But little did he know when he liked the Greater Hornby Residents’ Association Facebook page he would become the prizewinner of a free flight over the suburb.
The association was running a competition with the 3000th person to like its page winning a free flight with Christchurch Helicopters.
That 3000th person happened to be Mr Matheson.
The only condition was the winner had to take photos of Hornby while hovering in the skies.
Mr Matheson, who is the owner of pick-up and delivery service Man with a Van Christchurch, said it was an “awesome flight” and wanted to thank GHRA and Christchurch Helicopters for the opportunity.
He said said he was “pretty stoked” as he didn’t even know the competition was running when he liked the page.
Mr Matheson was slightly nervous having only ever flown in a microlite while in Rarotonga which was “a bit scary.”
But his nerves were put to ease as he got to fly in a new model of the Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter.
He described it as a “late birthday present” after turning 50 in June.
Mr Matheson joked it may upset a few Hornby residents, because he has lived in Halswell most of his life.
His reason for liking the Facebook page was because he was an avid follower of rugby league and was interested in following the Hornby Panthers as part of Canterbury Rugby League’s grand final held recently.
Playing for the Halswell Bowling Club, Mr Matheson said he knows the Hornby WMC Bowling Club, as he often competes against them.
