Last weekend Martin and stayed at the Karamatura campground in the Waitakere Ranges. When I was a child my family used to often take visitors to Auckland on the Karamatura Loop Walk, so it's a place I've been many times, although never to stay overnight.
We'd originally planned to camp there in November and to go to Ambury Park last weekend, but it turned out that campsite is closed for the winter so Karamatura it was.
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| This is near our tentsite. It's a stunningly beautiful place, and I loved going to sleep to the sound of running water. |
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| Unlike
the other Council campsites we've stayed out (which have all been $16
ones - this was $9 and hence more basic) there was only one picnic
table. But it came with a most excellent shelter, and for all but one
night we were the only campers, so we mostly kept our stuff spread out
all over it. |
