A few weekend’s ago the Barlow family packed up the Matamata Camper and headed an hour or so north to spend the night on the edge of the Firth of Thames. Literally. Right on the edge. A few minutes south of Kaiaua on the western coast of the Firth of Thames is a long thin strip of land between the coast road and the beach that seems to be very popular with caravaners and motorhomers. Ray’s Rest, it’s called. I...
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When you get to my age – you know, the age when hair starts sprouting out the top of your ears – you figure you’ve pretty much seen everything worth seeing in NZ. Well, figure again. The Matamata Camper’s Waitangi weekend trip took the Barlow family north to Lake Taharoa, the largest of Northland’s three Kai Iwi Lakes. Jean had been threatening me with a trip up there for years. She’s been a number...
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When you have a camper you start discovering places you didn’t know existed. Some are even right on your doorstep.
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For our 2016/17 summer holiday road trip my family headed north – to one of the most popular, least known camp grounds in the country.
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We have some pretty decent spots in New Zealand.
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Napier, I hate you.
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Jean and I have just bought a motorhome.
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