WANGANUI-MANAWATU: WANGANUI |
Moutoa Quay
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Moutoa Quay is a premium location for self-contained motor caravanners to park over while exploring Wanganui.
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Maungawhero Falls
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Maungawhero Falls is accessed from a small parking area alongside the Ohakune Mountain Rd, quite close to the Turoa ski fields.
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Turoa Ski Field
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The Turoa Ski Field is on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu and accessed from Ohakune. It is a popular base for skiing and snow-boarding.
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Vinegar Hill Campsite
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The Vinegar Hill Campsite is located in the Putai Ngahere Recreation Reserve and bounded by the Rangitikei river.
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Fielding Waste Water Treatment Plant PDS
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The Waste Water Treatment Plant in Fielding has a well designed public dump station which includes fresh water
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Sanson PDS
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The Sanson PDS has a large access area and offers both fresh water as well as the public dump station.
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Timona Park
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Timona Park is a large reserve in Fielding where there is plenty of on grass parking where self-contained motor caravanners can freedom park.
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Awastone Campsite
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The Awastone Campsite is in a quiet location in the Mangaweka gorge alongside the Rangitikei river.
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Taumaranui Cosmopolitan Club & PDS
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Taumaranui Cosmopolitan Club offers restaurant meals, free overnight parking for self-contained vans, and a Public Dump Station in central Taumaranui and just across the road from a New World Supermarket.
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Springvale Park PDS
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The Public Dump Station at Springvale Park in Wanganui has good access and also has fresh water available.
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The Station Cafe
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The Station Cafe offers a cosy and very pleasant environment for eating out, and self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight on either the sealed carpark or on the grassed area opposite.
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Tongariro Base Camp
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Tongariro Base Camp at the entrance to the greater Tongariro National Park and offers very excellent facilities and is a good base for exploring the area
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Bruce Road Free Camping
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The parking area half-way between Whakapapa Village and Top of the Bruce has been provided by DOC as a Freedom Camping area for self-contained vans
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Dudding Lake
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Dudding Lake Recreation and Holiday Park is set in a rural location south of Wanganui and offers water sports activities and low cost campsite facilities.
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Bartletts Ford
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Bartletts Ford Reserve is a large freedom camping area available for self-contained motor caravanners.
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Cheltenham Hotel
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Cheltenham Hotel advertises itself as 'the best country hotel in NZ' and provides nice hotel meals as well as providing overnight parking for self-contained motor caravanners
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Mangaweka Campsite
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The Mangaweka Campsite is a small campsite on the banks of the Rangitikei river and provides a relaxed comfortable environment.
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Ohingaiti Hotel
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The Ohingaiti Hotel is on State Highway 1 about half way between Mangaweka and Hunterville, and offers overnight parking for self-contained motor caravanners
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Taumaranui Holiday Park
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Taumaranui Holiday Park is just outside Taumaranui alongside the Wanganui River and bordered by 23 ha of native bush.
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Ohakune Top 10 Holiday Park
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The Ohakune Top 10 Holiday Park is next to the Jubilee Park Scenic Reserve, and also just a short walk from the Ohakune town centre
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Whakapapa Holiday Park
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Whakapapa Holiday Park is near the Chateau at the base of the Bruce ski fields. It is very popular both for skiers and for doing the mountain walks.
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Whakapapa Cafe
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Whakapapa Cafe is the watering hole for all the winter skiers and summer trampers. There is a large parking area to accommodate all the visitors.
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Castlecliff Domain
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Castlecliff Domain is a large community facility with beach access parking as well as a large sealed area for the domain.
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Apiti Tavern
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Apiti Tavern is in a small community, where you have enjoy a good country meal and park overnight for a small fee.
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Apiti Domain
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Apiti Domain is a large grassed area where self-contained motor caravanners can freedom camp in a country environment.
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Waimarino Golf Club
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Waimarino Golf Club is close to Ohakune, and allows self-contained motor caravanners to park overnight, as well as access to play golf.
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Mangawhero DOC Campsite
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The Mangawhero DOC Campsite is set in native bush just off the Ohakune Mountain Rd, on the way to the Ruapehu ski fields.
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Horopito School Domain
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The domain at Horopito School is a large grass area that is available for self-contained motor caravanners to freedom camp.
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National Park Rest Area
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On a winter clear day, the Rest Area at the northern entrance to National Park town offers a stunning view of the 3 snow-capped mountains
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Raurimu Spiral View Point
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The Raurimu Spiral View Point is a small reserve which provides a distant view of the Raurimu Railway Spiral. Self-contained motor caravanners can freedom park on the sealed parking area.
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Marton PDS
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The Marton Public Dump Station is opposite the waste transfer station, and is well designed for even large motorhomes and caravans.
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Mt Lees Reserve
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Mt Lees Reserve is a small, sheltered reserve close to Bulls and Sanson. Self-contained motor caravanners can stay overnight.
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Stormy Point Lookout
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The Lookout at Stormy Point is an attraction, not just for the view, but also for the unique series of river terraces that you can see from the viewing platform.
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Cheltenham Reserve
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Cheltenham is a small rural town with a general store and hotel on the corner opposite a small reserve. There is a large parking area in front of the reserve.
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Fielding BP Connect PDS
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The Fielding BP Connect service station has a public dump station for motor caravanners to empty they toilet cassettes.
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Rangatira Golf Club
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Rangatira Golf Club provides overnight parking in its carpark for self-contained motor caravanners.
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Taihape BP - PDS
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The Taihape BP Select has a public dump station and fresh water available for motor caravanners.
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Mangaweka Rest Area
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The rest area on State Highway 1, just before Mangaweka, is set back from the main road and includes a picnic table and rubbish bin.
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Raetihi Holiday Park
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Raetihi Holiday Park is a good base for adventure activities like skiing, trout fishing, hunting and river activities, with a trout stream right next door.
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Snowy Waters Lodge
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Snowy Waters Lodge is the old nurses home that has been converted provide lodge and villa accommodation as a base for exploring the National Park
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Ohakune Club & PDS
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The Ohakune Club offers low cost overnight parking for self-contained motor caravanners, and the option of a nice restaurant meal
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The Crossing
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The Crossing is located between New Zealand's largest ski fields as well as the Tongariro Alpine Crossing and is a backpackers lodge environment.
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Discovery Lodge
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Discovery Lodge offers powered sites that have stunning views of the Tongariro National Park mountains.
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Castlecliff Kiwi Holiday Park
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Castlecliff Kiwi Holiday Park is a short walk from the beach and the large Castlecliff Domain.
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Herlihy Reserve
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Herlihy Reserve has a small parking area for accessing the river. Self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight
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Menzies Ford Reserve
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Menzies Ford Reserve is just out of Fielding, and is a small parking area where self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight.
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Pemberton Corner
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Pemberton Corner is a large rest area where a sign has been set up to commemorate the original Pemberton town established in the late 1880s.
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Coach House Museum
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The Coach House Museum in Fielding has a large sealed parking area where self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight.
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Fielding Holiday Park
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The Fielding Holiday Park is a basic campsite a short distance from the town centre.
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Almadale Recreation Reserve
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The Almadale Recreation Reserve provides free overnight parking for self-contained motor caravanners. Located alongside a stream, there is also a short bush walk.
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Linnet St PDS
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There is a public dump station in Linnet Street in Taihape.
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Taihape South Rest Area
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There is a rest area on State Highway 1 just south of Taihape where you can stop for a break. There is room for large motorhomes.
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Flat Hills Rest Area
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The Flat Hills Rest Area is on State Highway 1, just south of Mangaweka. It is next to a small hilltop reserve that overlooks the Rangitikei river.
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Manunui Club
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The Manunui Club is in a country location close to Taumaranui, and has a large sealed parking area which is available to self-contained motor caravanners for parking overnight
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Raukawa Falls Lookout
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The Raukawa Falls Carpark provides access to the waterfall viewing platform.
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Raukawa Adventure Centre
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The Raukawa Adventure Centre is a YMCA campground which also provides overnight parking for self-contained motor caravanners.
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The Park Hotel
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The Park Hotel is strategically located to all the National Park activities, and includes 3 powered sites and a public dump station for motor caravanners.
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Makatote Viaduct Rest Area
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There's a large rest area looking at the rail viaduct as it crosses State Highway 4. It's a convenient place to take a break and has room for large vans
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Raetihi Cosmopolitan Club
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The Raitihi Cosmopolitan Club offers overnight parking for self-contained motor caravanners.
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Silica Rapids Walk
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The walk to the Silica Rapids starts at the carpark up Bruce Rd just past the Chateau and the Whakapapa Holiday Park
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Mangahuia Campsite - DOC
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The DOC campsite at Mangahuia is a small campsite located alongside the Whakapapa river.
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Bignell St Motel & Campervan Park
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The Bignell St Campervan Park is a clean and tidy, no-frill campsite on the outskirts of Wanganui.
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Wanganui East Club
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Wanganui East Club is a private club that offers self-contained motor caravanners free overnight parking and also restaurant meals on each evening except for Monday.
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Kimbolton Bush Reserve
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Kimbolton Bush Reserve is a small overgrown reserve where self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight on the adjacent grass verge.
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Wanganui Cosmopolitan Club
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The Wanganui Cosmopolitan Club offers free overnight parking in the centre of Wanganui for self-contained motor caravanners.
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