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Day Trip to Tumbledown Bay, Banks Peninsula
The South Island has taken a hammering in the last 4 days with what was forecast to be the worst storm in 20 years. While it didn't quite live up to it's hype we certainly saw some wild weather. There was substantial flooding around the base of the Port Hills, and in...
Read postThe Wet West Coast (Hokitika and Lake Kaniere)
The West Coast of the South Island is a special place in New Zealand. It's an area with a lot of space (23,000 km² to be exact) and some of the most amazing mountainous scenery you'll ever lay your eyes on. Surprisingly, the West Coast was the only area with remotely good...
Read postCamperMate Becomes NZ's Most Popular Travel App + Reaches 10,000 downloads!
It has certainly been an intense week. It's amazing how much press we've received since last week hitting #1 most popular travel app on the New Zealand app store.At the same time we reached 10,000 downloads. Oarsome! Statistics aside, what really gets the fantastic CamperMate team going is the fact that...
Read postThe All New Version of CamperMate for iPhone/iPad!
Hot on the heels of the new CamperMate Android app, comes the new version of CamperMate for the iPhone and iPad. We are pretty stoked with this version actually, mainly due to a new menu style, faster adding of new locations and a new 'interesting tips' category that allows travellers to...
Read postFree Photos Of New Zealand
Recently CamperMate had a request for some high resolution photos of New Zealand for an overseas publication. Fairly random I thought, as there a quite a few on stock photography websites, however I knew I had a few from my travels. Thought I would post some more here also, on the off chance others were...
Read postAnnouncing The Arrival Of The (new) CamperMate Android App!!
It was tough to admit, but the old version of CamperMate wasn't great..Especially on Android which with the low end devices provided a terrible, almost horrific user experience.It was such a bad performer that we removed it from Google Play, vowing for it to not surface for air until it was...
Read postGore Bay...A Hidden Gem Of The South Island.
Having passed the sign-posted turn off to Gore Bay around 50 times, it was finally time to travel the 1.5 hours from Christchurch to go and check out this hidden gem.At just 21 kilometres off State Highway 1, Gore Bay is a small village of mainly holiday homes mostly of which...
Read postA CamperMate Cruise to the West Coast (South Island, New Zealand)
With all the stress of releasing a brand new version of the CamperMate app, it was time to take a weekend break and head away for a bit of quiet time, in one of the few areas of New Zealand without cell phone reception..Haast, on the wild West Coast! I can...
Read postA Wee Sunday Stroll to Wainui, Banks Peninsula
When someone mentions Banks Peninsula (in the amazing South Island) most people think of Akaroa, the beautiful French flavoured town 84 kms from Christchurch. While Akaroa is a must, it's definitely worth checking out some other areas such as the Southern Bays of Tubledown Bay, or if you're wanting to watch some surfing,...
Read postChristchurch-Kaikoura-Whanganui-Coromandel-Nelson; Tale Of A Classic Summer Roady
Summer time in New Zealand is amazing..The weather is fantastic, Cicadas are making that amazing sound and everyone has a smile on their face no matter what town you pull into. Starting the journey on Xmas eve in Christchurch heading North there is always traffic, mainly due to a large number...
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