7 Autumn 2024 7 Autumn 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Home for the next few weeks. Ruataniwha Conservation Park ©2024 Tony Kissel A swallows nest in the shelter, cute aren’t they? ©2024 Tony Kissel Fresh dusting of snow on the Ben Ohau Range this morning (11 Feb). All gone by lunchtime. ©2024 Tony Kissel Home for the next few weeks Tony Kissell Ruataniwha Conservation Park. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 13

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption St Kilda, Dunedin A lovely spot looking out over the beach towards St Clair. Dunedin allows freedom camping in non-reserve parking places. ©2025 M Richardson St Kilda, Dunedin A lovely spot looking out over the beach towards St Clair. Dunedin allows freedom camping in non-reserve parking places. ©2025 M Richardson St Kilda, Dunedin M Richardson A lovely spot looking out over the beach towards St Clair. Dunedin allows freedom camping in non-reserve parking places. ©2022 M Richardson Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 11

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption AutumnGold-H.webp Gregs Eye at Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. Off the road Got run off the road last weekend. Luckily no real damage due to the skills and help from some awesome West Coast farmers. The guy towing a caravan was hogging the road coming towards me around the corner and refused to move. But anyhow… onwards and upwards. ©2024 Vanessa Parkinson Fire circle Fire circle on a still Autumn night. Magical. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Mt Somers: musterers hut ©2024 Linda Butler A wrap A wrap. Time to start heading back south after weeks cycling. Bike packed for this afternoon’s bus trip. ©2024 Stephen Wood My stew is bubbling My stew is bubbling on the fire and I’m contemplating getting a bit more level. I’m on a bit of a lean and my carrot went rolling off the bench LOL. Franzisca ©2024 RV and Tiny House Living NZ Skippers Canyon Quite happy to have taken the tour. Able to look at the sights. Just WOW. Loved it. ©2024 Trisha Fisk Glendhu Bay, Lake Wanaka. ©2024 M Richardson Moving camp When you decide to move camp to a sunnier spot mid morning. Just pick it up and go.… ©2024 Beverley Stoneley Lake Wardell Free camping near Twizel. ©2024 M Richrdson Fantail Martin got the winning photo of the birds last weekend. Fantail. ©2024 Martin Butler Clydesdales at Erewhon A fabulous Clydesdale wagon ride one winter at Erewhon, Canterbury High Country. ©2018 M Richardson Dansey’s Pass The top of Dansey’s Pass (935 metres) looking out toward Oamaru 50 kms in the distance. ©2024 Tony Kissel Beautiful vintage buses and trucks Lots of beautiful vintage buses and trucks in the morning mist ©2024 Rv and Tiny House Living N Folding electric bike n the middle of nowhere Just met a 75 year old lady on an electric folding bike in the middle of nowhere. She was biking to her nearest town to get a prescription. Only thought to get a photo after we stopped and talked. With my cycle-touring load, I wasn’t going to catch her! Northland. ©2024 Stephen Wood To the top of the Ahuriri Valley A nice walk to the top of the Ahuriri Valley, I had the place to my self. Started to snow behind me as I was walking out. Ahuriri Valley, Omarama, North Otago. Photos ©2024 Tony Kissel Only getting in 123 Watts Well some days it makes no difference at all how much solar you have on the roof. We have just under 3000 Watt of solar on the roof and only getting in 123 Watts. Very overcast day here in Methven. ©2024 Allan Henderson Beautiful phone Take phone to a beautiful lake-edge perch. Engage with phone. Return to van. Drive away. 
It takes all kinds. Lake Wanaka. ©2024 M Richardson Longslip Station Well, how’s this for a welcome back into the Mackenzie Basin! — Longslip Station, Lindis Pass. ©2024 Shellie Evans. autumn-rugby-5_H.webp Campers enjoying a local rugby game at Mt Somers. ©2024 Linda Butler Ballooning Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Hakataramea Pass David Liddall ©2024 David Liddall AUTUMN GOLD Editor Read the Autumn Gold stories here: Autumn Gold Image: ©2024 Andrew Morton Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 7

10 summer 2024 10 summer 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption ! Alice cooking dinner on the BBQ Alice cooking dinner on the BBQ at Ohiwa. Read more about accessible camping Up Up 10 summer 2024 , p 38

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8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Hakatere Corner ©2024 Fiona Thomson The stone cottage The stone cottage — constructed in 1862 — is one of mid-Canterbury’s oldest residences, and is listed as a Historic Place Category 2 building. ©2024 Fiona Thomson A backdrop of stunning mountains This is one of New Zealand’s best examples of wetland habitat, where lizards, skinks and wētā have made their home alongside native fish and invertebrates. ©2024 Fiona Thomson A backdrop of stunning mountains ©2024 Fiona Thomson A backdrop of stunning mountains Rugged stony greywacke riverbeds and mountain scree ©2024 Fiona Thomson Erewhon Station ©2024 Fiona Thomson Clydesdales and cattle ©2024 Fiona Thomson Highland cattle ©2024 Fiona Thomson Lake Camp ©2024 Fiona Thomson breathtakingly beautiful Hakatere Conservation Park Fiona Thomson I have fond memories of camping near Lake Clearwater in the Hakatere Conservation Park, near Ashburton in the South Island. Hakatere Conservation Park is a protected mountain basin, covering 60,000 hectares of rugged mountains where the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers were formed. The landscape here is breathtakingly beautiful, hosting a number of swamps, tarns and rivers, against a backdrop of stunning mountains. Tussock and beech forest cover much of the park alongside the rugged stony greywacke riverbeds and mountain scree, the area being established as a Conservation Park in 2007, by the Department of Conservation. The wetland area provides a protected environment for many rare and threatened plants, and is home to many bird species.This is one of New Zealand’s best examples of wetland habitat, where lizards, skinks and wētā have made their home alongside native fish and invertebrates. We began our exploration of this area by visiting the buildings at Hakatere Corner — which were the original accomodation for the manager, and shearer’s quarters for Hakatere Station. Hakatere Station Hakatere is the Māori name for the Ashburton River, and the name that was given to this high country station.The stone cottage — constructed in 1862 — is one of mid-Canterbury’s oldest residences, and is listed as a Historic Place Category 2 building. As part of our taste of the high country we drove to the public road’s end: the gate of Erewon Station, and were delighted to be welcomed by Highland cattle, and Clydesdale horses. More Clydesdales on p11. Highland cattle at Erewhon. Some of our group made the 30-minute climb up Mount Sunday — a stunning large piece of rock that was carved out by glaciers thousands of years ago, and sits as a boundary point for the nearby high country stations. Mount Sunday was appropriately named, as it was the regular meeting spot for many shepherds who worked locally; back in the day, they would meet on this hill on their only day off: Sundays! More recently, it was the film site for Edoras in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Lake Camp is a basic reserve area, where overnight camping is permitted on the edge of the lake, on the northern and eastern sides. There are public toilets. There is a second option for camping at Lake Clearwater paying at an honesty box. The camping ground can be found near the boat ramp at the southern end of Lake Clearwater. Water is provided there but must be boiled for drinking. There are no dogs allowed near any of the lakes or reserves in the area. Lake Camp We had a very pleasant evening staying at Lake Camp. This is a fantastic region to explore and one we will return to. Images ©2024 Fiona Thomson Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 19

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption A wrap Stephen Wood A wrap. Time to start heading back south after weeks cycling. Bike packed for this afternoon’s bus trip. ©2024 Stephen Wood Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 15

2 Summer 2022 Summer 2022 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Nokomai station Dallas Hibbs Up Nokomai station on the way to Queenstown. We went there as kids; now we take our kids there. © 2022 Dallas Hibbs Up Up 1/1

6 Summer 2023 6 Summer 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Preparing tea. ©2023 M Richardson Poptop and campsite with the neighbour's dog. ©2023 M Richardson The camp kitchen. ©2023 M Richardson The hooks in the willows stay put from year to year. ©2023 M Richardson Ready for cooking. ©2023 M Richardson All very handy. ©2023 M Richardson Behind the kitchen the tarp protects the day room. ©2023 M Richardson The camp kitchen ©2023 M Richardson The camp oven got taken home each winter. ©2023 M Richardson When you need lots of hot water the big thermette was perfect. Sometimes, though, you take a bucket over and get hot water from the shower boilers. ©2023 M Richardson Sharing the summertime Miriam Richardson I was incredibly lucky to be invited to visit at a ‘permanent’ summer camp run by a 4WD club, several summers ago. A large field bounded by a stream and its fringe of willows, well out of sight of the road — room for everyone to have their own relatively private campsite. There is a central arena, with space for kids on bikes, and a New Year bonfire. They have shared long drops and hot showers — throw a log in the shower boiler whenever you walk past on the way to the loos. The land is leased over the summer period, and each spring group members head out to see what havoc the winter wove. They tidy up and or repair their camp sites, trim the trees, set up the long drops, digging new holes with their handy post-hole digger, chop fire wood for the boiler, set up the showers and tame the grass. Weekends begin the season, then the long summer break when families come and stay for weeks. When work calls, some families stay on, welcoming the workers back for weekends; then school goes back, and camping is a weekend affair again, until the final tidy up — filling in the long drop holes, securing the toilets and showers for the winter, packing down the camping gear and kitchens and taking stuff home. The camp setups are as varied as the people. There are buses, caravans, tents, and mixtures and variations of them. There are day rooms, keeping the sun and rain off. Some families share a kitchen and living area and have their family tents as bedrooms. Some use a totally portable kitchen, others, like the one pictured, have a more permanent kitchen setup, repaired or adapted, as required, each year. This kitchen even has herbs. This kind of ‘permanent’ camping, families sharing the summertime year to year, differs from a regular campground experience. Though it does remind me of my uncle’s camping in the 1960s— at a campground, but each summer the same site, the same set of families: lives from quite different places, sharing just the summer holiday. Perhaps if freedom camping becomes more difficult we will create more of these shared spaces for our summering.   n Up Up 6 Summer 2023 , p 25

3 Autumn 2023 3 Autumn 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Freedom camping is NEITHER free from cost NOR free from responsibility What’s in a name? Is freedom camping actually free? Bette Cosgrove A freeloader effect, the ‘something for nothing’ opinion, can have a negative impact on those who like to find a quiet, beautiful natural out of the way place to stay overnight on land managed by Department of Conservation or local authorities. Is freedom camping the right term? Called ‘responsible camping’ by government agencies and tourism organisations, wild camping, outbacking, nature camping or boondocking, in other countries, responsible camping or freedom camping is a popular, low-cost accommodation option for domestic and international visitors. Of course freedom camping is not free from cost and definitely not free from responsibility. Why freedom camp? Social media groups offer these reasons: freedom to travel to lesser known areas without the pressure to plan ahead too much; not having to fit into a specific parking site, or book for particular dates; get away from people, modern conveniences, and, in particular, away from light pollution; enjoying natural surroundings: such as
the ocean, bush, river or lake views. well-being: getting away from everyday life, enjoying a sense of ‘free spirit’; taking a ‘green prescription’. Research commissioned by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in 2019/20 summer, amplified a Department of Internal Affairs study in 2016, ‘Managing Freedom Camping’. They found: Camping is an important and growing kiwi tradition. It is an alternative to commercial campgrounds or a substitute in places without any. Saving money is not the primary reason for freedom camping: -- 1st travel freedom; -- 2nd comfort; -- 3rd low cost. The responsible camping system is under pressure due to strong growth in demand, from international visitors (pre-covid in particular) and domestic tourists. Negative perceptions. The 2016 research noted the growth in negative perceptions, amplified by the media, that campers are responsible for litter, waste and bad behaviour, rousing a public concern that drives greater local restrictions. Freedom campers can be seen as costly visitors, requiring public facilities like parking, rubbish collection, public toilets. Ratepayers see themselves as subsidising them. Who is freedom camping? Estimates suggested about 245,000 people responsible camped in New Zealand in 2019, before covid. Around 63% (154,000) were international visitors, 37% (91,000) were NZers. Age The average age of domestic campers was 63 years of age. The average age of international campers was 26 yrs (purchased their own vehicle), 32 years (hired a budget vehicle), 41 years (hired a premium vehicle). Where did they camp? NZers: designated responsible camping sites 34% of nights; commercial camps 15%; NZMCA parks 24%; International visitors: 17–34% at commercial camps. How many nights? 2.67 million responsible camping nights; an average of 11 nights per person. Spending by freedom campers Campervan travellers report higher than average spending on activities/admission fees and transport costs. International visitors purchasing vehicles generally stayed longer and spent more than those hiring. Finally Research has proven that most International freedom campers are here longer, engage more with communities, add value if on a work and holiday visa, and actually spend more per person when visiting our country, than most short-term tourists who choose luxury high-value tourism options. See also If the law changes Freedom camping bylaws Waiting on a law change Up Up 3 Autumn 2023 , p 2

Ever wondered where the nearest cell tower is? BUY PDF CONTENTS Spring 2023 ISSUE 5 Up Mobile cell towers Miriam Richardson Ever wondered where the nearest cell tower is? Some places have none, some have a lot. Find out more about the cell towers near you, or where your are planning to travel: gis.geek.nz ©2023 JGrah.am (Downloaded September 2023) Up Up Up 1/0

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