North Canterbury News: September 28, 2023
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NEWS<br />
24 The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>28</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Camp lease for tender<br />
The Gore Bay and Buxton camping<br />
grounds provide special memories for<br />
Peter and Sandra van Hout.<br />
Longserving campers, Peter and<br />
Sandra from Sumner, in Christchurch<br />
say the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> recreational<br />
facility holds aspecial charm, of which<br />
departing leasees Kim Bestic and Mike<br />
Watson were part of.<br />
Peter and Sandra have 20 years worth<br />
of family camping memories in their<br />
coastal hideaway, declaring themselves<br />
the secondlongest stayers.<br />
And they have watched Kim and<br />
Mike’s children grow up, alongside their<br />
own extended family.<br />
‘‘We stay Show Weekend and then<br />
every weekend from the middle of<br />
January until Easter.<br />
‘‘We arrive on aFriday night after<br />
work, and depart for home as late as<br />
possible on aSunday,’’ the van Houts<br />
say.<br />
Their children have enjoyed many<br />
summers there, and now their very<br />
young grandchildren’s camping chapter<br />
has begun.<br />
‘‘We need to start them early,’’ Peter<br />
says.<br />
The van Houts have plenty of good<br />
things to say about the caretakers and<br />
the previous caretakers, who have<br />
restored the camping ground back to a<br />
charming spot, aplace for acamping<br />
holiday, or aspot to pass through.<br />
Their hope is it can continue as a<br />
camping ground to make memories for<br />
the future.<br />
Peter and Sandra also enjoy helping<br />
people coming into the camping ground<br />
who look lost, talking them through how<br />
it all works, and getting people settled<br />
in.<br />
‘‘We have had many aconversation<br />
with tourists from all sorts of countries.<br />
‘‘Most, if not all of them have made one<br />
comment or other about staying, always<br />
Special memories ... Peter and Sandra<br />
van Hout at Gore Bay.<br />
PHOTO: SUPPLIED<br />
positive.’’<br />
Peter, akeen cyclist, has been around<br />
the block quite afew times, and during<br />
Show Weekend asmall group of campers<br />
enjoy rides together for some long<br />
adventures.<br />
‘‘And did Imention the surf?’’<br />
Kim says it is great there are still<br />
camping grounds like Gore Bay for<br />
families with tents, as well as caravans<br />
and motorhomes, to enjoy the beach side<br />
kiwi camping experience that is<br />
becoming rarer.<br />
Meeting an endless variety of people<br />
from so many places has been the<br />
highlight for them.<br />
To view more about the lease tender<br />
go to hurunui.govt.nz/council/alerts?<br />
item=id%3A2ng532uz11cxby04ea45 or<br />
email evan.schoombie@hurunui.govt.<br />
nz, ring the council on 03 314 8816<br />
(Amberley), 03 319 8812 (Cheviot), or 03<br />
315 8400 (Amuri/Hanmer Springs).<br />
Applications close Thursday, October 19.<br />
About Moving Forward:<br />
Waimakariri’s Integrated<br />
Transport Strategy<br />
We are creating an integrated vision to meet<br />
the transport challenges facing our District.<br />
Have your say before 5pm Sunday 1October<br />
at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk
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