easy to be well clear of controlled airspace at amberley beach - LL 3500 there, having just dropped from LL5500, and LL9500 just north of that. i'm not sure what the weather was, but it would not be unusual for the cloud base to be 1000 - 1500ft, with VFR aircraft tracking the coast south, past kaikoura and turning inland at the first opportunity (with that cloud base) since cape campbell, which is amberley/lethfield