Night 1- freedom camping

Our first camping trip without the dogs! 🐾 Amy came down from Auckland to house- and dog-sit for us, and it was so nice catching up with her before we headed off.

We had originally planned to go to Mokau, but last week’s big weather event caused the river to flood and left the area pretty soggy. We figured camping on a wet site wasn’t the best idea, so we had to put our thinking caps on for a new destination. Ideally, it needed to be somewhere halfway between us in Tauranga and the Ruddles in Hawera.

We ended up choosing the Tongariro Junction Holiday Park since it has powered sites. We’re on our way to Turangi to meet up with Mark and Karen tomorrow, but for tonight we’ve parked up at the freedom camping spot at the end of Keith and Julie’s street in Hamurana.Read more