Final winter camp at Lake Tekapo in August
Happy until ‘severe weather’ hit at 5am this morning. Snow on mountains, not on my tyres, which is how I like it. -5.7°C.
Snow on Monday night, stunning days to walk 40,000 steps, up to the Mt John Observatory & back a couple times. Spring camping here I come.
Editorial
Your stories are our stories. Take the photos, and tell us all the small stories as well as the big ones. Changing to 3 issues a year.
Self-containment warrant cards: which ones are valid?
Find out which warrants are valid for freedom camping, Summer 2025/26.
South Island caravan adventure
April is a spectacular time of year to be in this alpine landscape.
Wāhine on Water | Sea Kayakers (WoW SK)
If the idea of camping via sea kayak appeals to you, meet other like-minded women kayakers in our WoW SK community
Love Taupō
We would give the Taupō District council a 7 out of 10 for their updated Freedom Camping Bylaw.
winter-2025
Now we have the power to go off-grid
Our goal was to increase our battery capacity to store more power, and we needed to look at how we charged them, and how to keep track of the power going into and out.
Portable power stations
Extra backup power for low-solar days, or for those who do short journeys: portable power.
Mains electricity & your caravan, for dummies
The power points in the caravan work just like the ones in your house but if you load them all up at the same time you will overload it and it will trip/ turn off.
The Camping Train
We decided to have a camping train as there were 3 events being held during March at Havelock, Nelson and Greymouth.
The All Points Camping Club of NZ
Membership support, Friendly, inclusive camping events, Nationwide savings, Lobbying support for campers’ rights.
Bringing the caravan up to the new self-containment level
I have been working on our 17 foot caravan to bring it up to the new requirements for freedom camping. A big challenge was the toilet.