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    Kaiaua

    September 15, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    What a lovely spot, only wish we could stay longer. Alot like rays rest but has trees for abit of shelter. Max 2 nights and yes they check, I heard them at 1.40am lol. There are toilets just a short walk away, rubbish binsspark and wireless nation work well here.Read more

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    Rhodes Park Reserve

    September 17, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    Large open carpark, freedom is sign posted along the back of carpark. Not far from the road but we didnt hear any road noise. Suits large vehicles. Rubbish bins on site, max 2 nights stay, wireless nation and spark both work well here.Read more

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    Tararu Beachfrount north Reserve

    September 19, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    Sunset bay, we just love this spot. Park between the signs, max 2 nights, there are rubbish bins, wireless nation and spark both work well here. Our first night was stormy with a wet day, but it was still really nice here in that weather. This is a must stop as you head up the Thames coast.Read more

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    Matarangi Omara boat ramp

    September 23, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Just about 5k off the main road you will find this peaseful freedom spot. Nice little jetty for fishing at high tide right next to the boat ramp. Park between the signs max 5 campers and max 2 nights stay. Toilets onsite. Pack in pack out, wireless nation and spark work well here.Read more

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    Whitianga nzmca park

    September 25, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Checked out the new spot for the nzmca park in Whitianga, its next to the airport runway but thats fine due to small planes useing it. Nice to watch the comings and goings of the small planes. There is 1 water tap by the sign in shed. Rubbish bins on site and wireless nation and spark both work well here.Read more

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    Tairua freedom, Dumpstation

    September 26, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    On the side of the road on a grass area. Not much traffic, the council keep the grass cut and the dumpstation is clean. Rubbish bin next to dumpstation, 2 nights max, 3 mins walk to beach. Great fishing. Wireless nation and spark work well here. Room for bigger rigs.Read more

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    Pauanui

    September 28, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    So we checked out the freedom at South end reserves, it was full of locals parked up nose or tail facing the sea, a motorhome pulled in just ahead of us and set up so we parked next to them, we were between the posts but out from them. Heaps of small vans arrived parked same way. Was not till 5pm a lical informed us we would all get fines when the inspector came at 7am, so the moho just had room to move , then all the small vans, there was not room for our big rig by this time so made the call to move. We rung John from the pop just up the road and went there, another new member then arrived just behind us due to all the small vans pushing in.

    POP Pukeko
    Lovely spot in front of a batch. 4 houses from the beach ( freedom spot). Toilets and rubbish bins down the beach. So peaseful here with water onsite. There are a couple of walking tracks at the beach also.    Read more

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    Waihi beach, Pohutukawa Park

    October 1, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    What a stunning beach, crazy busy during the day, but peaseful as at night. Toilets, pleanty of rubbish bins. They also have buckets if you feel like cleaning the beach, how cool is that.
    Max 3 nights stay here, wireless nation and spark work well.
    Coffee shop open till midday, dary with takeaways right there also. The fish and chips are the best we have had in a long time.    Read more

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    Rotorua nzmca park

    November 15, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

    10 days parked up at the Rotorua nzmca park. Time flew, had family visit, the hot pools are always great for the body. We meet up with the Kiwi Wanderers for a drink and chat. As we do metal detecting we hung around for a seeded hunt, it was well run and we would go again, there were a lot of great finds, we done ok with a pre ww1 morter round, no the ring is fake. Now where should we head for xmas, hmmmRead more

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    Opotiki nzmca park

    November 25, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Prickles, prickles, prickles, keep footwear on outside.
    Lovely spot, river just behind the fence. The odd motorbike racing around the town, neighbouring dogs not to bad with barking. Nice motu bike track at the end of the street, goes through the sand dunes over a lovely bridge with sea views from time to time. Nice little vege garden, well looked after. Rubbish and water on site.Read more

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    Omaio freedom

    November 28, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Omaio, what a stunning spot, pitty council havent mowed the grass at the freedom spot for sometime, ( over knee hight,)but still was nice to have the place to our selves. Amazing little bay down a dirt, root and rock track with the odd natural handle to hold on to. Pack in pack out. Wireless nation and spark cell work good. Clouds came in over the hills.Read more

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    Te Kaha freedom camp

    Nov 29–Dec 3, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Te Kaha freedom camp

    STUNNING stunning stunning, this really is a beautiful part of our country. Not 1 but 2 beauitful bays for fishing, swimming.park up along the old white fence next to the road. No road noise at night. Toilets , but you must pack in pack out. Wireless nation and spark work well here. Nice to watch the boats come and go throught out the day. The weather has been just as good as this spot. As we drone fish we found a good spot to send the drone out. .
    Locals are friendly we even had a local welcome us.
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    Anaura bay doc campsite

    Dec 5–10, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Just 8kms in from the main road sits this beatiful doc camp, you might need first gear to get up the hill but once at the top, what you see is a beatiful white sand beach that streachers along the coast line, farm animals romming free, the road is sealed all the way. You can use your doc pass here or they have a nightly fee. There are 2 tanks on site to empty your cassette into but be warned it stinks so dont breath 😁. Water onsite but not for drinking. There is so much space here,but booking is best. So peaseful fishing is ok . Wireless nation works good spark is patchy.Read more

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    Gisborne nzmca park

    Dec 10–14, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Nice park with either grass or seal parking spots. 3 clothes lines, rubbish and water on site. Only thing for us was all the boyracers at night, 3 outta 4 nights. Beach across the road and just down the road is a lovely walkway.Read more

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    Oraka Reserve freedom parking

    Dec 14–18, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Very nice, peaseful stay. Parking is just to the left as you drive in, there are small signs on the posts showing you where to park.new flush loos, rubbish bin onsite. Nice lagoon to swim in and not to deep at low tide, it seems to be the local pippy stop. Bit of a walk around at low tide to the rivermouth. Thursday night was packed out with some parking outside of the freedom area. Other nights only 4 of us. This is a 3 night max but due to really bad weather we stayed 1 extra night. Wireless nation ans spark work well.Read more

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    Napier nzmca park

    Dec 19–29, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 19 °C

    Parked up for 10 nights for xmas, very quite even parked up along the track in. Dump station 5 mins up the road. Water on site, nice wee vege garden. Large member shed and across from that a small sign in shed. Golf a ross the road for those that enjoy to chase a little white ball around 😁. This park is so big a dog park would go well there. We had alot of wind in our 10 days here.Read more

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    Clifton Road Reserve

    Dec 29, 2024–Jan 1, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    What a huge space to freedom camp, selfcontained only.
    Clean flush toilets on site.
    Turns out fish werent hungary, apart from a egale ray and baby gray shark, both were released. Our neighbours tried with there long line they only got a baby gray shark. There is a shop just down the road also a nice cafe up the road abit. Now this spot is right next to the road but so peaseful.
    Was a great place to spend New Years eve. Only thing was the big rats running round, ive emailed council.    Read more

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    Te Paerahi beach freedom

    Jan 4–7, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

    Nice beach on the east coast. Not alot of flat spaces, nice new toilets with cold outside shower, cleaned daily. Pack in pack out. Wireless Nation works well here along with spark. A short walk onto the beach. We are still looking for good fishing weather.Read more

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    Dannevirke Service & Citzens club

    Jan 8–10, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Nice club, quite parkup, great for a we stop over. Club meals are so nice make sure not to miss out, Resturant open thursday to sunday.
    We even bumped into Caroline & Gaven whom we meet at the National Nzmca Rally in Reefton last year, also got to catch up with my old boss from 29 years ago.
    Wireless Nation works well along with spark.    Read more

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    Ngawi camping area

    Jan 12–16, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    If the weather was better this would be a beatiful spot. Loo drop loos onsite along with rubbish bins. Due to the bad weather we didnt get to watch the comeings and goings of the fishing boats. A short drive up the road to the cape palliser lighthouse, we were told it was some 240 steap steps to the top. We decided to move back down the road abit and found a lovely spot to park up and fly our lines out from next to our van. Paul got us a feed, I let the team down this time 🙂. For being parked up on the side of the road all we heard were the waves.Read more