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Breakfast by the lake
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One of the best thing about traveling with a campervan in New Zealand is that you can park anywhere for the night (public land) as long as you have a fully self contained campervan which means that the campervan is able to store freshwater and wastewater. For a more detailed information, visit this link. Plan your trip so that every 2-3 days you have a camper site that you can park the night to charge your campervan, replenish freshwater, empty out your septic tanks and garbage bin.
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Charging at camper park
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Cooking inside the campervan
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Most places that you plan to visit in New Zealand's north island will have a small town that you can stop by to get petrol and groceries. Again, its best to plan your trip to factor in supply stops so that you wont ran out when you are in the middle of nowhere. Monitor your use of supplies eg. water, electricity so that you can make as little stops as you can and focus on your trip. There is this one night where we had to make an unscheduled stop as the road condition was not safe to drive (heavy fog) and our electricity is close to empty. It was late April so the weather is really cold at night and seeing that our electricity is running dry, we had to crank up the heater from the driver & passenger side as it was running from the campervan's engine for 30 minutes to get the whole campervan heated up and then we proceed to sleep in the cold. We woke up freezing like crazy with mist coming out of our mouth.
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Dumping out septic tank
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Literally the sh*tiest job ever! Dumping out the septic tank is not the best part of traveling with a self contained campervan. Make sure you follow the instruction given for the septic tank especially the part where you put in the tablets that breaks down your waste so it won't be smelly.
Despite the tedious job of dumping out the septic tank, traveling with a campervan is the best way to travel in a country such as New Zealand. You never know where you spend the night and the amazing view that will greet you in the morning. Plus you can stop anytime along your journey and take some photos. Just look at these amazing views!
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After the rain
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That's all she wrote! Stay tuned for more postings soon.
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