Standardisation: exercise at Mount Garnet

A couple of days ago our flight training syllabus saw us going to Mount Garnet to practise some emergency take-off procedures. On the way we were given a taste of some of the low flying syllabus (which we will tackle more of tomorrow - flight #7). I got to practise a low-level pass at the airstrip - 80 knots at 10 ft off the ground, through which I was supposed to be looking for anthills but left that job largely up to my passengers and focused on flying the plane! It was a good day out, and one of the few where we've each been a passenger while the other was flying. Here are some pics from the day:

Low level navigation exercise on the way to Mount Garnet

Instructor Simon and fellow trainee Jaap preparing the airstrip for our exercise:
setting out distance markers and removing anthills

Action shot during the aborted take-off exercises

GA8 kicking up dust as normal procedure in a short-field takeoff

Caravan doing the same