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Cooks Beach and Surrounds
After departing the campground at Haehei we looked at the NZMCA App for any other campgrounds that might be close and were also part of the camp saver scheme. We found a couple including the one at...
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Making The Most of the Day
After three wonderful nights in Pauanui including our last night at the well-located POP, it was time to move on. Our first thoughts were to drive to Tairua and look at some of the freedom camping...
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Pauanui Dharling!
First off, yes! I know I have spelt darling incorrectly but for those of us who lived in Auckland in the 80’s and 90’s Pauanui was, and to some extent still is the playground of the rich and famous. A...
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New Adventures Begin
After returning from our trip to New Plymouth and surrounds we spent a little while at home before itchy feet again took hold and it was time to jump back in the motorhome for new adventures. Speaking...
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Alone With a Stunning View.
After leaving New Plymouth it was time to start slowly heading home to Auckland and our oldest son’s birthday celebrations. These days driving that distance in one day is not beyond me but something I...
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Not Quite Paradise Lost
English and the study of medieval poetry is not what I would consider one of my strong points but the title of a very famous 450 year old poem, Paradise Lost has always stuck in my mind. The...
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Its a Bit Wet and Muddy!
They say first impressions count and we were certainly left with a lasting first impression to remember upon our arrival at the NZMCA Park in Huatoki, New Plymouth. What a wet, muddy, soft, boggy mess...
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Rotokare – Bird Song Paradise
As I mentioned in my previous blog, we first visited the Rotokare Scenic Reserve back in June 2017. With winter in full swing and a few minor things wrong with our old motorhome, such as no working...
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Mt Taranaki and Surrounds.
After leaving Kai Iwi Beach campground and making our way up the coast we arrived in Hawera, home to another of the NZMCA’s superb Park network. One of the great things about this park is the ever...
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Kai Iwi Beach an NZMCA Camp Saver Special
For the last few years, the NZMCA have run a scheme that offers discounted rates at various camping grounds throughout New Zealand. Some camps offer a flat fee others offer discounts on their current...
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In Hot Water
It absolutely hosed down with rain on Saturday from around 3pm onwards despite Richard telling me that his phone said there was zero chance of rain till around 5pm, and the rain continued all night...
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2 out of 3
Memories are a wonderful thing and I guess we all have some that we want to rekindle and that was certainly the case with my boys who even though they are now in their mid 20’s still wanted to get away...
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Battery Powered
During the 16 years that we have been motorhome owners we have noticed a large number of campers out there with some form of bicycle mounted on their camper. And whilst we have always thought that this...
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Dethleffs Dancing and Dinner
Sarah and I have never really been the joining sort but when I retired I was determined to become more involved in things and participate more, so when Jonas and the team extended the invitation to...
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Home for the Breakers
As hard as it was to leave Northland and the beautiful beaches, Sarah was concerned about what was happening in her garden and wanted to check most of all on the sugar snap peas and the dwarf broad...
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Freedom Camping in Paradise
It’s funny we have owned the old campervan for 15 years prior to purchasing the new one and we had never been freedom camping and here we are spending our 4th day unrestricted in only 8 days of owning...
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Paradise Found
We found this guy standing guard on the beach at Woolley’s Bay during our evening walk and I must say I was tempted to consider crab for dinner but he would have not been big enough for the two of us....
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Wild Wolley and Lost
So after 2 days at Treasure island and supplies running low we ventured into Whangarei to stock up on essentials, making the first stop at the Warehouse I should have taken a photo of the van parked...
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On the road to nowhere
Sunday morning we had decided to leave Manganese Point and continue on to other places in and around Whangarei, we had however not taken notice of the warning signs at the entry to the camp site...
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Campervan Collected
So after a little delay we finally got to collect the campervan Thursday 06/10/2017, there always seemed to be another thing we wanted to add to the van, but finally plans settled and we were on our...
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