Nice place, located close to the sea and close to the shopping center. A little noisy between 17h and 19h (installation of other campers and locals who return home) but after very quiet.

Shopping center (it's not exceptional) right next door. There are restrooms in the shopping center, or a 5-minute walk along the side. Pleasantly quiet.

Pleasant spot near the bird hide - I enjoyed watching them! Thames is a great area, I feel like it's an authentic NZ town still with lots of facilities and activities but I guess it's on the cusp of change with quite a few shops and buildings empty. We enjoyed our night here very much, would have liked more time to explore Be aware it has all volunteer fire service in this area, so the siren is still used for emergencies ;-D

Stayed one night. Perfect spot for visiting the wonderful town of Thames. A great gold mining history and well worth visiting the gold mining experience for a tour down the mine and seeing it all working in action. The sure got filled up over night with cars. There are not lots of spaces for camper vans. But there are 3 spots for free camping along here - all very similar. This one was easiest to walk int town

Quite a quiet place to park. Be careful to park between the signs. Toilets less than a 5-minute walk away. The Warehouse and Pak n Save are next door. Laundry is also 2 minutes away; ask at the gym for a card.

some spaces but it wasn't full early. The mall is right there where you can log into WIFI and there are toilets, which are open until 8pm in the mall.

It's very nice and right by the sea. The toilets are a 3-minute walk away! You're also within walking distance of The Warehouse.

A very pleasant spot. Public toilets were open even at night about 500 meters away. The setting is truly charming. We recommend arriving early as there is limited space and a tree takes up quite a bit of room.