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Oparau Roadhouse and Bills BackpackersCommercial organisation |
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North Island ▷ Waikato ▷ Kawhia |
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Reviews
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Friendly staff -
Clean toilets
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Free for campervans
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Nice views
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Quiet
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Limited card payment options
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Wonderful place at bill and brenda roadhouse!
auré bis -
Nice spot close to the road.
Pauline -
Fantastic little place.
Michaela -
Very nice place at Bill and Brenda's roadhouse.
Doreen Gendel -
Awesome!
Peter
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Nice spot close to the road.
Lot of space and very clean toilets. Friendly staff and you can even buy food. Would recommand if you want to take a nice gravel road to Raglan.
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Free for campervan.
Clean Toilet. Dump station. Tables. Views. Shop. Fuel station. Safe. No noise.
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As all the other reviews say, this is an awesome stop-over.
Registered inside the shop to freedom camp at the roadhouse. Serve hot food until 5.30/6, shop open until 7, incredibly friendly staff and loos open all night. Highly recommend staying here.
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Great little free spot with beautiful views and super kind and generous staff.
No AU payWave or AU credit card facility so have some cash.
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Great spot, next to the road but was considerably quiet for our stay in the middle of jan.
Toilets our clean, staff are very friendly and you get a great view! Highly recommend and was free for non- powered or $5 for powers.
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Feels very safe well kept for a free site.
Lovely staff in the shop
Staying for 3 days fly-fishing in the area
So cool they let people stay for free but will make a donation anyway
Cheers Dave
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Great location, we were on our own the night we stayed, felt safe as we were made very welcome by the shop owners, hot food available to 6pm, great selection of groceries in store also.
Flush toilet facilities and great breakfast menu available the next morning with a very friendly greeting in shop.
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Plenty of grass (with gravel areas for the bogging averse), elevated with a view across some of the classic NZ rolling green farmlands this, we couldn’t believe the unpowered space was free.
Winter review:
A welcoming space outside of Kawhia, we arrived here at dusk mid July after visiting the Te Puia/ Kawhia hot water beach
The owner was so friendly and the toilets (around the back) was clean.
Great to have shop next door to buy basics as well as get hot food & coffee. Petrol also!
It’s by the SH31 so some car noise is normal.. but there wasn’t much traffic in the heart of winter so it was a most peaceful place to stop
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Awesome free camping spot with lovely views and nice grassy area with table's Its free so how can you not love it , great spot to stay after the hot beach
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Midwinter campervanning (late June 2020).
We were the only ones at this flat grassy spot next to the Roadhouse. Paid $5 for the one power hookup. Toilet basic but clean; dump station; no potable water but friendly staff pointed us in the direction where locals get their spring water. Good spot to stock up on basic foods if you’re spending time in this rural area.
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Fantastic little place.
They have 1 powered site that is $5, otherwise non powered is free. Dine in/takeaway dinner, fuel, toilets, shop - no complaints here. The people are lovely! Very helpful.
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Not a lot to add - this is an excellent and free site.
Amazing shop for such an isolated place. Good breakfast in the morning.
Very helpful and friendly owners and staff.
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Free campsite, clean toilet.
Place is pretty nice but owners.. The most friendly and helpful people in the world! Also, you can be suprised because is possible to buy everything in their shop! 10/10. Thank You Bill.
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0nly a 9 because they're basically out of water and that's not their fault.
Great spot, and FREE! Friendly, helpful owners. Little road noise from time to time but otherwise super. Great views. Get in early (before 5) to get the best spots.
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Nice outlook, cafe stops cooking at 630 and not much else around for food.
We had an unhealthy meal of pies and fried chicken (not free or discounted despite being the last remaining from the day- we wouldn't normally expect otherwise except quite a few people have mentioned free food.) They have quite a lot of grocery items and petrol. Good free spot tho not much around apart from the hot water beach.
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Nice spot close to the road.
Lot of space and very clean toilets. Friendly staff and you can even buy food. Would recommand if you want to take a nice gravel road to Raglan.
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Free for campervan.
Clean Toilet. Dump station. Tables. Views. Shop. Fuel station. Safe. No noise.
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As all the other reviews say, this is an awesome stop-over.
Registered inside the shop to freedom camp at the roadhouse. Serve hot food until 5.30/6, shop open until 7, incredibly friendly staff and loos open all night. Highly recommend staying here.
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Great little free spot with beautiful views and super kind and generous staff.
No AU payWave or AU credit card facility so have some cash.
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Great spot, next to the road but was considerably quiet for our stay in the middle of jan.
Toilets our clean, staff are very friendly and you get a great view! Highly recommend and was free for non- powered or $5 for powers.
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Feels very safe well kept for a free site.
Lovely staff in the shop
Staying for 3 days fly-fishing in the area
So cool they let people stay for free but will make a donation anyway
Cheers Dave
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Great location, we were on our own the night we stayed, felt safe as we were made very welcome by the shop owners, hot food available to 6pm, great selection of groceries in store also.
Flush toilet facilities and great breakfast menu available the next morning with a very friendly greeting in shop.
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Plenty of grass (with gravel areas for the bogging averse), elevated with a view across some of the classic NZ rolling green farmlands this, we couldn’t believe the unpowered space was free.
Winter review:
A welcoming space outside of Kawhia, we arrived here at dusk mid July after visiting the Te Puia/ Kawhia hot water beach
The owner was so friendly and the toilets (around the back) was clean.
Great to have shop next door to buy basics as well as get hot food & coffee. Petrol also!
It’s by the SH31 so some car noise is normal.. but there wasn’t much traffic in the heart of winter so it was a most peaceful place to stop
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Midwinter campervanning (late June 2020).
We were the only ones at this flat grassy spot next to the Roadhouse. Paid $5 for the one power hookup. Toilet basic but clean; dump station; no potable water but friendly staff pointed us in the direction where locals get their spring water. Good spot to stock up on basic foods if you’re spending time in this rural area.
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Awesome free camping spot with lovely views and nice grassy area with table's Its free so how can you not love it , great spot to stay after the hot beach