Greenies on the road: Managing food scraps I’ve been turning our food scraps into compost for many a year now, and there’s no way I’m sending them to the landfill now. We chose to use bokashi buckets in our housetruck, as we already had them. A worm farm could also work, though bokashi is possibly more forgiving and takes all food waste — bones and shells included.

Cautionary tyre tale Passing over a bit of road where the rumble strip had been removed but not filled in, my tyre got stuck in the rut and shredded.

Tramping the Kaweka Forest Park I love the freedom that carrying an ultralight tent provides, it empowers you to camp wherever your legs can take you.

Coffee while wild camping How do you prepare your coffee while wild camping? It’s fresh ground beans in an aeropress for me!

Developing an innovative camping toilet solution: Fix-a-Potty™ In short, I designed Fix-a-Potty™ for the campervan community to provide more affordable and compact toilet options, with the intention of helping everyone continue to enjoy all that New Zealand has to offer.

Charly the campervan New Zealand’s first wheelchair accessible campervan, CHARLY, will soon be available for hire.

Kiwi ingenuity & insults While the new toilet-makers have been welcomed with interest, the Fix-a-Potty™ people were faced with severe scepticism, not to say unfair condemnation, that still continues to pop up on Facebook and confuse people.

Bulls: heading to CAMPFEST Where to stay if you are heading to or from Bulls. For CAMP FEST, or just to visit Bulls.

Murchison, Labour Weekend An All Points Camping gathering at Murchison.

Toilet and shower tent Toilet and shower tent. ©2024 Gary Hitchcock

The best medicine Sometimes the best medicine you need is going somewhere with no phone signal so you can spend the whole day just giving each other shit.

Do your bit: Task of the week Let one person in authority know you want to protect your right to freedom camp on public land.