Following the Ring

Now we have our camper, there's no end to our potential for adventure! First up was a trip to the south Wairarapa coast and Palliser Bay. We'd been invited to a friend's birthday weekend the same time Annalie went to pick Ian up from Auckland. They had planned a trip to the Pitangirua Pinnacles campsite.

Having heard good things, we decided to head over a week later. The campsite is run by DOC and is fairly basic, therefore cheap! The only facility provided was a toilet.

There is a walk you can do in this area to The Pinnacles, which featured as Dimholt Road in the third Lord of the Rings film. Quite a stunning natural phenomenon and an eerie place.

The campsite was lovely and close to the beach, but most fun was had lighting a fire! We had to hunt high and low for available wood, and even had to borrow lighting equipment from fellow campers, but we felt like proper campers by the end of it!