon"
- contact="Ken Wigley (03) 438 9644"
+ contact="Ken Wigley (03) 4389 643"
 />
 <strip
  code="L340 S0x 600,"
+ sdesc="L340 S0x 600"
  comment="Trees on approach"
  elev="2000"
  gobook="yes"
@@ -1024,6 +1268,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L341 Sl 600,"
+ sdesc="L341 Sl 600"
  comment="Berms on either side are 12m apart 60cm high."
  alternate="Hay field 3nm to NW beside canal or fields to SE near Simons Pass"
  location="Between Mt Mary and canal 1nm SE of canal end."
@@ -1045,6 +1290,7 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Airstrip 1nm west or Pukaki Airfield."
  code="L342 Sx 600,"
+ sdesc="L342 Sx 600"
  comment="Narrow (fenced). When landing to north, moderate slope uphill on southern half. North half of strip is level."
  elev="2030"
  location="SW corner Lake Pukaki, W of sealed road. Tree plantations to South. Shearing sheds and yards to SE. Dry lake at north western end."
@@ -1066,6 +1312,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L343 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L343 SOx 600"
  elev="1720"
  gobook="yes"
  id="343"
@@ -1084,6 +1331,7 @@
 <strip
  alternate="East/West sealed road 500 meters to South. Pukaki airfield 4NM East"
  code="L344 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L344 SOx 600"
  comment="Sealed road 500 meters South of strip, runs East/West. 07/25. Suitable for landing. Needs wing runner. Caution power lines at east end."
  contact="Simon and Pricilla Cameron (03) 435 0791"
  elev="1800"
@@ -1105,6 +1353,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L345 SOx 650,"
+ sdesc="L345 SOx 650"
  elev="1430"
  gobook="yes"
  id="345"
@@ -1125,6 +1374,7 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Cultivated grass paddocks 1nm North West. Caution irrigation."
  code="L346 SOx 800,"
+ sdesc="L346 SOx 800"
  elev="1600"
  location="Midway between Dam and Ohau turnoff, adjacent to homestead in trees W of sealed road."
  slope="Nil"
@@ -1146,6 +1396,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L347 Sl 400,"
+ sdesc="L347 Sl 400"
  elev="1620"
  location="Barn at north end close to and parallel to road."
  gobook="yes"
@@ -1166,6 +1417,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L348 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L348 SOx 400"
  elev="1640"
  gobook="yes"
  id="348"
@@ -1186,6 +1438,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L349 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L349 SOx 400"
  elev="1210"
  gobook="yes"
  id="349"
@@ -1206,6 +1459,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L351 SOx 550,"
+ sdesc="L351 SOx 550"
  elev="1280"
  gobook="yes"
  id="351"
@@ -1223,6 +1477,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L352 SOx 600,middle wet"
+ sdesc="L352 SOx 600"
  elev="2130"
  gobook="yes"
  id="352"
@@ -1243,6 +1498,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L353 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L353 SOx 600"
  elev="1840"
  location="Homestead and farm buildings to SE, strip E of gravel road."
  gobook="yes"
@@ -1263,6 +1519,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L360 SOx 550,"
+ sdesc="L360 SOx 550"
  elev="2170"
  location="Super patch at west end. Parallel to state highway."
  gobook="yes"
@@ -1285,6 +1542,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L363 SOx 450,"
+ sdesc="L363 SOx 450"
  elev="2430"
  gobook="no"
  id="363"
@@ -1301,6 +1559,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L400 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L400 SOx 500"
  elev="1020"
  gobook="yes"
  id="400"
@@ -1321,6 +1580,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L401 SOl 300,"
+ sdesc="L401 SOl 300"
  elev="1120"
  gobook="yes"
  id="401"
@@ -1340,6 +1600,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L402 SOx,"
+ sdesc="L402 SOx"
  name="Earnslaw Station"
  sname="Earnslaw"
  gobook="yes"
@@ -1359,6 +1620,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L403 SOx,"
+ sdesc="L403 SOx"
  name="Paradise Station"
  sname="Paradise"
  gobook="no"
@@ -1371,6 +1633,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L404 SOx 550,"
+ sdesc="L404 SOx 550"
  name="Rees Valley"
  sname="Rees Valley"
  gobook="yes"
@@ -1391,6 +1654,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L405 SOS,"
+ sdesc="L405 SOS"
  name="Routeburn Station"
  sname="Routeburn"
  gobook="no"
@@ -1404,6 +1668,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L420 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L420 SOx 400"
  elev="1440"
  gobook="no"
  id="420"
@@ -1415,6 +1680,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L422 SOx 450,"
+ sdesc="L422 SOx 450"
  elev="1670"
  gobook="yes"
  id="422"
@@ -1426,15 +1692,16 @@
  slope="Nil"
  length="800"
  surface="Grass"
- comment="Two airstrips. New strip by river may be unusable. Road retrieve very difficult."
+ comment="Two airstrips. Strip by river is prefered. Road retrieve very difficult."
  station="Branches"
  contact="James Murray (03) 441 8421"
- alternate="Strip .5nm NW by river."
+ alternate="Old strip .5nm SE."
  retrieve="Aerotow"
- location="SE of homestead."
+ location="Beside river west of homestead."
 />
 <strip
  code="L423 SOS,"
+ sdesc="L423 SOS"
  name="Coronet Peak paddocks"
  sname="Coronet Peak"
  gobook="no"
@@ -1447,6 +1714,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L440 SOx 650,"
+ sdesc="L440 SOx 650"
  elev="1260"
  gobook="yes"
  id="440"
@@ -1465,6 +1733,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L442 SOl 400,"
+ sdesc="L442 SOl 400"
  elev="900"
  gobook="no"
  id="442"
@@ -1483,6 +1752,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L443 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L443 SOx 500"
  elev="800"
  gobook="no"
  id="443"
@@ -1501,6 +1771,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L444 SxOl400,"
+ sdesc="L444 SxOl400"
  elev="1660"
  gobook="yes"
  id="444"
@@ -1517,6 +1788,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L445 SOx 1km,"
+ sdesc="L445 SOx 1km"
  elev="1050"
  gobook="yes"
  id="445"
@@ -1536,6 +1808,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L447 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L447 SOx 400"
  elev="1350"
  gobook="no"
  id="447"
@@ -1553,6 +1826,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L460 Sl 400,"
+ sdesc="L460 Sl 400"
  elev="2170"
  gobook="yes"
  id="460"
@@ -1566,7 +1840,7 @@
  width="20m"
  location="Dalrachney homestead, 5nm NE Lindis Pass, W of highway."
  alternate="Small fields 1nm N or 2nm NW."
- comment="Banana shape, super patch at W end. Don't taxi off due to rocks."
+ comment="Danger: Unsable. Has been fenced across. Banana shape, super patch at W end. Don't taxi off due to rocks."
  station="Dalrachney"
  contact="Rick and Terre Aubrey (03) 4389 863"
  retrieve="Both"
@@ -1574,6 +1848,7 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Fields to S or strip 1nm N across the river (Birdwood was marked on map)"
  code="L461 Sx 600,"
+ sdesc="L461 Sx 600"
  elev="1840"
  gobook="yes"
  id="461"
@@ -1586,13 +1861,14 @@
  length="550"
  width="20m"
  location="S of main road at homestead at the mouth of the Lindis/Ahuriri Valley. Hangar at W end."
- comment="Aerotow to W can be difficult due to trees and power lines. Windsock at SE end."
+ comment="Danger: Unusable due to crop. Aerotow to W can be difficult due to trees and power lines. Windsock at SE end."
  station="Killermont"
- contact="Mike or Dan Thomas (025) 824 202/(027) 436 2942/(03) 438 9625/(03) 438 9864"
+ contact="Dan Thomas (021) 680 0014 (03) 438 9625 Kierin (021) 888 129"
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
  code="L462 SOx 700,"
+ sdesc="L462 SOx 700"
  elev="1640"
  gobook="yes"
  id="462"
@@ -1605,19 +1881,18 @@
  length="800"
  width="Open"
  location="Road junction Tara Hills/Killermont roads."
- alternate="L463 Killermont Vegas"
- comment="Windsock at south east end."
+ comment="Caution. Adjoining fields have been worked up and the rocks lifted to the surface. The runway was OK December 2013 but that may change."
  station="Killermont"
- contact="Mike or Dan Thomas (025) 824 202/(027) 436 2942/(03) 438 9625/(03) 438 9864"
+ contact="Dan Thomas (021) 680 0014 (03) 438 9625 Kierin (021) 888 129"
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
- alternate="Wardell's"
  code="L463 SOx 400,two strips"
- comment="Caution rabbit holes"
- contact="Mike or Dan Thomas (025) 824 202/(027) 436 2942/(03) 438 9625/(03) 438 9864"
+ sdesc="L463 SOx 400"
+ comment="Danger: Unusable. Has been plowed under."
+ contact="Dan Thomas (021) 680 0014 (03) 438 9625 Kierin (021) 888 129"
  elev="1570" 
- location="Two white huts and dirt access track from road. Marked by white tires (see from overhead center of strips)"
+ location="Two white huts and dirt access track from road."
  slope="Nil"
  gobook="yes"
  id="463"
@@ -1635,7 +1910,8 @@
 <strip
  alternate="Rough hay and crop paddocks 1nm to NW, or Berwen L462 2nm to north."
  code="L464 Sx 500,"
- contact="Peter and Ann Patterson (03) 4389 493"
+ sdesc="L464 Sx 500"
+ contact="Bryan and Michelle Patterson (03) 4389 419"
  elev="1840"
  location="Parallel to road. Locate from homestead and farm buildings opposite southern end (across road)."
  slope="Slight"
@@ -1655,6 +1931,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L465 Sx 550,"
+ sdesc="L465 Sx 550"
  elev="1540"
  gobook="yes"
  id="465"
@@ -1675,6 +1952,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L466 SOx 650,"
+ sdesc="L466 SOx 650"
  elev="1250"
  gobook="yes"
  id="466"
@@ -1689,12 +1967,13 @@
  location="2nm E of road junction Lindis Pass and Geordy Hills roads, parallel to dirt road."
  comment="Windsock"
  alternate="Nearby fields."
- contact="Gerald Goodger (03) 445 2878"
- station="Merivale"
+ station="Geordie Hills"
+ contact="Matt McCaughan (03) 445 2852"
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
  code="L467 SOx 1km,"
+ sdesc="L467 SOx 1km"
  elev="1250"
  gobook="yes"
  id="467"
@@ -1710,11 +1989,12 @@
  alternate="Fields to South."
  comment="Super patches at both ends."
  station="Merivale"
- contact="Matt McCaughan (03) 445 2852"
+ contact="Gerald Goodger (03) 445 2878"
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
- code="L468 Sl 400 ,hard to see"
+ code="L468 Sl 400,hard to see"
+ sdesc="L468 Sl 400"
  elev="2260"
  gobook="yes"
  id="468"
@@ -1734,6 +2014,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L470 SOx 400,"
+ sdesc="L470 SOx 400"
  elev="2170"
  gobook="yes"
  id="470"
@@ -1752,6 +2033,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L471 SOx 400,hard to see"
+ sdesc="L471 SOx 400"
  elev="1640"
  gobook="yes"
  id="471"
@@ -1769,6 +2051,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L472 SOx 900,"
+ sdesc="L472 SOx 900"
  elev="2170"
  gobook="yes"
  id="472"
@@ -1789,6 +2072,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L473 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L473 SOx 500"
  elev="2060"
  gobook="yes"
  id="473"
@@ -1809,6 +2093,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L481 Sx 250,uphillanding"
+ sdesc="L481 Sx 250"
  elev="1100"
  gobook="yes"
  id="481"
@@ -1821,7 +2106,7 @@
  length="600/400"
  width="15m"
  location="1nm SW Otematata town on terrace. Hangar at uphill end of main vector."
- alternate="Fields 2nm E beside Lake or Rugged Ridges L482."
+ alternate="Fields 2nm E beside Lake."
  comment="Side clearances restricted by bushes especially on short cross vector."
  station="Otematata Station"
  contact="Hugh Cameron (03) 438 7863"
@@ -1829,8 +2114,9 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L482 SOx 400,Danger fence."
+ sdesc="L482 SOl"
  elev="890"
- gobook="yes"
+ gobook="no"
  id="482"
  lat="44:37.262S"
  lng="170:16.050E"
@@ -1848,6 +2134,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L500 SOx 500,Wind!"
+ sdesc="L500 SOx 500"
  elev="2300"
  gobook="yes"
  id="500"
@@ -1867,6 +2154,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L501 SOl 350,"
+ sdesc="L501 SOl 350"
  elev="2030"
  gobook="yes"
  id="501"
@@ -1886,6 +2174,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L502 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L502 SOx 600"
  elev="2170"
  gobook="yes"
  id="502"
@@ -1906,6 +2195,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L503 SOx 1km,"
+ sdesc="L503 SOx 1km"
  elev="1640"
  location="Adjacent to road. Barn midway."
  alternate="Adjacent fields."
@@ -1926,6 +2216,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L504 SOx 500,"
+ sdesc="L504 SOx 500"
  elev="1150"
  gobook="yes"
  id="504"
@@ -1946,6 +2237,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L520 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L520 SOx 600"
  elev="1210"
  gobook="yes"
  id="520"
@@ -1964,8 +2256,9 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L521 SxOl450,"
+ sdesc="L521 SxOl450"
  elev="1310"
- gobook="yes"
+ gobook="no"
  id="521"
  lat="45:07.700S"
  lng="168:30.500E"
@@ -1978,6 +2271,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L522 SOx 600,"
+ sdesc="L522 SOx 600"
  elev="1020"
  gobook="yes"
  id="522"
@@ -1992,13 +2286,14 @@
  slope="Slight"
  surface="Grass"
  width="Open"
- location="1 mile west of homestead by Lake."
+ location="1nm west of homestead by Lake."
  comment="Tricky winds, windsock on fence at west end."
  alternate="L520 Jardines"
 />
 <strip
  alternate="Lucerne paddocks 1nm North near homestead."
  code="L523 SxOl700,O SOS only"
+ sdesc="L523 SxOl700"
  elev="2000"
  gobook="yes"
  id="523"
@@ -2018,6 +2313,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L524 SOx 450,SSlope +Road"
+ sdesc="L524 SOx 450"
  elev="2600"
  gobook="yes"
  id="524"
@@ -2037,7 +2333,27 @@
  contact="(03) 445 3306"
 />
 <strip
+ code="L560,"
+ sdesc="L560"
+ elev="1180"
+ gobook="no"
+ id="560"
+ lat="45:02.415S"
+ lng="169:32.940E"
+ name="Omakau"
+ sname="Omakau"
+ width="20m"
+ location=""
+ alternate="Adjacent fields."
+ comment="Windsock."
+ surface="Grass"
+ station="Unknown"
+ contact="Unknown"
+ retrieve="Both"
+/>
+<strip
  code="L562 SOx 650,"
+ sdesc="L562 SOx 650"
  elev="1300"
  gobook="yes"
  id="562"
@@ -2051,11 +2367,12 @@
  comment="Windsock."
  surface="Grass"
  station="Cambrian"
- contact="D Menzies (03) 447 3073"
+ contact="JR Donna and Pete Morrison, Tarras, RD3, The Gums, Cromwell (03) 445227 (027) 2307633"
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
  code="L580 SOx 800,h2seeMarkers"
+ sdesc="L580 SOx 800"
  elev="1640"
  gobook="no"
  id="580"
@@ -2067,28 +2384,43 @@
 />
 <strip 
  code="L581 SxOl300,two strips" 
+ sdesc="L581 SxOl300" 
  elev="1900" 
  gobook="yes"
  id="581"
  lat="45:11.200S"
  lng="170:22.470E"
  name="Kakanui"
+ location="On small rise west of road."
+ comment="Two vectors, super mark at top."
+ alternate="Kokonga 5nm west"
  sname="Kakanui"
+ surface="Grass"
+ slope="Medium"
  width="20m"
+ contact="John Mathewson (03) 444 9345"
+ station="Taieriside Kokonga RD3 Ranfurly"
 />
 <strip
  code="L583 SOx 800,three strips"
+ sdesc="L583 SOx 800"
  elev="1480"
- gobook="no"
+ gobook="yes"
  id="583"
  lat="45:12.010S"
  lng="170:14.280E"
+ surface="Grass"
+ slope="Nil"
  name="Kokonga"
  sname="Kokonga"
+ alternate="Nearby fields"
  width="20m"
+ contact="John Mathewson (03) 444 9345"
+ station="Taieriside Kokonga RD3 Ranfurly"
 />
 <strip
  code="L600 SOx 850,"
+ sdesc="L600 SOx 850"
  elev="1310"
  gobook="no"
  id="600"
@@ -2101,6 +2433,7 @@
 />
 <strip
  code="L602 SOx 900,ifWindN>L601"
+ sdesc="L602 SOx 900"
  elev="1030"
  gobook="yes"
  id="602"
@@ -2115,7 +2448,7 @@
  station="East Dome"
  location="Five Rivers road junction"
  alternate="adjacent fields"
- comment="Gliding South club. Nice Cafe at road intersection."
+ comment="Ex Gliding South club. Caution may have fence across strip near middle. Nice Cafe at road intersection."
  contact="Woody Roose"
  retrieve="Both"
 />