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St James Cycle Trail (Maling Car Park Across Fowlers Pass)
St James Conservation Area is a large area (78,000 hectares) managed by the Department of Conservation, nearby Hanmer Springs in the South Island. DOC purchased the land in 2008 from private ownership and created the 64km St James Cycle Trail in 2010 and a smaller 15km loop early last year. Although far...
Read postKayaking/Canoeing Down The Whanganui River
Whanganui..A city with a population of around 43,000 and New Zealands third-longest river which cuts right through the middle of it. Yet, during the sixteen years that I spent growing up here I'd never known anyone to paddle down it in a kayak. Swimming at Mosquito point, water skiing and a spot of...
Read postA Quick Trip Down The West Coast (Westport to Lake Paringa)
A few years ago, the drive down the west coast of the south island was voted one of the top 10 drives in the world by Lonely Planet. Alongside the trip around the East Cape this would have to be one of my two favourite drives in New Zealand. There is something...
Read postDriving Around The East Cape
Every few years, I like to make the trip around the East Cape of New Zealand. This to me, is like cracking open a bottle of New Zealand culture and taking a shot. Quick, in your face, and it hits home real quick.Too much, too often and you'll find yourself craving...
Read postTravelling to the Catlins
This Canterbury anniversary was the historic 150th running of the New Zealand Cup at Riccarton Park. Rather than get caught up in the mayhem, we decided to head south to the mighty Catlins, south of Dunedin. Mighty because of the beauty, and mighty due to the long drive from Christchurch-something that...
Read postRelocating a Car From Christchurch to Auckland
Last week I used the website www.transfercar.co.nz to relocate a campervan from Christchurch to Auckland, taking mainly the main route (State Highway 1) aside from a detour to Whanganui and around the Bay of Plenty. One advantage to living in Christchurch, is that many people start their campervan journey in Auckland...
Read postRoad Trip to Amethyst Springs on the Wanganui River, Hari Hari (West Coast)
Despite a dreary forecast, it was time to check out the West Coast of the South island, this time Hari Hari about 45 minutes south of Hokitika and with a population of 348. The West Coast on a whole, is sparsely populated which gives you plenty of opportunity to enjoy wide...
Read postHow To Add Or Edit Something on CamperMate
We are super excited about the 'add a location' function we launched a while backbeing well loved by the CamperMate geocaching community.The consistency of the data is important to the whole project, so if you haven'tadded or edited something on CamperMate yet, here's how to do it.To Edit Something on CamperMate...
Read postSafer Travelling with Real-time Road Alerts
Yesterday over Facebook and Twitter we announced the launch of a new function for the CamperMate app, one that we feel is going make travelling New Zealand even easier.If there's been an accident, a slip or there's road works scheduled, you can now tap on 'Road Alerts' in the CamperMate menu...
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