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Dargaville Museum and PDS
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The Dargaville Museum provides an excellent collection of pioneering history as well as a PDS and overnight parking for self contained vans. You get a great view over the town and the Northern Wairoa river.
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Kauri Coast Top 10 Holiday Park
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The Kauri Coast Top 10 Holiday Park provides a luxurious camping experience close to both the Trounson Park forest and the Kai Iwi Lakes.
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Trounson Kauri Park Campsite
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Trounson Kauri Park Forest is a special place, with 586 hectares of forest reserve and farmland have been managed as a 'mainland island' by the Department of Conservation. Experience walking through our native forest, and listening to the regenerating bird song There are only a few places like this left in New Zealand..
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Pouto Marine Hall Campground
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The Pouto Marine Hall Campground overlooks the Kaipara harbour at Pouto Point. Famous for its fishing and stunning views, the campground is very popular over the summer holiday season. This is one of the few places where it really is worth driving along 22 km of gravel road to get there.
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Dargaville Parkover
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The Dargaville Parkover is part of the local Information Centre and Woodturners Gallery. They also provide low-cost parking for self-contained vans.
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Waipoua Visitor Centre
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The Waipoua Visitor Centre is run by the local Iwi and has a nice cafe where you can relax and organise forest walks. It's just a short walk from the Campground.
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Kai Iwi Lakes - Promenade Point Campsite
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Promenade Point is the smaller of the two campsites at Kai Iwi Lakes and is on the other side of Lake Taharoa. There is on-grass parking, and a modern toilet, but no showers
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Baylys Beach Holiday Park
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Baylys Beach is a large seaside community on the Ripiro coast not far from Dargaville.The holiday park has plenty of on-grass powered sites and good facilities.
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Kai Iwi Lakes - Pine Beach Campsite
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The Kai Iwi Lakes are one of Northland's iconic attractions. The campsite at Pine Beach offers provides on grass parking set back a little from Lake Taharoa, and is a great location for water sports, fishing, and going for long walks. There is another campsite at Promenade Point.
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Matakohe Kauri Museum
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The Matakohe Kauri Museum is one of Northland's iconic attractions, attracting busloads of visitors all year round. It is easily our largest museum focussed on our early pioneering history, with the emphasis on logging and digging for kauri gum. This is a must see attraction for history buffs, and self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight.
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Kaiwaka Sports Complex
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The small Northland town of Kaiwaka boasts a large sports complex which is located away from the main road. Parking is available alongside the tennis courts and has been made available for free overnight parking for self-contained motor caravanners. Check with Jaques Four Square Store for availability and keys for the showers.
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Paparoa Motor Camp
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Paparoa is a small country town on State Highway 12, roughly halfway between Brynderywyn and Dargaville. The Motor Camp is off the main road, and offers a quiet rural setting that is just a short stroll from the shops, cafe, pub, and an award winning restaurant. There is 5 km walk to an ancient Maori Pa Site to help with the exercise.
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Dargaville Campervan Park
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Dargaville Campervan Park is located right in the town centre across the road from Countdown and the Warehouse.
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Dargaville Countdown
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The Countdown supermarket in Dargaville has a large sealed carpark with plenty of room for large vans.
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Dargaville Caltex PDS
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The Caltex Service Station in Dargaville has a public dump station that also includes fresh water for refilling your tanks.
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Twin Bridges Reserve
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Twin Bridges Reserve is nestled in the fork of the Mangakahia River and is available for self-contained motor caravanners to park overnight.
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Pouto Point Carpark
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The beach at Pouto Point is located at the northern entrance to the Kaipara harbour. Home to the largest scnapper breeding ground in New Zealand, it is as very popular location for fishing, as well as for camping and exploring the long coastline.
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Kellys Bay Reserve and Campground
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Kellys Bay is a small rural seaside community with a beautiful beach, great fishing, and a basic campground just across the road from the beach. While the campsite is basic, the location is stunning. A great place to enjoy the real New Zealand.
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Matakohe Holiday Park
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Matakohe Holiday Park is located in a quiet rural environment, overlooking the river, and just a short walk from the Matakohe Kauri Museum.
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Pahi Beach Motorcamp
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Pahi is a small rural community on the banks of the Kaipara harbour and is well known for its huge Moreton Bay Fig tree and good fishing. The council-owned campsite is very busy over summer, but would make a nice seaside getaway in Spring and Autumn.
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Tinopai Motor Camp
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Tinopai Motor Camp is at the entrance to the tiny country community of Tinopai, about 30 minutes drive along a sealed road from Matakohe. It's a beautiful country seaside location, with a long walk to the pier, and great fishing.
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Dargaville Mobil PDS
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The Mobil Service Station in Dargaville has a public dump station.
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Mangakahia Rd Rest Area
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There is a small rest area along Mangakahia Rd on the country road from Mangatapere to Kaikohe. Self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight.
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Waipoua Campground
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The Waipoua Forest is one of our iconic attractions, featuring some kauri trees that are over 2,000 years old. There are well maintained walking tracks through the forest, and bus loads of visitors arrive all year round.
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Glinks Gully Campground
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Glinks Gully is a small seaside community on the Ripiro Coast. Typical of the west coast, it has a long, surf beach and is a popular holiday location for the 'townies' working in Dargaville.
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Aratapu Tavern
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Aratapu Tavern is located just before the small rural town of Te Kopuru on the Pouto Peninsula. A good location for a country pub meal, it offers free overnight parking for self-contained motor caravanners.
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Dargaville Holiday Park
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Dargaville Holiday Park is next to Selwyn Park and the swimming complex, making it an excellent location for a family camping holiday while still in a town environment.
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Ruawai Wharf Car Park
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Ruawai is a small country town just south of Dargaville and sited alongside the Kaipara harbour. The wharf carpark is a large metaled area adjacent to a reserve with clean toilets, picnic tables and with a children's playground nearby. Self-contained motor caravanners can stay overnight.
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The 3 Furlongs Hotel
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The 3 Furlongs Hotel in Kaiwaka has made their carpark available to motor caravanners in certified self-contained vans. Meals and drinks are available at the hotel.
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