Skip to main content

Story: Camping

Cambridge Caravan Club, 1936

An impressive assortment of caravans and their towing vehicles are drawn up in a circle for the Cambridge Caravan Club weekend camp on the Thames coast in 1936. One of these early caravans, at lower right, appears to have a canvas awning attached to one side to provide more covered space.

Using this item

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: AWNS-19360401-49-2

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Mark Derby, Camping – The golden age of camping, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/39191/cambridge-caravan-club-1936 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 26 November 2012.