Category: New Zealand

The small town of Kaka Point sits right on the ocean, but yesterday we were only granted a mile of coast riding between our exit from the hills and our turn up to the campground. This morning as we continued north, we were granted an additional mile, but that was it, as the road turned…

We packed up camp and moved over to the “kitchen” to make breakfast, which has become normal for us at New Zealand campgrounds. Except this DOC site isn’t a holiday park, so there are no stoves inside and that’s why “kitchen” gets quotes. It felt weird setting up our own gasoline-burning stove on the counter…

Part of the value of our roof last night was the rain, and the showers were forecast to continue a bit into the morning, but with a sheltered overhang we could get the bikes packed and wrapped before we headed out into it. We tried to dally as long as possible, but our host dropped…

The “don’t know how to behave in a campground” morons next to us must have eventually passed out drunk or something (or we did, from one shared bottle of wine!), because they failed to keep us up all night. Easy breakfast in the good kitchen meant we were out by 8:30am. Traffic coming into Invercargill…

The campground was already one of the most-comfortable we’ve ever stayed in, but it cemented its position by drying every bit of condensation from the tent before I packed it up. Is this a service that can be added to other campgrounds?! The ease of packing up, plus the proximity to the kitchen and bathrooms…