Petite étape aujourd’hui (40 km) car le prochain camping était assez loin !
Du coup on a atterri dans un bon resto de camionneurs et on planté notre tente juste à côté
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RANGITAIKI
31 OCTOBER 2022
Rangitaiki is a rural community in the Taupō District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand’s North Island, located near the source of Rangitaiki River. State Highway 5 runs through it.
It is an area of « frost flats » at the southern end of the Kaingaroa Plains, in the North Island Volcanic Plateau. European explorer and botanist John Bidwill visited the plain in 1839 and author Katherine Mansfield described the unique landscape in The Woman at the Store.[1]
The area experiences temperature similar to Central Otago in the winter months.[1] It experiences scrub fires in the summer.[2]
The settlement includes a school and country tavern.[2]