Camping in a postcard - Winter off grid camping | Ashburton Lakes

You did NZ proud! What beauty. And a joy to see your family having it all to themselves. Thank you

Let me help you out Mike. The reasons you and the family are down south here,. 1. There is a bigger land mass than the other island. Tons of room to move. 2. More people living in Auckland alone, than the whole South Island. 3. Nth Islanders think with their brains. 4. We Mainlanders think with our hearts. 5. The Mainland provides the best rugby team in the World. 6. The Mainland has the best scenery. and best viewing platform for Aurora Australis. 7. Finally, and I'll leave it at 7 reasons to come south, "The Mainland" speaks as a unit... "We are the waka (canoe) and punga (anchor) for the rest of NZ. There you go mate, that's enough to go on with for now. But seriously Mike and family, thanks for coming down south. You are welcome. Thanks for showing us off to the rest of Nz. As you've shown, there's some pretty great sights. Safe travels. And all the very best.

Absolutely love your guys work some of the best footage I have seen my family watch every episode on our big screen. Thanks so much for sharing.

I live in Christchurch and have been to all those lakes before, but I could watch you drive those roads with beautiful views and soft music all day. Great video and thanks so much for sharing.

Just beautiful. Great photography. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

We Love lake Camp ! great music, shots and transitions in this one Mike

What an amazing place! I'll be adding it to my 'visit-one-day list'. 👍

What a wonderful ambassador for New Zealand you are, thankyou so much for sharing. Good luck

Drone footage as always, epic!! Love seeing you guys out in our beautiful SI enjoying it all through the seasons. Winter is my fav down there too :)

Good to see you’ve had a good week of weather. Some stunning scenery and interesting to see the key holes. Have a great week. Cheers

Well done , again ! Thanks for sharing your beautiful country . Brutally hot here-so its refreshing to almost feel the cold where you are.....

Lovely views. Fun video thanks.

Stunning!! Thank you

Spellbounding scenery 😮❤ that tray of roasted vegetables looked dang good too😋

OMG Stunning

Great place. I spent many happy teenage years waterskiing and fishing on Lake Camp before all the trees grew. In fact my father actually helped plant the early ones. Lake Heron was a great place for landlocked salmon.

You're definitely selling the Ashburton lakes area well. We need to get away and chill somewhere like that for a bit. So awesome you got the amazing snow and then frosts not too long after this and the great winter experiences have continued into the Mackenzie country

Great videos , great editing so interesting..?thank you

I love watching your whanau videos. I have missed not seeing one for a bit. I too live in Dunedin. I was born here. Spent 20 years up in Tamaki Makaurau and Whangarei. Finally moved back here with my kids. So much better. Keep up the awesome videos.

I thought of you when I heard that the pond at the Teetotal campsite had frozen enough for ice skating. I haven't yet explored the Ashburton Lakes. That's on the must do list for my autumn camper van holiday next year, but not wearing socks and jandals! Sophie must have great circulation in her feet. Thanks for a beautiful video.