Bay of Islands Campervan Park

01/12/2018

Hi, I am Jan Gerritsen-Molloy. I was very pleased to have purchased the business from Gary & Lesley on the 1st of November, and am looking forward to carrying on with the great business they have built up.

19/10/2018

17/10/2018

The Bay of Islands' sheltered waters provide a world-class fishing destination for the beginner & experienced alike. With a healthy supply of fish stock like snapper, kingfish & marlin, there's plenty of motivation to bait your line. Find the best fishing spots, get yourself a fishing charters & lan...

28/09/2018

Lesley and I (Gary) were privileged; to go the launch of this TV series at the Pioneer Museum in Kaikohe yesterday and preview the Northland episode. It was an awesome representation of the fun and freedom of being able to explore the corners of NZ with freedom. And get ideas and see some parts that we hadnt thought of or been too, even after living here for 6 years

Watch RV Explorers on Choice TV, Freeview Channel 12, Sky Channel 24 and Choice on Demand. Saturday's 1:30pm from 13th October.

27/08/2018

So great to have this on our doorstep - Get out and enjoy 😃⛰🚲🚲

12/07/2018

Looking forward to seeing what zaniness appears during this years Birdman in Russell. We're a hop skip and a ferry ride away.

https://russellbirdman.co.nz/

05/07/2018

This camper was pleased as punch to catch this fish tonight off the place next to 10th hole of the Golf Club - after our recommendation he tried it out

25/05/2018

Lots of adventures to be had in the Bay, with our friends Bill & Julie of Great Escapes. We’ve had our own close encounter with Orca on our own yacht too.

24/05/2018

Woohoo :-) Nice to receive this years 2018 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

10/05/2018

Lemon's Hill is OPEN Friday 4.30 until Monday 8.30am this week. will be one lane open with stop/go traffic management in place.

As we're unable to work on site this weekend due to wet weather, we have decided to open Lemon’s Hill to traffic this weekend. The road will be open from 4pm Friday until 8:30am Monday morning to one way traffic under stop/go traffic control. This is great news for those travelling to or from Paihia for the Mothers' Day fun run and walk on Sunday.

Safety is our main priority and the road could still be closed again at short notice if necessary. There are still a couple of days of planned work that will require the road to be closed for extended hours while a crane works in the area. We will give advance notice of when this is planned.

When the road is closed, the sign posted detour is via State Highways 1, 10 and 11. With increased traffic on the detour, drivers should allow up to 30 minutes extra for the journey between Kawakawa and Paihia. We ask motorists to drive with care and to the road conditions, and to allow enough time to get to their destination safely.

We have taken some more drone footage of the slip which is available to view here: https://youtu.be/NvfWvRfxvds

Thank you for your patience as we work to repair Lemon's Hill and reopen SH11.

http://nzta-sh11lemonshillsliprepair.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/t/EBC7326DCE8020F7

A large amount of work has been carried out on Lemon’s Hill in the past month as you can see in this video taken last Friday. The steep hillside means crews ...

13/04/2018

Fantastic to have this huge fun playground on our Doorstep - thanks Paihia community

27/03/2018

Road to Cape Reinga will be open from Thursday

Kia ora, below is the latest announcement from NZTA on the SH1 closure at Pukenui issued 4pm Tuesday 27 March.

Key messages are:

• A single lane will open to traffic by midday Thursday 29 March
• Two lanes will be open by Thursday evening
• Convoys through the forest for essential travel will continue until the road opens on Thursday
o Traffic heading south leaves 7:30am from the corner of Far North Road and Trig Road
o Traffic heading north leaves 8:15am from 113 Hukatere Road at the end of the sealed section
o In the evenings traffic heading south will leave at 5:30pm with the northbound convoy leaving at 6:15pm
• Difficult ground conditions have slowed progress on the repair.

State Highway I to the Far North will be open for Easter

Difficult ground conditions have slowed efforts to repair a significant washout on State Highway 1 in the Far North, but the NZ Transport Agency says it will have the road open before Easter.

A single lane will open to traffic by midday on Thursday and two lanes will be open by the evening, says the Transport Agency’s Northland System Manager Jacqui Hori-Hoult.

The route across the washout area will be gravel, not a sealed road and some delays are likely.

The route to the Far North has been closed since heavy rain washed out the road about 40 kilometres north of Kaitaia last Friday.

Crews are working to backfill the large hole with 5,000 cubic metres of material. A larger, 2.1 diameter pipe has been laid to provide more resilience across the culvert.

“The Transport Agency understands the frustration the closure is causing and our team on site is working as hard as they can to reopen the road and provide a permanent solution to the drainage challenges in the area. It’s too dangerous to do any work overnight but work will resume at first light tomorrow,” says Ms Hori-Hoult.

Convoys through the forest for essential travel only will continue until the road opens on Thursday.

About 50 vehicles made the 40 minute journey in both directions under police supervision this morning.

There will be morning and evening convoys again tomorrow. The morning convoy will leave at 7:30am for southbound traffic from the corner of Far North Road and Trig Road and at 8:15am for northbound vehicles from 113 Hukatere Road at the end of the sealed section, says Ms Hori-Hoult.

Motorists will be travelling at their own risk through the off road route.