5 Spring 2023 5 Spring 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption RV & Camper business services Find rv and camping services. Any relevant business can list; it is free. Anyone can recommend a business to add to the list. No endorsement is implied. The thumbs up shows people you can ask, if you are stuck. Their local knowledge can help you find the service you need. Up Up 5 Spring 2023 , p 35

10 summer 2024 10 summer 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption on the lounge floor with all the windows open. Trying out my new quilt Tony Kissel Trying out my new Enlightened Equipment quilt. Slept in it last night on the lounge floor with all the windows open. I’m a ‘quiet’ sleeper and don’t move around much during the night so hopefully this will do the trick, no more sleeping bag zips to contend with. Lighter than a sleeping bag and compresses down much more than my old bag. ◊ ©2024 Tony Kissell Up Up 10 summer 2024 , p 15

9 Spring 2024 Spring 2024 ISSUE 9 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Vintage car and caravan Whanganui Vintage weekend 2024 ©2024 Margaret Earle Vintage car and caravan Whanganui Vintage weekend 2024 ©2024 Margaret Earle Caravan at Whanganui Vintage weekend Margaret Earle Whanganui Vintage weekend 2024 ©2024 Margaret Earle Up Up 9 Spring 2024 , p 11

7 Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Celebrating Summer Celebrating Summer Editor Six pages of stories from around the country and the season. EXPLORE THE STORIES GO TO Celebrating Summer Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 5 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

4 Winter 2023 Winter 2023 ISSUE 4 BUY PDF CONTENTS Up Two long blacks and a cheese scone Bob Walker Up No, this is not about 12 weeks of coffee tasting around the South Island in a small van by a couple of over 80s, well not quite… It’s really about the idea that a Hiace van that only one of us can stand up in, is enough to go almost anywhere, and that age need not be a barrier. 6920 kms from home back to home. There are clearly some problems around NZ but freedom is still available for those who don’t mind a bit of mahi around the motu. We had a wonderful time… don’t wait until you have that luxury rig, just go and do it… there is wonder with every sunrise. Up Up don’t wait until you have that luxury rig, just go and do it 1/0 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) editor@campingthekiwiway.org

4 Winter 2023 Winter 2023 ISSUE 4 BUY PDF CONTENTS Up Small town friendly Miriam Richardson Up Here are some suggestions on how to go about attracting campers to your town Let people know they are welcome; give them a reason to stop; make them welcome. The Hororata Glow at a really small town in Canterbury. ©2023 Hororata A reason to stop Each place will offer different reasons. You only need one reason to begin being camper-friendly. Make the most of it. It might be a shop, a museum, a rest stop area, a view, a cafe, a pub, a rest room. It might be services such as water, rubbish, fuel, dump station, a laundry. It might be an undercover space for cycle/tent campers: space for cooking, perhaps with a bbq, or fireplaces. It might be walks or bike tracks. List on Campermate, Wikicamps, Rankers, the NZMCA app so people know about your town and can plan to stop. Lumsden have made a point of welcoming freedom campers. This is the train station carpark in Lumsden. ©2022 Andrew Morton A place to pull over A sign in advance so people can prepare to stop is handy. A well sign-posted park that’s firstly easy to spot and find, and secondly, easy and safe to get both in and out of. A park for long vehicles and vehicles that are towing. Welcoming signage. Consider how people will cross if the park and the places of interest are on opposite sides of the road. A place to overnight In summer, grass is likely ok; in wet weather hard stand is needed. Consider the varied vehicle types, widths and lengths and allow enough room that fire-safety gaps are easy. Cycle tourers and car campers will be on the look out for good places to pitch a tent. Make it safe to drive in and out. (Traffic? Gate posts?) Walking distance to the town shops/pub etc. Somewhere pleasant (probably not at the town dump). Two night stays are the minimum for a relaxed stay: arrive, settle in, suss the place out, sleep; a day to explore/walk/fish/cycle; sleep; move on. Consider offering 3-, 4- , (or more) day stop-overs. A one-night stopover is an in-and-out thing: arrive, shop, sleep, move on to the next place. Waipiata, on the Otago Rail Trail, has made it very easy for cyclists and visitors to stop over in their domain. I can attest the Waipiata pies are worth a special trip. © 2023 Miriam Richardson Start with what is there You can start with what is currently there. Make it welcoming. Make it easy. Build on it bit by bit. What campers need... ...not necessarily all in your small town; not necessarily every visit; not necessarily free. A place to park. Tenters need short-grassy areas. Groceries and food. Fuel — petrol, deisel, LPG. Drinking water (some fill tanks, some fill bottles). A toilet and/or a dump station. Rubbish and recycling disposal. Showers. Laundromats. A place to charge a bike battery or phone. Cyclists can use a place for doing repairs (a post with a bike hanger does the job (under cover is even better). Internet: do you have rural broadband? Is there a local wifi network they can connect to? Mention this on the apps when you promote your town. What campers enjoy for parking up Car campers and tenters appreciate picnic tables, covered areas, places to wash dishes, light fires or thermettes; a clothesline. The self-contained enjoy the chance to put up an awning, set out some chairs, a table and the BBQ. Space: Too many vehicle crammed in together is uncomfortable as well as unsafe. Pleasant surroundings and view. Trucks whizzing by 2m away is uncomfortable, but intermittent trains deter very few. Having the local dump over the fence doesn’t appeal. Drifts of dust when a car goes past is no fun on your BBQ or in your cup of tea. What campers enjoy to do Shops, cafes, meals out, pubs, films. Meeting people. Walks, bike rides, swimming. Fishing, geo-caching, metal detecting. Museums and libraries. Resting up with a chair, a book and a view. It can be simple; it needn’t be flash A shop could offer to take small bags of rubbish for a small fee. A fuel stop could allow a tap to be used for water. Dishwashing sinks could be added to the outside of a toilet block. The hotel might offer showers and laundry for a fee; or overnight parking for a fee (some waive the fee if a meal is bought). Road reserve could be managed for long-vehicle parking. The local hall, domain or church could offer overnight parking, when the community doesn’t need it (eg., ‘never on Sunday,’ 
‘never on Show Weekend’). An overnight fee can be a big help with maintenance. Locals could offer tent space on their lawn and perhaps a shower for cycle campers. See warmshowers.org . — Campers, cycle tourers, van tourers and motorhomers come to meet a need or to explore and to enjoy your part of the world. They have money to spend. They are mostly gregarious and sociable. Welcoming these visitors, as a town, brings a social and an economic boost to your small town. Up Up Let people know, 
give them a reason, 
make them welcome. A social and economic boost to your small town 1/0 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) editor@campingthekiwiway.org

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Springing A Pacific-blue sea and sky STOP and STAY Three nights at Conway Flats M Richardson I had 3 nights at Conway Flats on my way north. It’s off SH1 just before it heads over the Hundalees to the Kaikōura coast. A Pacific-blue sea and sky. Sleeping to the sound of the sea. Lovely. ◊ ©2024 M Richardson Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 17

Winter 2025 ISSUE 12 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption chilly-portobello-1.jpg chilly-portobello-2.jpg chilly-portobello-3.jpg chilly-portobello-6.jpg chilly-portobello-9.jpg chilly-portobello-8.jpg chilly-portobello-7.jpg chilly-portobello-5.jpg chilly-portobello-4.jpg GO TO CHILLY CHILLY CHILLY OUT THERE I love Winter camping. Winter camp, Portobello, June Andrew Morton After the week of rain, we have crisp, sunny, dry days & last night, heavy frost, making my morning walk — Portobello to Broad Bay — interesting. Watched another sunrise. I love Winter camping. 🏕️ Otago Harbour. ©2025 Andrew Morton This is Winter camp 1 | Winter camp 2 Up Up 12 Winter 2025 , p 10

4 Winter 2023 Winter 2023 ISSUE 4 BUY PDF CONTENTS Up Winter’s not going to stop Mavis Cheine Matheson Up Winter’s not going to stop poptop Mavis enjoying one of the many spots available at Pahoia Beach Park! Bay of Plenty. ©2023 Cheine Matheson Up Up 1/1 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) editor@campingthekiwiway.org

8 Winter 2024 Winter 2024 ISSUE 8 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Skippers Canyon Quite happy to have taken the tour. Able to look at the sights. Just WOW. Loved it. ©2024 Trisha Fisk Skippers Canyon Quite happy to have taken the tour. Able to look at the sights. Just WOW. Loved it. ©2024 Trisha Fisk Skippers Canyon Quite happy to have taken the tour. Able to look at the sights. Just WOW. Loved it. ©2024 Trisha Fisk Skippers Canyon Quite happy to have taken the tour. Able to look at the sights. Just WOW. Loved it. ©2024 Trisha Fisk GO TO Autumn Gold Skippers Canyon Trisha Fisk Quite happy to have taken the tour and not my truck up Skippers Canyon. I think she’d have handled it, but not thanked me. Tour with Nomad was great. Able to look at the sights. Just WOW. Loved it. There is a DOC camp at the end, but a lot of history and a lot of it ugly. Think there might be some restless spirits in there. Central Otago. ©2024 Trisha Fisk Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 7

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1 Spring 2022 A Trifecta in Hauraki: The Maritime Museum, Rays Rest & Steampunk The Thames Up Gary Stoneley We always enjoy our trips to Thames and often stay at the Miranda Holiday Park for a day or two beforehand. This time, however, we spent the Monday night at The Maritime Museum at Paeroa and freedom camped at Ray’s Rest (Kaiaua) the next night. The Maritime Museum is just a few kilometres out of Paeroa, heading west and well worth a stop. Run by trustees and volunteers there has been a considerable amount of time and money put into developing the facilities. The museum is full of interesting memorabilia and volunteers have a wealth of knowledge on the early history of the district. The volunteers operate daily boat trips from the park and the trustees are developing the venue for summer concerts. This is most definitely one venue worth stopping at and for overnight camping, with on-site toilets and optional power available for a small charge. Traveling on from the museum to Rays Rest is an easy 35-minute drive and we arrived there just after midday. At the southern end of the Firth of Thames inlet, this area is rather exposed but a very picturesque location. The expansive views, sheer quantity and depth of deposited shells and variety of birdlife are serene and peaceful making it hard to leave. Just down from Ray’s rest is the Pūkorokoro Shorebird Centre at Miranda. This is another worthwhile stop if you are in the area, that also provides overnight accommodation. With the 2020 Steampunk event cancelled due to the pandemic, the event was rescheduled for the school holidays and the new ANZAC weekend. We made this a combined event between All Points Camping, the Bay of Plenty Caravan Club, and the South Auckland Caravan Club. Being in the first week of the school holidays we we able to camp at the Thames South School from Wednesday to Sunday. Over the 5 days, we had in excess of 35 groups join us for Steampunk fun. The Thames community went all out for the weekend events and the Saturday parade was, as always, a lot of fun. A final highlight for Bev and I on this trip was doing the tour of the Thames Goldmine which included going into the mine and seeing the amazing ‘stampers’’ and other machinery in operation. For us, it was a fantastic time away. There is something special about the history of the Thames and Coromandel area and still so much more to explore. BY: Gary Stoneley Photos: ©2022 Gary Stoneley, Miriam Richardson, The Maritime Musem, Steampunk the Thames and Thames Goldmine. 11–13 Nov 2022, Thames All Points Camping are hosting a camp for the weekend. RSVP Circuspunk 2022 Up Up Up Spring 2022 ISSUE 1 BUY PDF CONTENTS A fantastic time away Steampunk 2021 Ray's Rest, Kaiaua, Firth of Thames Goldmine in Thames Steampunk 2021 1/6