Comments on: Freedom Camping Concerns in New Zealand http://travellingk.com/freedom-camping-new-zealand/ Solo Female Travelling Around New Zealand in a Caravan Sat, 24 Mar 2018 20:39:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 By: TravellingK http://travellingk.com/freedom-camping-new-zealand/#comment-2918 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 20:39:05 +0000 http://travellingk.com/?p=1817#comment-2918 In reply to alan.

Hmmm, converting the car is an idea. I really need to get a grey water tank fitted under the caravan – that would help. Glad you’ve found your flow with the parks and DoC sites. I’ve seen some freedom camping sites that are basically a carpark but some feel very similar to a basic DoC campsite. Some good points, thank you.

]]> By: alan http://travellingk.com/freedom-camping-new-zealand/#comment-2873 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:39:40 +0000 http://travellingk.com/?p=1817#comment-2873 Hi Karen, in your latest video you talk about freedom camping concerns. This subject could easily take a 30 minute video to discuss. The anti-freedom camping public, address their outrage and disgust towards foreigners in small sliding door cars and old vans that tourists turn into makeshift campers. For NZers like you with tow car and caravan, there isn’t much of a problem, nor objection. I’ve not come across any foreign tourist who has a tow car and caravan. So you should not get too much anti-freedom public objecting to you, at most they tell you if you are parking in the wrong spot. For me, I cant stand “freedom camping” sites, you feel like a foreigner in your own country and its quite disgusting with everyone jammed into together. There’s no privacy and its an appalling way to travel, interestingly, it is illegal in Germany and UK and Australia to camp out of a car or a vehicle that is not a proper mobile home with running water. Nevertheless, I’m only interested in “dry camping” or “boondocking” as the Americans would say and I will not stay at a motor camp ground,, because I want to prove the extra expense is not necessary. The NZMCA sites are great and so are the DOC sites if you have a DOC pass. For me, I need no other place to stay except the occasional POP site. You feel safe at these places and there are no anti “boondockers” out there knocking on your door. In my opinion all you would need is more water capacity and probably a generator. If you folded down your second row seats in your tow vehicle, you could do this and perhaps add some temporary shelving. Maybe of some use to you. Cheers Alan

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