Oamaru Top 10 Holiday Park
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Why is SH1 closed?
We woke up to a blanket of snow and it was pretty chilly outside as well as inside our campervan. We ate breakfast and then got ready to set off but somebody informed us that SH1 was closed due to the bad weather. We checked online where it said there would be an update at 12pm but the road was closed until further notice. We assumed the road …
Gathering snacks and supplies
Today was spent getting used to the temperature again as well as
picking up our van from Wicked called "Face" and grabbing all the
goodies we would need for our road trip.
After getting a tiny
bit lost finding our way out of Christchurch we were on the SH1 to find
our first stop over. We weren't quite sure where we were …
P...P...P...Pick Up A Penguin
After our release from jail we picked up our Spaceship camper-van "Marco Polo". Once we were talked through the basics we hit the road to Oamaru via the supermarket.
It was a pleasant three hour drive to our first stop on the way to the Otago peninsular. Once we arrived we had a quick supper and headed out for the town's main attraction …
Mother Nature gets a bit lairy...
TUI BEER BOTTLE QUESTION: On average, how many trees can a beaver cut down in one year?
BONUS TUI BEER BOTTLE QUESTION (because I forgot to put one in last time): What do women do twice as often as men?
Mapua – Merchison – Kohaihai – Rapahoe – Rapahoe – Hokitiki – Franz Josef – Fox Glacier …
Pretty penguins everywhere
We took the opportunity of being in South Island’s largest city, Christchurch, to do some shopping for items to use in the campervan. We also shopped at a large grocery store. We are really limited in space in the refrigerator, or I would have stocked up for a week. As it is, we can only shop a couple of days at a time. We did buy a small …
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TravelPod Member ReviewsOamaru Top 10 Holiday Park
Great site a stay on your NZ trip, everything you might need to make you comfortable.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.