My girlfriend and I love this place, have stayed in summer, winter and plan to head back again.

+ Fantastically cheap, $5 power hookup and obviously free to not,

+ Toilets couch toilets and cleaned daily,

+ Right on the lake which is perfect for a swim in summer,

+ Right next to the bus stop cafe which has some awesome food and is reasonably priced,

+ Awesome views of the surrounding woods and lake

We love this place, it's a little out of traditional tourist stops but if you like quiet and calm head here for a stay.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

We stayed here for 1 night after a day in QT.

$20pp power.

+ Lake front pitch so had a lovely view of lake and remarkables,

+ Quiet except for odd plane taking off during day,

+ Big communal kitchen area/comfy lounge,

+ Big clean 'main' toilets and showers.

- Not a friendly greeting atall which unfortunately put everything else into sour tinted glasses for me. Although I gave a very cheery good afternoon to the man he merely looked at me, didn't acknowledge me as a customer until I asked if we could have a powered site for the night to which he's matter of factly replied "$40, fill in these details" whilst almost thrusting a pad of paper at me then "cash or card?" No smile, no please, no thank you after paying.

- Wifi hotspot coverage was awful except next to main terminal in kitchen area.

- What I assume is the camper-van only toilets had no light.

Overall for $20pp expect much better than this place.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

Awesome!!

Very cool to see the seals lazing around on the beach, rocks and grass area and too also see seal pups bounding about.

You get fantastic views from the lighthouse so the horrible steep steps are worth it when you get up there :)

Reviewed over 11 years ago

We stayed here for 1 night on a powered site.

$15pp.

+ Very friendly owner guy,

+ Toilets and showers very clean and tidy.

- Showers cost $2 for 6 minutes,

- Only 1 sink in kitchen and got feeling was a family home I'd intruded in.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

We stayed here for 1 night after a day whale watching.

We stayed on power and it was $12pp

+ Fantastic views,

+ Friendly staff member,

+ You have use of facilities in goose bay which are clean and spacious. Although they are 1km down the road at the office,

+ We saw a couple of seals playing in morning but no dolphins.

- Onsite facilities not worth the money, 1 flush toilet for men and 1 for women and the women's didn't have a lock on.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

We've stayed here on 2 occasions both for 1 night.

+ Free,

+ Lovely area with direct access to beach,

+ Surprisingly sheltered from the wind,

+ Nice cycle route around estuary.

- Can only stay for 1 night at a time,

- On a Saturday night there was 1 occasion of a car wheel spinning out of car park.

+/- There is a toilet but it is locked over night.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

We stayed here for 2 nights on power.

+ Cheap. $10 for 2 adults on power,

+ Clean tidy little spot,

+ Shower, washing machine as well as normal facilities.

- Toilets very basic and unkept,

- No welcome at all from wardens.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

We stayed at this site for 3 nights.

+ Free,

+ Fantastic views of bay and South Island mountains,

+ Nice area with good space,

+ Just around the corner from seal colony,

+ Picnic benches all over,

+ Hot food truck there,

+ Can stay up to 21 nights,

+ Really quiet during day and night,

+ Toilets clean and open over night.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

We stayed here for 1 night on a power site.

$17pp.

+ Big open space to park,

+ Clean but dated facilities,

+ Friendly staff member,

+ Great location, views from the beach were awesome.

- Quite boggy field at the time,

- No soap in any off the toilets,

- Lock in men's cubicle toilet broken.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in June 2013

We stayed here for 1 night on a powered site and it was $35 per site although summer rates are $60 per site.

+ All facilities top draw,

+ View and location is fantastic,

+ Reasonably priced in winter although wouldn't go in summer,

+ Lots of pitches.

- Pitches quite close together,

- There's a couple of public walkways through camp so a constant stream of walkers and runners going past.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in June 2013

Lovely walk (Although seems all uphill the way there, I kept hoping for a downhill stretch but no).

Fantastic views when we reached the very scenic lakes. Really nice walk.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in June 2013

We popped in for a short stop on our east cape exploration and ended up staying 7 nights due to their great winter deal.

$16pp power.

+ Very friendly staff,

+ Fantastic location and views. Is right on the beach and nice a close to Cooks Walkway,

+ Nice big spread out area to camp in,

+ Clean if a little dated facilities.

- In the men's showers 2 stall doors didn't shut properly due to the door hitting the seat in the stall,

- Kitchen a little dated, window panes missing.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in June 2013

We meant to stay here for 1 night but it progressed to 3.

$16pp power.

+ Great location, right on the beach but close to town,

+ Very clean and tidy facilities,

+ Good wifi coverage,

+ Games room with telly and table tennis table (where unfortunately I took a beating from my very competitive girlfriend,

+ Very friendly staff.

- Only sour point, on our last night it seemed they had hired out a kitchen area for a private gathering of people who were very loud throughout the evening and when they left at some point after midnight they were very loud and swearing. In morning we saw some empty alcohol bottles from their passing.

Great place to stay if visiting Gisborne.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in June 2013

We stayed here for 3 (very windy nights) but loved it.

+ Toilets are clean and open all night,

+ Fantastic location, 1 side is beach the other is lagoon,

+ Free!!

+ Lovely benches overlooking the sea.

+/- It is a car park that is frequently visited by dog walkers and people looking at the view.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in June 2013

Lovely little campsite where we stayed for 2 nights.

+ Free,

+ Fantastic views and location,

+ Long drop toilets clean and not smelly.

- The toilet is a bit of a trek back up the road away from some camping spots.

Not a negative but the 2 nights we were there it was very windy in the inlet. Almost rocked to sleep in the van.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in May 2013

We made the long journey down to this campsite (Although I got us a little lost by not reading the map properly) and stayed for 1 night.

+ Free,

+ Fantastic views and location,

+ Long drop toilets not smelly,

- Toilets flooded in the rain,

- Track to the beach too muddy and perilously slippery to traverse.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in March 2013

We stopped in here for a couple of nights when looking to find work in Hastings and loved the welcome and location so when we found work we spoke to the manager (Noel) and he was nice enough to give us

a deal for our 3 month stay. Normal price is good anyway ($25per power site)

+ Cheap,

+ Very, very friendly manager (Noel) was awesome and chatty every time we spoke, loves a "Sweet as" :)

+ Fantastic location, right on the beach front,

+ Awesome views,

+ Friendly ducks roaming the grounds as right next to lagoon,

+ Has some residents there but all are really welcoming and friendly.

+ All facilities very clean and looked after,

+ Lucky enough to be there when a pod of killer whales swam past. Awesome!!

- BBQs were quite dirty and didn't seem to work,

- No wifi,

We loved our stay and called it home for quite a while. May end up heading back before we head home too. Great place and lovely surrounding village. Sweet As!!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in March 2013

We stayed here for 2 nights.

+ Free,

+ Clean flush toilets,

+ Spacious,

+ Right on the beach front,

+ Awesome views,

+ Shops, bar, takeaway just a 1 min walk up road.

- No sink to wash hands in male toilets,

- Gets quite busy in summer but loads of room.

Really nice place to stay and get quite a cool sunrise here too.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in February 2013

We stayed here for 1 night, could have easily been more.

+ The sites are right on the beach which almost seems like a private beach,

+ Ridiculously fantastic views,

+ Very friendly welcome and staff,

+ Loads of room to choose from,

+ Shower very roomy, cold water but in summer was lovely,

- Showers had quite a few wasps buzzing around in them,

- Toilets long drop but the drop isn't very long anymore,

- No toilet roll in any of the cubicles, male or female.

Loved it though was a nice $20 per site and is a great place to stay before exploring up to the Cape or after.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in February 2013

We stayed here for 1 night on the drive down.

+ Free....what's not to like about that price,

+ Toilets open all night and are flush toilets,

+ Fantastic views over the water to the Coromandels,

+ 30 sec walk to fantastic fish and chips,

+ Very large area,

+ Feels safe and comfortable.

Nice place to stop if driving through.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in February 2013

We stayed here for 2 nights and loved it.

$18pp on power site.

+ Very friendly welcome from helpful staff and or owner which continued for our stay,

+ Lovely heated pool and spa,

+ Good very clean facilities,

+ Dinosaurs about the place :)

+ Fantastic location, just 30 secs from the lake,

+ Good wifi strength across camp,

+ Kayaks and bikes available for cheap hire,

+ Spacious pitches including own picnic bench,

+ Hedges for privacy,

Would definitely return here if we went back to Rotorua as we had a lovely time.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in February 2013

We stayed here for 2 nights and it was $20pp on a power site.

+ Ensuite for camper-van a really nice touch and kept really clean,

+ Very quiet which is a slight surprise as quite close to state highway,

+ Nice kitchen and BBQ facilities,

+ Friendly staff,

- No wifi at the site even though rang up in advance and it was confirmed to us that they did,

- BBQ was dirty,

- Male owner was a little invasive with being friendly. Intruding to ask us questions.

Was pleasant and the Ensuite alone is quite cool. Great ice creams from the sheep world bit too :)

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in February 2013

We stayed here for 1 night and it was not planned but we missed the last ferry across for the evening so need somewhere....glad we did.

+ Very friendly welcome and nice staff,

+ Good rates to pay,

+ Amazing forest surrounds,

+ Fantastic facilities (Shower&Toilets)

+ Really good onsite wifi and cheap too,

- Seems more like a tent and backpackers place as there was only 1 powered site (We didn't mind that as we were the only powered van there that night) so maybe call and check of wanting to stay here.

We had power and it cost us $20 for the night, that gave us use of the toilets and showers but not the kitchen area. That would have cost a little more.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in February 2013

We stayed here for 1 night just as a stop point.

+ Free,

- Right on the road,

- No overnight toilets,

- Due to map not too sure if we were in right place,

- We started off with a van with a family next to us that decided it was a nice place for a family meal at 10 pm and time for some fishing. They stayed beyond midnight despite 3 children all under 10 including a baby. Needless to say we moved away but could still here the kids shouting and throwing cans about.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

We stayed here for 1 night on a powered spot.

$22pp.

+ All the facilities were really clean and tidy. (Laundry/toilets/kitchen)

+ The Internet coverage was fantastic and had a Internet caravan too.

+ Friendly staff.

- Very tight and compact sites. Seemed like the tent sites didn't have any where to park their cars so encroached on the power sites a bit.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

We stayed here for 1 night in our van.

+ The views were fantastic.,

+ The space available is awesome,

+ The whole area with walks to the beach and around we're really nice.

- Our 1 main sticking point was that the toilets were locked overnight which annoyed us as the toilet was in the description.

It was $6pp

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

We stayed here for 1 night so we could go for a dip in the waterfall early next morning.

+ Toilets are nice and clean long drops. Their open all night.

+ Location is fantastic, 1/2 trek to a fantastic waterfall. Well worth the walk.

- Toilets were a bit smelly when the wind caught it.

$6pp for a locked overnight car park. Really nice area too.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013