Freedom camping
Midway Beach freedom camping
Gisborne
Free overnight spot by Midway Beach, near the toilets and Olympic pool. Up to three nights.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 12 hours
Gisborne's tourism board lists Midway Beach as a free freedom camping area all year, next to public toilets and the Olympic Pool complex. You get a flat beachside car park, easy surf and swimming, and the city a few minutes away. There's a dump station out on Awapuni Road for the way out.
Good to know
- Three nights maximum
- Dump station is on Awapuni Road
- Signage on site is the final word, as rules get updated
- Best time
- Early morning for an empty beach
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Sealed car park, flat, campervan friendly
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
Facilities
- Rubbish bins
- Toilets
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