The hardest place to live and camp in New Zealand??? The Southern coast.

[@cheekypukeko]

Awesome! Beautifully made video team. Cheers! 🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@leopardsgowild]

thanks bro, I'm sure you'd be in there going for dive if you were down here.

[@dennismatthews6660]

Again you capture the beauty of NZ. Your kids are lucky to experience this adventure. Thank you for sharing the journey.

[@leopardsgowild]

thanks mate. kids really are lucky, even if it's not always nice, good part of lifes learnings.

[@InWe-h1n]

time to catch a fish again, enjoying your vids, cheers.

[@leopardsgowild]

yea mate, we are very desperate to catch some fresh fish, the coast needs to warm up a lot before we are willing to leave otago where we currently are.

[@nickbenfell4327]

Waipapa Lighthouse a magic spot. My daughter and I did a motorbike around the lower South Island she loved Waipapa Lighthouse. We were ther late afternoon early evening as the sun set over the sea - magic.

[@leopardsgowild]

That’s a great spot. It’s a magical area that’s for sure, especially when the weather is on your side.

[@bbdgha]

Haha love Weirs beach….been there when busy and almost by myself. Remember some old timer put a flounder net across the tide and anyone looking, was asked if they wanted to help clean the net as it was pulled in, and everyone helping got a good sized flounder or two 👌💯🔥

[@leopardsgowild]

I imagine there is an abundance of seafood in the area, that place is well protected by the weather, def a lovely out of the way place to park up and enjoy the peaceful area

[@barryroach6979]

Thanks Leopards for your great videos of your travels. Brings back many memories when my wife and I travelled all over NZ in our 6 metre motor home, yes even stood on the petrified wood at Curio Bay and many other great spots experienced by you guys . I always felt those were the greatest years of our lives even in our 70’s but unfortunately my wife died in 2016 but I still reminisce of those great days. Your travels have brought back so many memories,Well done, Barry Roach

[@leopardsgowild]

Awwww what a lovely comment. We live in such a unique country aye. I'm sure you carry some incredible memories with you.

[@colinleech7171]

Great video again guys, watching it in our caravan. Looking forward to the next one . Cheers

[@leopardsgowild]

@colinleech7171 thanks mate. So many spots to go when you watch these from The caravan aye

[@Jerry_Dungarees_son]

Impressive jumps there Riley, you make it look so easy but I know I could never have done that.

[@leopardsgowild]

She's so clever that girl 👧 😍

[@GeekFreak-vv1vb]

Can you please make sure the volumes for the music, talking, etc is the same. Every time I’m watching one of your fantastic videos I always have to turn it down and up.

[@leopardsgowild]

@GeekFreak-vv1vb the audio is well adjusted from our end.

[@joannaweren4997]

Love your down to earth and informative travel recollections. Yep we have had people park ridiculously close - like three feet! In a slider whose door was opening and closing multiple times in the night right outside our bedroom window. Makes you want to get some fence standards and put a tape 3 meters around your caravan. 😂

[@leopardsgowild]

it makes no sense why people park so close, when there is a lot of room, often when this has happened to us, the people don't even communicate with us, we wonder if they follow our channel, when they are pulling up so close, but then they don't even say hello, weird...

[@brucestevenson8797]

Great adventures and a great introduction to some of our special places in NZ. Thankyou.

[@leopardsgowild]

@brucestevenson8797 if you have the time some of these spots are worth a night or 2

[@RadRoadAdventures]

The kids do so well helping, well done mum and dad

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh yea mate, they basically don't need us know, if we left them for a week with a fridge full of food, they would be so sweet... which is nice to know how independant they have become.

[@Fishingreminder]

Great video! We love that campsite, it's beautiful and the fishing can be quite good too.

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks guys did you fish in the Estuary or off the beach?

[@Fishingreminder]

@@leopardsgowild We just fished in the estuary. Great for the paddle board and at night time with a spear and light.

[@tedfritsch4944]

I do so look forward to seeing your videos , always great content love the tūīs

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks 😊 always love these positive comments

[@nathancook7108]

Just started watching your videos they are so good ... your kids are such great helpers so good to see...

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you and welcome 🙏 🤗 the kids are awesome alright

[@caravanstuff2827]

Thanks!

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks again mate, your too kind, we appreciate it.

[@brucet8551]

thanks for sharing your journey with us,

[@leopardsgowild]

Cheers for watching.

[@DonClark-eh3lq]

Another very cool adventure Mike, we love the south coast, its a really wind swept part of NZ. I'm really pleased you brought up about people parking or tenting in your spot , we were at Otama Beach, Coromandel one summer in our caravan, and we'd parked in a one acre paddock, no one else in sight and there was literally 25 or more acres of space for others to camp or park, and when we woke one morning we found a foreign couple had pitched their tent in our site hard up against our caravan. I called it "our conundrum at campsite 59". We enjoyed the space and peace and then people come along and take that space and peace away, like you've had happen, grrrrrr. One of lifes' mysteries, a conundrum indeed.

[@leopardsgowild]

yea mate, i think it's just inconsiderate to park so close to others if there is multiple options. So often we have been parked in spots with loads of room, but people park just an arms span away from us, but then refuse to even say hello back to us when we try to introduce ourselves, seems very strange, that people would park so close and then refuse to engage, I don't get it. lets all spread out people, until there isn't room, then we can all squeeze in.

[@madamkiwi1094]

Nice video, we had the same when we were tenting , huge area to camp but we must of had there spot as they were that close the guide ropes overlapped, had a 6 month at the time that cried a bit during the night as they do, they might have got woke up, whoops ,

[@leopardsgowild]

oh that wind can be wild aye, we've had some rough nights back in the day tenting in the wind.

[@bryanbadger6841]

Hi Leopards. Yet another great episode. Pretty rugged country down south eh.? Thanks again for sharing. Awesome footage. Thanks.

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh man yea i imagine it's got slightly warmer since the old days but that wind

[@caravantheworld]

we loved this place, nice video as always... just around the corner we lost our drone,

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh no, how did you lose the drone? did the battery go flat or wind?

[@jaredford8440]

Riley , always make sure to warm up your foots/ankles . your babies certainly are growing into lovely humans 😍 Toby's hair magnificent 😎. . . 💙🤍💚❤️..... stunning drone footage !!!!

[@jaredford8440]

Jade, the flower between two thorns bless 💯🌺

[@jaredford8440]

Happy New Year?!

[@leopardsgowild]

Riley will love and care for all the animals, even spiders, grose. Toby needs a hair cut so bad.

[@leopardsgowild]

happy new years 2025.

[@maureenkeene7566]

Another great episode Mike. We are headed to the Catlins from Invercargill. 2 weeks of exploring. Hopefully the weather is kind to us. Hope you are enjoying sunny weather where you are.

[@leopardsgowild]

@maureenkeene7566 yes I'm sure they are due some sunny days. Amazing part of nz and well worth exploring

[@CHillAdventures]

epic job on this 1 bro, every1 looks happy! nice to see some warmth! so crazy how close you are to antarctica ... see yah in the next 1 !!!!!

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea man it gets cold down here, the ocean temp keeps things from freezing, but it gets sooo cold 🥶

[@grahamthompson6507]

Awesome spots ...great surf breaks.....what can you say other than breath taking 😊

[@leopardsgowild]

It's a very cool part of NZ so nice yo experience some summer sun

[@spider-man910]

Good spot for flounder fishing with a homemade spear and torch Mike , something for Toby I know he will enjoy night time flounder fishing ...imagine flounder chips and eggs for tea yummy..😊

[@leopardsgowild]

never eaten flounder before, heard some good things about it. Saw a bunch when we were diving on the south coast, covered in sand.

[@allantaylor3288]

So amassing down there, the weather can certainly make it or break it. We were down there a couple of years ago and the weather was on our side. Your video brings back good memories of the area.

[@leopardsgowild]

@allantaylor3288 thanks mate, like most remote places in NZ aye, the weather makes all the difference... I like it down here, but too many bad days definitely does my head in

[@allantaylor3288]

@ 😂

[@acerone10]

Good one...love your videos.

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you, such different adventures to be had on the Southern coast a pretty unique place

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video to the Leopards!! I've only driven that road once,and I drove from Cromwell to Invercargill in one day! which included a walk into a waterfall, Thanks for sharing

[@leopardsgowild]

@tonymckeage1028 thanks mate, hearty part of NZ, not really worth stopping when the winds blowing or it's raining, incredible and remote when the suns out

[@cheriedodd9358]

I thought I drove past you on my way back from Purakaunui to Dunedin.. Must have been you guys seeing now where you ended up 😊

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh cool, we were here mid December so if it was then, then yes!!!!

[@tleej26]

Tent camped there a few times now, always happy to get the spot you got for shelter and not to be crowded. Fortunate with your timing as it gets extremely busy over Christmas and New Year.

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea i imagine, there was a guy setting up for Christmas even brought his lawn mower out, and left his caravan

[@kanderson7166]

We love Papatowai, our favourite .... well second favourite, Mavora is stunning and hard to beat. We were camping on the same site you were from boxing day till 28th, good spot near the amenities. 😊. We watched your video at Kaitangata and are now planning to head there to camp and for an ice cream and fish'n'chips at the end of the month! Great content, guys, love watching you travel around our local area of NZ.

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh yeah Papatowai is a pretty special place! As is Mavora... stunning places around our country aye. Enjoy some cheap goodies at Kaitangata

[@andyhallbootdoctornz3991]

You have a new subscriber 👍

[@leopardsgowild]

Welcome to the club, glad to have you along.

[@david6920-r6z]

Wild down there mate

[@leopardsgowild]

It so is wild, a very cool place to drive through, it feels like your at the bottom of the country for sure.

[@banditoo7]

Great to see you back down my neck of the woods. Just remember look out for a Fonterra driver waving at you.

[@leopardsgowild]

@banditoo7 ha ha cheers mate. You messaged when we were in these parts, Facebook and KZbin are in too different time zones, this was filmed mid December, but we'll be looking out

[@CHillAdventures]

NEW LEOPARDS EPISODE?!??!?!? LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@leopardsgowild]

Welcome to almost summer mate it's still downloading

[@YJessop]

Hi mike i really enjoy your content. Have you had to get the new green card with your caravan. We are looking for a caravan and hope we don't have to do too many alterations to it . Wish you all the best 💕

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you glad you enjoy our videos. We are still on the blue card whi h can be used until the end of June, so we'll go for our green card in Autumn sometime

[@caravantheworld]

There was a glitch in the system, we got the drone replaced

[@leopardsgowild]

That would have been scary to lose it then I'm sure you must have thought it was your fault for a while, glad you got it replaced

[@caravantheworld]

Yes for a while we thought our fault, however we gave the drone do DGI, they came back to us with „ was a programming error, the obstacle avoidance was not working, and we got a new drone.

[@michaelzwiener1756]

What a stunning area. We were lucky there with the weather but I can totally see how things can go bad pretty quick…

[@leopardsgowild]

Yeah man, you're right, the weather can go sideways real quick, but when it's settled it's so so lovely

[@jennieking8831]

Just wondering does Sophie ever tow the caravan. My husband is keen for me to give it a try so we could go longer distance by sharing the driving .

[@leopardsgowild]

Sophie is totally capable but I find it quite stressful and I just couldn't be a passenger. She has towed it before though. If your up for it, go for it

[@48rimu]

It's a toss up between that burger,and creamed Paua salad,I'll have to have both lol

[@leopardsgowild]

It's a hard choice alright 👍 easily made when ppl don't appreciate paua

[@48rimu]

@leopardsgowild so true 👍

[@shanewallace1126]

👍Aces camera work! Think people might be parking up on you is cus you look, seem and are nice people, better for some than isolation. Chur 🙃

[@leopardsgowild]

@shanewallace1126 awww thank you, what's interesting though is parking that close and then not offering a hello or even eye contact 🤔 lol... but we sure are nice friendly ppl

[@shanewallace1126]

@leopardsgowild Yep, could be their way of respecting your privacy up close. Happy trails 🙃

[@lisaoliver4254]

I so envy you all travelling around. Due to damaged vertebrae and nerves I can't go too far. We do go to a brighton beach but that's it for now. Have had one surgery and might soon have another

[@leopardsgowild]

oh that sounds horrible, back pain is the worst, it affects all of you aye... We have a few viewers on our channel that can't travel for different reasons, its nice to be able to show some of the off the beaten track places.

[@connielee5341]

We are in Te Anau till Monday.

[@leopardsgowild]

I hope milford sounds delivers the goods.

[@VMA225]

Best to visit the Catlins during July and August.

[@leopardsgowild]

I agree sometimes winter provides the most settled and still weather.

[@geofflewis8599]

Are you doing a book on your travels?..might make a good English-studies project for your kids..

[@leopardsgowild]

Too much admin, I think it's well recorded here lol... if someone wanted it to go into book form I'd happily do it as a job

[@kurt9055]

Toby growing a Billy Ray Cyrus hair do 😂

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh heck yea. I'm encouraging a hair cut

[@dustinfrost5214]

Been living here off grid for 3 years now

[@leopardsgowild]

what a trooper, def a tough place to live especially off grid.

[@magpiekiwi6810]

❤

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you

[@johnturnbull8573]

Beautifully filmed as usual, thanks Leopards for taking us with you!

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you. We love places like this, especially when the weather plays it's part

[@JohnSmith-wb6kq]

Who's birthday is 13/11 ? Jade or Soph?

[@leopardsgowild]

Sophs'

[@jaredford8440]

Ps: northland=scorching hot today 🔥🔥

[@leopardsgowild]

so it should be.

[@meatavoreNana]

No summer yet in Hawkes Bay.

[@jaredford8440]

@meatavoreNana so I heard today 😲 northland has been spared but it's now very very dry ....and hot as a bananarama👍🏼👨🏼‍🌾

[@hopaea7]

Bummer you missed going to Slope Point, maybe next time 🤷 Southern most point of Te Waipounamu. Incredible views of Antarctica 🤩

[@leopardsgowild]

It’s pretty breezy down there, so many people have had some really wild stories from slope point

[@spider-man910]

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[@leopardsgowild]

good luck.

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[@leopardsgowild]

i'm glad you enjoy our videos. ;)