New Zealand
Te Paki Stream — Giant Sand Dunes and the Northern Exit off Ninety Mile Beach
Towering Te Paki sand dunes and the quicksand-prone stream bed that serves as the northern beach exit toward…
Overlanding Trails in New Zealand
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Ahipara Holiday Park
The last real campground before Ninety Mile Beach. Hot showers, a powered pitch and a tide check before…
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ModerateNinety Mile Beach — Ahipara to Te Paki Stream
A tide-timed sand highway to the top of New Zealand.
New Zealand
Bannockburn Sluicings Historic Reserve
Gold-rush tailings carved into eroded pinnacles and gullies above Cromwell, where the Nevis Road finishes up in Bannockburn.
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Cromwell Top 10 Holiday Park
A proper hot-shower, powered-site reset on the Cromwell end of Nevis Road, with Lake Dunstan close by and…
New Zealand
Nevis Crossing — Nevis Valley Gold Rush Ruins Camp
Old gold-rush ground deep in the Nevis Valley, reached by the backcountry 4WD road linking Garston and the…
New Zealand
ModerateNevis Road
NZ's highest public road, gold-rush ruins and fords.
New Zealand
Skippers Bridge — 1901 Suspension Span Over the Shotover
A 1901 gold-rush suspension bridge slung high above the Shotover River at the far end of one of…
New Zealand
Moke Lake Campground
A DOC lakeside basic campsite in a tussock basin above Queenstown. Quiet, scenic, and a short gravel hop…
New Zealand
Mavora Lakes Conservation Park — North and South Mavora Lake Lakeshore Camps
Beech forest, tussock flats and two quiet lakes in Southland, a long gravel day from the Skippers Canyon…