This trip began after purchasing tickets to see Elton John in Christchurch and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Dunedin. It became a solo roadie because my husband was unable to leave work, and so I grabbed some last minute tickets to include the Milford Track while I was down there too. Torrential rain at Milford meant that I didn't end up doing the tramp, but the 4 weeks was epic, and I did a lot of bird watching instead! Each specific place will have its own post, but here I just show where I parked up each night, and the cost of accomodation for that night. The whole month = less than $100.
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| Night 1. Palmerston North freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Night 2. Friend's house, Palmerston North. $0 |
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| Night 3. Paraparaumu Beach freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Night 4. Paraparaumu Beach freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Night 5. Oriental Bay, Wellington (this is legal). $0 |
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| Night 6. Next to Evan's Bay freedom camp, Wellington. $0 |
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| Night 7. Blenheim freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Night 8. Blenheim freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Night 9. Kaikoura freedom camp. $0 |
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| Night 10. Kaikoura pub van park (One free camp was full by mid afternoon, the other one felt unsafe so I moved on) . $20 |
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| Night 11. Cheviot campground. $25 |
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| Night 12. New Brighton Beach freedom camp car park (one of about 8 in a row along this street next to the beach, and all were full). $0 |
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| Night 13. Christchurch AirBnB driveway. My son had the room so technically was free for me. $0 |
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| Night 14. Christchurch AirBnb driveway. $0. |
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| Night 15. Katiki Beach North freedom camp. $0 |
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| Night. 16. Friend's place in Mosgiel, Dunedin. $0 |
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| Night 17. Portobello campsite, Dunedin. $25 |
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| Night 18. Warrington Domain freedom camp. $0 |
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| Night 19. Oamaru Harbour campsite. $35 |
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| Night 20. New Brighton Beach freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Night 21. Blenheim freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Night 22. Evan's Bay freedom camp Wellington. $0 |
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| Night 23. Friend's place Lower Hutt. $0 |
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| Night 24. Paraparaumu Beach freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Night 25. Palmerston North freedom camp car park. $0 |
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| Day 26. Rest stop Waipawa. Preparing to return to normal life. |
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