At $16.60 per minute or $1,000 an hour, I'd be whinging too if I'd just got airborne and told I couldn't do any circuits. It would cost $200 to turn around and go back again. They can get a bit touchy down there if there's more than one aircraft in the entire GAAP if it's special VFR conditions. Would be nice if they upgraded one day to radar.
On another note, watched a chopper take off and depart last week only to collect about 2 dozen seagulls that flew up from a mob on the ground. Chopper promptly killed most of them, turned around, flew back and landed to inspect the damage. Expensive little mishap I'd say and very unlucky.