Kay Shearer
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South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Richmond ▷
Richmond Mall
We stayed for one weekend night.
Good level parking, note this is just a parking lot, your vehicle should be self contained. We chose the rear lot near the back of Pak'nSave. While there are many good local restaurants close at hand in this commercial district to help make this our choice for a rainy night, it seems that this area is also the local teen and twenties youth "Hangout"! 10:30 - 11:30 pm "hot rod" teens (loud cars & music) were here. Being parents of 4 we are very tolerant and waited them out. But the college age group that came in after the bars closed was a lot worse. Loud, foul mouthed, drunken 20's something youth surrounded camper after 1:30 am. They blew horns, banged on camper, messed with mirrors & wipers. There was no chance of relocating without a confrontation due to their vehicles having us blocked in. We chose to again wait this 2nd group out, which finally moved on after 3 am. Stay may be better on week nights. I would not recommend this place.
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North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Auckland ▷
Avondale Motor Park
We used this campground for our last night before flying out of Auckland.
Location easy enough to find. Facility was clean. Staff friendly. I can say that if you are planning to do laundry, allow extra time. Washers only use cold water. Driers had to be set for two runs to get anything dry, even on hot setting (and only 2of 3 working). Bathroom facility was clean, slow flow in showers.