November 13th, 2019
Today was just a travel day although I took any scenic route
I could as the Banks Peninsula is full of fantastic vistas. I took my time leaving Otains Bay, doing some
yoga and jogging on the beach then making a nice breakfast (gotta take advantage
of having a toaster in a paid campground!).
As usual, the drive was gorgeous.
I stopped for a short hike up an interesting little geographical
feature which I noticed on my way to Otains Bay the day before. There’s a little land bridge over to a small
peninsula and the land bridge has a few little rocky humps, almost making it
look like the Loch Ness monster, or in my region in Canada, the Ogopogo. It was a nice little walk.
From the high point looking back over the isthmus towards Betty.
I left the Banks Peninsula and headed for a Freedom Camping
spot called Coes Ford. There were 3
different camping areas and a river running between them. Nice place.
I noticed a funny looking truck that had a homemade ramshackle house on
the back of it. Then I saw another, and yet
another. Two of them had signage on the
back including what looked like a chalkboard, advertising where their next
carnival show was at. Carnies must love
this Freedom Camping in New Zealand. I
parked near the river with my nearest neighbor about 100 meters away, although
there was a feral chicken wandering around my area. It was a nice and peaceful evening.
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