Camping in Putangirua

Our first campsite is the Department of Conservation campsite at Putangira, it is a pretty ideal location, it is beside the Putangirua Stream with views of the Cook Strait and a beach just across the road. 

Christmas Camping trip on the Bike

It’s our first Christmas in New Zealand and we are not fully up to speed with the Kiwi way of life yet. Many New Zealanders seem to take their main annual holiday over the Christmas period. Christmas also coincides with the school summer holidays here and it is not unusual for families to take the whole of January off work.  We had not managed to get a holiday organised and so we went shopping in the Kathmandu sale and purchased a tiny tent and some very posh sleeping bags and then set off on the bike for a little adventure.