Between them they have over 240 years of camping experience.

Family camping… part of my DNA for 60 years.

Let one person in authority know you want to protect your right to freedom camp on public land.

Haere rā everyone. Shame we can’t stay longer.

No more freedom camping for these responsible campers. No room for a fixed loo…

The original camper truck in 1973 was aFord Trader .

Hammock time, Tokomaru Bay

Six solo camping women gathered beside the camp fire one autumn evening at the Viking Odyssey Weekend in Norsewood.

Packing the van for a weekend at the Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2024. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove

There are multiple fixed toilet options to meet your space and budget.

You may be surprised to learn when you are and aren’t actually freedom camping

I’m about to swap out my portable toilet for a composting waterless toilet in my camper van.

Fire circle on a still Autumn night. Magical. 
©2024 Bette Cosgrove

Freedom van camping ©2023 Bette Cosgrove

A multi-generation caravan and great great grandchild. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove

Q. What’s better than a gourmet snag on some fresh Turkish bread, with relish, cooked and eaten outdoors while freedom camping?

Camping at the Eketahuna campground, April 2024 ©2024 Bette Cosgrove

The Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation 2023 / revised Freedom Camping Act 2011 presents significant challenges for councils across New Zealand as they strive to comply.

Ready for sunbathing and a book. Morrisons Bush. ©2023 Bette Cosgrove

No end to confusion and misinformation out there about what is lawful or required to be a freedom camper. No consistency. No fair control of freedom camping.

Pippa in the hammock

We always take Pippa with us and she loves the adventures as much as we do. I thought I’d list a few of the resources I’ve found helpful on our travels with our furry family member, but this is by no means a definitive list.

This remote and extraordinarily beautiful part of the Pacific Coast Highway is fully open and welcoming campers for the summer season.

SH32, SH45, SH60: Do you know them?

Nobody knows. The Ministry has made some guesses.

Gisborne District Council have very clear freedom camping bylaws which demand waste management, #leavenotrace principles.

The new regulations require all black waste tanks to be vented, including those tanks that are part of a cassette-type toilet.

When you decide to move camp to a sunnier spot mid morning. ©2024 Beverley Stoneley

Sunday morning caravan Lego with our boys, Eddie and Boston.

No, this is not about 12 weeks of coffee tasting around the South Island in a small van by a couple of over 80s