Being a keen (but not very good) mountain biker it was important to me that all our campervans had bike racks. Fay and Gina had good quality racks when we purchased them but Flo didn’t so we bought and installed a Thule Sport Rack on … Read More
The best dump station in New Zealand for campervans
Over the years I’ve become somewhat of an expert on where to dump waste from our campervans toilet cassette and grey water tank. Well thought out dump stations can make this process a whole lot easier and whoever came up with the design at Queenstown … Read More
Raglan – an easy weekend campervan adventure
New Zealand moved to Level 2 on the 13th May so with two of our campervans back home for the winter, we decided it was high time we got away and Raglan seemed like the ideal destination for an easy weekend campervan adventure. From Auckland, … Read More
Covid-19 in New Zealand
UPDATE 9th June 2020: New Zealand has now moved to Level 1. Here’s the latest information on the current alert level. All our campervans are now off the road and safely parked up and waiting patiently for the all-clear. Our guests have either returned to … Read More
Driving a campervan from Queenstown to Christchurch
Yesterday I set my alarm for super early and got myself onto a 7 am Air New Zealand departure from Auckland to Queenstown. It was one of the rare occasions when Air New Zealand was actually cheaper than Jetstar. I left Auckland in a t-shirt, … Read More
What are RUCs?
RUCs is the nifty little acronym for “Road User Charges” and in New Zealand, that’s what we call the tax applied to all diesel-powered vehicles. In short, it’s a tax. Campervans that run on diesel incur a diesel tax (or road user charge) of about … Read More
Fay now available in December for South Island hire
Well, that was fast! Only yesterday I said this… and Fay was quickly snapped up from 5th January to 1st February. She’s still available though and for some prime dates in December Fancy a quality campervan out of Christchurch from around the 12th December? Head … Read More
Fay now available December and January due to a cancellation
We hate to see someone having to cancel but the unforeseen happens and in this case, it means Fay’s back and available from Christchurch from mid-December and right through January and early February. I guess now is the time to add a reminder that travel … Read More