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Lowburn Harbour
Self-contained campers only, 3 night stay maximum
These camping areas are free for everyone to enjoy, if you follow some simple guidelines:
Don't light fires
Use the rubbish bins provided
Don't exceed the maximum night stay.
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Organisation |
Toitū Te Whenua (LINZ)Central government organisation |
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Location |
South Island ▷ Central Otago ▷ Cromwell |
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Great views of the lake -
Plenty of parking space
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Free camping
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Clean toilets
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Crowded at peak times -
Some toilets not well maintained
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Overflowing rubbish bins
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Lovely spot on a lake.
Ambs -
Stayed 1 night.
Eranda -
Beautiful spot.
Clare & Gerry -
Nice grounds on the lake.
Donna Harbidge -
sehr großer Platz an wunderschönem See.
Lisa
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Nice and quiet place.
Toilets quite good. Plenty of parking. Good phone signal. Possibility to stay here for up to 3 days.
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Beautiful location and very handy for Cromwell.
Basic facilities but it is free. It's a large site but quite popuso gat there early for the best spots with lake views
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Awesome spot, especially considering it's free!
Clean flush toilets, great view, loads of space. Can even come late and still find a spot!
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A big gravel parking next to the lake.
Good spot for swimming. Flush toilets with water. Rangers came and noted the licence plates
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Nice place.
A lot spaces. Gets crowded but definitely more than 100 spaces to stay.
If you don't want risk rats etc clean your dishes, don't let them below your van, bring your rubbish to the bins - if the bins are full please take the rubbish with you. If people would behavior more responsible freedom camping wouldn't be that restricted but I can understand now why NZ did it. It's not complicated to be tidy... Pretty sure your own home isn't that dirty as you thread public areas 🚽🪠.
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Great spot.
Right on the Dunstan River, few minutes from Cromwell. Easy to find. Stacks of room..easily fit 200 vans. Only 1 set of flushing toilets which were clean and had toilet paper. Has rubbish bins, were emptied whilst we were on site. Has boat ramp. Quite flat. Can be dusty. Close to road although didn't hear the road noise.
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Beautiful spot right by the lake.
No sandflies. It get‘s really crowded and the public toilets are really not clean. On the mens toilet is shit on the wall.
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Amazing views, clean toilets with flush, nice clean campsites with multiple rubbish points, picnic tables and good phone reception as well.
Much better than many paid DOC campsites
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Huge place, lots of spots.
Toilet was a bit dirty, no Toilet paper.
No sandflies, always nice coming from the west coast.
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Big gravel spot with even surfaces.
Beautiful lake views and nice with a refreshing swim :) It's close to the road but we we're too bothered with noise. There were a lot of people here in the beginning of Feb. Toilets were nice a clean.
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7/10 - great spot enroute to bannockburn - lovely lake!
Perfect for a stopover
Very quiet - busy when we arrived full of NZ families enjoying the lake and camping that is a testament to the space
Toilets basic but clean enough
Plenty of space - hardly any bugs
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Very handy spot like others mention.
Good toilets with running water. Great that it’s so large, I can’t imagine it ever filling up completely so nice to know you have a guaranteed free spot if you are arriving late. We came 8th Jan and there were about 100 vans there already! You could fit another 100 though
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The Lakeview is lovely.
The bathrooms leave something to be desired: not maintained well, outdoors, and not repaired. It is very windy in this location. Also, if your goal is to go into Cromwell or access the Vineyards you will have to drive from this location. There are no walking trails to them.
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Nice and quiet place.
Toilets quite good. Plenty of parking. Good phone signal. Possibility to stay here for up to 3 days.
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Beautiful location and very handy for Cromwell.
Basic facilities but it is free. It's a large site but quite popuso gat there early for the best spots with lake views
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Awesome spot, especially considering it's free!
Clean flush toilets, great view, loads of space. Can even come late and still find a spot!
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A big gravel parking next to the lake.
Good spot for swimming. Flush toilets with water. Rangers came and noted the licence plates
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Nice place.
A lot spaces. Gets crowded but definitely more than 100 spaces to stay.
If you don't want risk rats etc clean your dishes, don't let them below your van, bring your rubbish to the bins - if the bins are full please take the rubbish with you. If people would behavior more responsible freedom camping wouldn't be that restricted but I can understand now why NZ did it. It's not complicated to be tidy... Pretty sure your own home isn't that dirty as you thread public areas 🚽🪠.
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Great spot.
Right on the Dunstan River, few minutes from Cromwell. Easy to find. Stacks of room..easily fit 200 vans. Only 1 set of flushing toilets which were clean and had toilet paper. Has rubbish bins, were emptied whilst we were on site. Has boat ramp. Quite flat. Can be dusty. Close to road although didn't hear the road noise.
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Beautiful spot right by the lake.
No sandflies. It get‘s really crowded and the public toilets are really not clean. On the mens toilet is shit on the wall.
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Big gravel spot with even surfaces.
Beautiful lake views and nice with a refreshing swim :) It's close to the road but we we're too bothered with noise. There were a lot of people here in the beginning of Feb. Toilets were nice a clean.
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Amazing views, clean toilets with flush, nice clean campsites with multiple rubbish points, picnic tables and good phone reception as well.
Much better than many paid DOC campsites
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Huge place, lots of spots.
Toilet was a bit dirty, no Toilet paper.
No sandflies, always nice coming from the west coast.
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7/10 - great spot enroute to bannockburn - lovely lake!
Perfect for a stopover
Very quiet - busy when we arrived full of NZ families enjoying the lake and camping that is a testament to the space
Toilets basic but clean enough
Plenty of space - hardly any bugs
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Very handy spot like others mention.
Good toilets with running water. Great that it’s so large, I can’t imagine it ever filling up completely so nice to know you have a guaranteed free spot if you are arriving late. We came 8th Jan and there were about 100 vans there already! You could fit another 100 though
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The Lakeview is lovely.
The bathrooms leave something to be desired: not maintained well, outdoors, and not repaired. It is very windy in this location. Also, if your goal is to go into Cromwell or access the Vineyards you will have to drive from this location. There are no walking trails to them.
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Unlimited spaces, almost all on even ground, nice toilets, although they are only half covered, so if it's windy it'll be windy in the toilet as well.
Good spot for a swim in the lake. No fresh water.
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Lots of space!
We came around 8PM and there were lots of space to park.
There are two toilets, but we didnt try them.
Only rating 7/10 because of the traffic noise from the road close by.