Celebrating Summer Six pages of stories from around the country and the season.

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Buying used caravans Unlike cars, a well-made caravan may last for decades with only minor areas that need attention.

A winter day on Farewell Spit Winter is not the best time to visit Farewell Spit from a bird point of view, but I was there, so I took the tour anyway, and it was spectacular.

I did it! My very first solo camping and tramping trip! Two epic days in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.

So you want to freedom camp We are in a transition period from the old ‘blue’ warrant system to a new ‘green’ warrant system. The transition period is set to expire 7 June ’25. There is a small possibility that the Minister might choose to extend the transition period: it could help, with so many needing to be certified by so few.

Purakaunui Bay Campsite What a stunner this place was! Nothing like falling asleep to the sound of waves crashing on the beach.

Along a sandy beach I rode on a trailer being towed along a long sandy beach. I squashed a few sandflies and went to bed blissfully happy each night.

The perils of a coiled power supply cord Some caravanners are connecting a 230 volt power supply, via a lead, that is “coiled on a reel”, which is not completely “uncoiled” from the cable drum.This is not good practice. Here is why.

Editorial: A long hot summer As we move towards summer the cabbage trees are in full and generous flower, the sign of a long hot summer to come, I am told.

8 days a week and 8 years to celebrate On the 31 December 2023 our inclusive, national camping club will be 8 years old. The All Points Camping Club was officially launched 31 December 2015. It’s been a journey and a half.

Get on Ya Bike For the novice cyclist, the historical Karangahake Gorge cycle/walking track — along the old railway embankment— is a safe and gentle way to introduce an inexperienced cyclist.