Alex
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North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Tauranga ▷
Gordon Spratt Reserve
3.5/5
two parking lots with 2+6 SC spaces.
good option if all the camps along the beach are full.
toilets by the bigger parking lot closed, the ones by the main building open through evening (not sure if overnight).
the road nearby isn’t noisy, there’s rubbish bins.
there are streetlights around the parking lot, so have some good curtains
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North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Tauranga ▷
Beach Road Reserve
3.5/5
2 parking spaces marked with very faded green lines (it gets checked you parked correctly), gate locked at night.
Was here during weekend and the street, although in probably peaceful neighbourhood, got quite busy until about 11 pm, the morning was the same. Lots of runners and people on walks.
There’s a water fountain nearby and lot of people wander there (it made me a bit nervous, but there wasn’t a reason for that honestly).
Toilets open at night.
At the other end there is Kulim park with two spaces as well, I felt a bit better about that location but it was full.
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North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Tauranga ▷
Waipuna Park
4.0/5
The parking spots are well marked with green lines and spacious enough for the smaller campervans.
Gate closes around 10 as well as toilets, very quiet overnight (felt safe), gets very busy in the morning.
There’s amazing coffee truck with delicious pastries to sweeten the day.
(Don’t expect pretty sights, it’s just a big parking lot in the middle of the city)
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North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Waihi ▷
Tuapiro Reserve
5.0/5
very quiet beautiful spot, with lots of space.
felt very safe. it can get quite windy (as anywhere else). Toilets open at night and well-lit, water fountain and rubbish bin.
there’s a little forest walk which is stunning and heaps of birdlife all around.
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North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Tauranga ▷
Rotary Park
2.0/5
seemed like a nice place but there was a car weirdly parked with desolate state of things around it (thrown around stuff seemingly creating a view of “trash”), the guy claimed it has broken down and asked
me to run some errand for him (there was another campervan next to me, he didn’t ask there).
it would’ve been probably harmless but as a travelling solo female i’m a bit more picky about spots when it comes to feeling of safety so i decided to move on
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Kaikohe ▷
Ngawha Springs
3.5/5
about 43 nzd fee for 2 hour entrance, lots of different temperature pools to try out.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Kaeo ▷
Totara North, old dump site
4.0/5
no toilets (apply Leave no trace rule), but the morning view is beatiful.
Lots of space, perfect stopover for Duke’s nose trail. all in all pretty sweet spot, you can stay pretty far away from the recycle bins.