Summer 2022 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Nokomai station Dallas Hibbs Up Up ​ Up Nokomai station on the way to Queenstown. We went there as kids; now we take our kids there. © 2022 Dallas Hibbs ​ 1/1 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 2 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Click on image for full view and caption Lotus flower Just a 15min drive from the Whangarei you’ll find Land of the Lotus – Water Gardens and Banana Park. ©2024 Angela Bryan Overnight parking. Just a 15min drive from the Whangarei you’ll find Land of the Lotus – Water Gardens and Banana Park. ©2024 Angela Bryan Playground Just a 15min drive from the Whangarei you’ll find Land of the Lotus – Water Gardens and Banana Park. ©2024 Angela Bryan Lily Pond Just a 15min drive from the Whangarei you’ll find Land of the Lotus – Water Gardens and Banana Park. ©2024 Angela Bryan Hmmm. Something -- go visit and ask Just a 15min drive from the Whangarei you’ll find Land of the Lotus – Water Gardens and Banana Park. ©2024 Angela Bryan Bananas Just a 15min drive from the Whangarei you’ll find Land of the Lotus – Water Gardens and Banana Park. ©2024 Angela Bryan Land of the Lotus Angela Bryan Just a 15min drive from the Whangarei you’ll find Land of the Lotus – Water Gardens and Banana Park. A labour of love for Hugh and Pauline, these gardens are just amazing, a must stopover for all garden lovers. With several options to park up including a sheep fold that you can camp in. What is a sheep fold? you ask, you’ll have to visit to find out. There is also a cabin complete with al fresco kitchen and outside toilet and shower. Take a wander through the many trails that meander through 60 acres of forest and gardens and stop off at the lily pond for some quiet contemplation while the kids occupy themselves at the playground. Check out the slide show above. The bonus is you can buy banana plants, pineapple plants, lotus plants and a multitude of others that this couple lovingly grow. Discounts offered if you fancy spending some time helping in the gardens. 304 Mangakahia Rd, Maungatapere landofthelotus.nz 027 4391572 pauline@landofthelotus.nz ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer a discount for helping in the garden Campground. Not affected by law changes. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 39 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Click on image for full view and caption Bette's family camping back then. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Bette's family camping now ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Family camping… part of my DNA Bette Cosgrove ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer ​ Free camping with a non-fixed toilet. Impossible after law changes. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 13 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

4 Winter 2023 ISSUE 4 BUY PDF CONTENTS Up Camping The Kiwi Way, Winter 2023 ​ Up Featured ‘ Let’s go south for a few weeks ’ ‘How many weeks?’ ‘Eight.’ ‘How about six?’ Greenies on the road : Managing food scraps. Winter's here : Some of our most glorious times camping have been in the winter season. Tips and tricks. Before the cyclone : Freedom Camping Eastern Hawke's Bay, Winter 2022. Kiwi Burn Hut Loop Track : We put it to a family-friendly test: with my toddler (and his dada) in tow, we set out. Self containment changes in brief RV & Camper business services : Self containment, LPG work, electrical work, motorhome work & more. Table of Contents 2 Small town friendly 4 Editorial: The good news 4 One hundred nights a year 4 Winter’s not going to stop Mavis 5 ‘Let’s go south for a few weeks’ 6 Why we chose our Swift Sprite Quattro caravan 7 I am on track 7 Eight degrees of harm 8 Halfway through my 73 days traveling 9 Greenies on the road: Managing food scraps 10 A stove jack 11 It was cold at Mavora Lakes. Plenty of snow around. 12 Winter's here... Tips and tricks 13 Pegs for tough weather 13 Quinneys Bush Family Holiday Camp 14 Get on ya bike 16 Two long blacks and a cheese scone 17 I did it! My very first solo camping and tramping trip! 18 Gold miner Wattie Thompson 19 Before the cyclone : Freedom Camping Eastern Hawke's Bay, Winter 2022 23 Winter at Nokomai Station 23 CampFest — Bulls, 2023 24 Kiwi Burn Hut Loop Track, Mavora Lakes : A family test 26 Waikato west coast road trip 27 Camping as a young family 27 Recipes for camping: Vege Nachos 27 Our morning view, heater on 28 Game: Fill in the grid 29 Kimbolton Sculpture Festival 2023 33 Stop and Stay The Store cafe and camp – Kekerungu (Marlborough) Lakelands Holiday Park , Whanganui 34 NZers go camping: clubs & groups : Life of Van 34 EVENTS — Camping 35 EVENTS — Festivals and show s 36 Self containment changes in brief 37 RV & Camper business services 47 Coffee Time Up Up ​ 1/0

Click on image for full view and caption Coleman model 1 stove. 100 years old and still works like it should… Coleman model 1 stove. © 2024 Mel Taylor, Camping / Hiking : Pots, Stoves and Other Implements of Outdoor Cooking Facebook 100 years old and still works like it should Mel Taylor ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer ​ ​ Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 33 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Click on image for full view and caption I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. Heading to The Burt Tony Knights ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer Bugger it, I’m heading to The Burt Free camping with a non-fixed toilet will be impossible after the law change. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 15 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

1: Spring 2022 ISSUE 1 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Issue 1, Spring 2022 Miriam Richardson Up Buy a copy, subscribe for a year's worth of copies, read it on paper, read it here or read the pdf. The choice is yours. Only $12 a copy delivered, $36 for 4 issues. BUY We bring you travel stories, tips, wonderful places to visit, insight into political changes, some solid information, a crossword: light reading, serious reading and some fun browsing. Enjoy Up Up Your magazine 1/0 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 1 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Click on image for full view and caption Swimming www.gonatural.co.nz Camping au naturel www.gonatural.co.nz Camp au naturel gonatural.co.nz There are many ways to have a summer camping holiday, and everyone has their own reasons for choosing where they camp, how they camp and who they camp with. Some like the resort style camping holiday where everything is laid on for both adults and kids, while others choose to go bush, where they have peace and quiet and can get right down to the basics of camping. And some folk choose to go where they can shed their clothes along with the stresses and worries of every day life. Do you remember those halcyon days as a child when you could run around the house or back yard without clothes and no one thought anything of it. When Mum would strip your togs off at the tide’s edge to rinse the sand off and you’d do the mad dash to the car laughing all the way. As a teenager, that first midnight skinny dip at the beach, just because you could. Ahhh if only we could relive those carefree moments, when it didn’t matter that you were as naked as the day you were born. Well, there are several places around New Zealand where you can camp au naturel , in the buff, clothes-free. Where you can sit out in your camp chair with a good book and feel the breeze on your skin, all of your skin. Where you can lie in the sun for that all over tan and no one is going to bat an eyelid. Where you can go for a swim in the pool or a dip in the hot tub free of the clinging of togs then lie out for a gentle breeze and the sun’s rays to dry you off. Interested? Sounds like it’s too good to be true, but it isn’t. If you want the ‘shed it all’ holiday you’ve got a few choices in New Zealand. There are two commercial naturist campgrounds along with several naturist clubs that are well set up for camping holidays or if you’re lucky enough to find that really isolated spot with no else around to see what you are or are not wearing. There are also several beaches, some close to campgrounds and holiday parks that are frequented by naturists regularly. In fact you can be naked on any beach in New Zealand if you choose to. There is no specific law in New Zealand that prevents anyone from being naked on a beach or anywhere for that matter. Provided you are not engaging in offensive or disorderly conduct, obscene or indecent exposure anyone can go for a skinny dip or get that all over suntan. So why would you want a naked camping holiday? Why not? For starters there are the health benefits of sun exposure and vitamin D. Keeping in mind you still have to be sensible and use sunscreen or cover up when it gets too hot. Creating a positive body image is not easy in today’s world. Self-esteem is greatly enhanced in the naturist lifestyle and our own self-esteem increases when we accept ourselves for who we really are. However, it isn’t until a person gives it a try, that they can experience that concept for themselves. Latest research shows that vitamin D may play an important role in mental health. The recent Mental Health foundation annual awareness week was themed ‘Nature is Key’. We all know that getting out in the fresh air and sun just makes us feel better and all the more so if you are clothes-free. Having a camping holiday without the need for clothes brings a whole new meaning to the word holiday. For starters there is only half the amount to pack. Just imagine getting home and there is only a load of towels to go through the wash and not a mountain of dirty clothes. Get caught in the rain, there are no clothes to try and get dry in the tent or caravan. The kids won’t be rummaging through bags and drawers looking for their clothes every morning, they will be up and gone. And swimming without togs, once you’ve tried it you will never want to wear togs again. The number of different interests and hobbies that one can participate in these days is as wide and varied as the people who go camping, so why not include these within your camping holiday. If you are a seasoned naturist or just think you might like to dip your toe into the world of naturism there are multiple opportunities to include it while you’re camping. For more information check out www.gonatural.co.nz ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer shed your clothes along with the stresses of every day life ​ Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 35 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Summer 2022 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Editorial: A long hot summer Miriam Richardson Up Up ​ Up 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. Let’s make the most of this opportunity to get out and enjoy our country. Take the kids or the grand-kids with you (see Freedom Camping, 1964 ). Try out all the freedom camping spots along your way, spend a night or two at a motor camp while you explore the area. Have a dip in the sea or the river.Explore the far-flung and out of the way places. After these years of turmoil, make the most of this summer break. Our horizon has some troubling clouds. Freedom camping is under threat, rocketing fuel prices make the miles more expensive, climate excesses are taking out roads, and there is some question if all of them can be reinstated, particularly in the more remote places. So this summer: get out there and enjoy it . A very beautiful country is right on our doorstep. Waiting for us. This issue is kindly sponsored by the All Points Camping Club of NZ and NZ Lifestyle Camping. Explore the far flung, out-of-the-way places this summer 1/1 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 2 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Click on image for full view and caption Right to the top of the headland then over to the petrified forest © 2024 Maurie Edwards The petrified forest If for no other reason, the petrified forest is a good enough reason to visit. © 2024 Maurie Edwards Campground © 2024 Maurie Edwards We made it to Curio Bay Maurie Edwards Well we made it to Curio Bay on Monday afternoon, after an 8¾ hour drive. I did the Balclutha to Curio Bay run. Jeeze it’s like Gisborne to Tolaga Bay 5 times non stop. And the road’s crap as well. Lots of soft spots on the fog line where the seal has been squeezed out of the holes and looks like 9 or 10 inches from top to bottom. Then there’s the normal refills that aren’t working or didn’t work. I guess the message is, the roads around the country are generally not fit for purpose, so drive and be very wary — scan the road 30 or 40 meters ahead so you can mitigate the risks. I guess I’m lucky. I had good patient teachers in the military, on trucks with power steering by arm and shoulder movement only. Anyway, greeted by reception and allocated a site. We asked for as close to the amenities as possible as we are broken arses. No worries, got a great site. Hauled out our new air tent and with some glitches got set up in about an hour. Cook a feed, take meds, do washing up, tidy up and hit the sack. Day two, up at sparrow fart and do a recce, have breakfast then off exploring. Right to the top of the headland then over to the petrified forest. If for no other reason, the petrified forest is a good enough reason to visit. The sites are natural land and each site is surrounded by mature harakeke. The first sound you are greeted by is something that sounds like it’s a stuka of WW2 vintage. Then you start bleeding and realise its fekin Curio Bay sandflies. Despite the bombers it’s a pretty good camp. For a few nights or a day trip it’s a pretty cool place. n The Catlins, Southland, Photos © 2024 Maurie Edwards STATUS: Campground. Not affected by law changes. ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer Despite the fekin Curio Bay sandflies bombers it’s a pretty good camp. ​ Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 5 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Click on image for full view and caption Taihape: the perfect stopover place Taihape facilities ©2024 Peter Scott Taihape sign for the loo. ©2024 Peter Scott Shower and loo ©2024 Peter Scott Under cover sink for doing dishes ©2024 Peter Scott Corner of Weka and Kōkako Sts Turn at MacDonalds and go 500m to the show grounds. Memorial Park, driveway on the corner of Weka and Kōkako Sts. ©2024 Google street view Taihape main street Taihape main street. ©2024 Google street view Taihape: the perfect stopover place Peter Scott Okay, listen up, this is new. When travelling the North Island, Taihape has become the perfect stopover place. The local council has gone to extreme trouble and cost to provide the best stopover place in the country. Turn at MacDonalds and go 500m to the show grounds. Memorial Park, driveway on the corner of Weka and Kōkako Sts. Plenty of room to park up and a new facility to enjoy. Cnr of Weka and Kokako Sts ©2024 Google street view Large camper parking is on the gravel area before turning left into the sports parking car park. (Oh, and, Saturday morning sports…) Free facilities include an outside food prep area, toilets, and showers. All councils should be thinking like this… taihape.co.nz Water fill: Kuku St, behind the Town Hall Dump station: Linnet St Dog park: Robin St Laundromat BP and Mobil Taihape Community Garden Taihape Musicians Club, every Friday night, 7pm Taihape main street, right ©2024 Google street view Freedom camping in Rangikei The Rangitikei District Council, since the 2023 law change, says, for council land: “people can effectively freedom camp wherever they like.” They ask that you “be aware of your surroundings, other people, litter, and comply with other bylaws and laws.” ckw.nz/rangitikei-free-camp ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer Okay, listen up ​ Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 19 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Click on image for full view and caption Best pullout kitchen at Campfest 2024 ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Best pull-out kitchen at Campfest Bette Cosgrove ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer ​ ​ Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 31 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org