25-28 March 2017 Ahipara, Southern end of 90-Mile Beach

Powered site at the Ahipara site

Another campsite we have returned to - after some nights freedom camping, we needed some laundry facilities!  This Ahipara Campsite - not far from Kaitaia  - is a lovely location and quite sheltered by trees from the roaring waves of that unforgiving West Coast Surf. 

the empty campsite at Ahapira

There's a storm forecast, and the humidity high. So here I am typing this with the Air-Con on in a fully-powered-up caravan and thank God for this NZMCA wireless rural broadband (expensive though it is).

here we are!

A bonus to us campers - Bedz Fish and Chip shop down the road offers excellent 'Maori Fish' (a delicious traditional Pacifika dish made with mixed raw fresh fish (white mainly and sometimes shellfish too), with coconut milk and lemons and peppers ('capsicum' here). Yum!

Again - no poisoning here (but I suspect the golf course next door poisons the rabbits). But the insect and bird life is amazing. Quails walk around rather than Weka.

Ahipara - Southern peninsular

Maori land nearby - the North view over the Southern end of 90-mile beach

Having done a quick calculation about our travels so far, we are averaging $13 per night for campsite costs for the whole 2+ months we've been away - not bad eh? Tomorrow, we head off to another Freedom Camping site - Southbound to the Bays....and we really must book that South Island Ferry (Blenheim Air Show at Easter Weekend)!. :)