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Camping at Port Jackson, Coromandel

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Camping at Port Jackson, Coromandel

Campers set up for the summer at at the Port Jackson camping ground, at the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula, in 2010. This is one of many camping grounds around the country run by the Department of Conservation. They generally have minimal facilities and low nightly fees.

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Mark Derby, Camping – Camping in the 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39202/camping-at-port-jackson-coromandel (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 8 March 2013.