South New Brighton Park — Attraction in Christchurch

The smell was terrible, the toilets are very tight to get into, shower was good, the cabin room was okay, pillows were terrible, the distance from cabin to camp facilities is very far, it was wet for a couple of days and the water sat on the grass and you would get completely freezing cold feet or extra wet shoes. There is no walkway except using the driveway. The kitchen was tidy, but very little utensils to use. The laundry was clean. Never seen any staff on the grounds except in the office that you were not allowed in, you had to be served by a side slide...

Great place i stayed there a few times a couple of nights. Facilities are good, kitchen has an area where you can plug all your stuff it’s very handy, i stayed here to work on my laptop. WiFi is good but unfortunately doesn’t cover the whole campground, I did have it in the van sometimes for maybe a couple of minutes but never a long time. I’d like to thank the staff at the reception who were very welcoming and friendly with me, that is what made me come back there instead of looking for another accommodation next...

Fond memories from the early to mid 80's playing in the estuary (even capsizing a hobycat a few times) to climbing trees in the park area. I see the fun police have added a rail to the lhs of the jetty to stop kids riding their BMX's off the jetty at low tide (2m drop in was my record) but if modern kids are anything like gen x, they will just learn to bunny hop it. Even though the fun police have tried to ruin it, South Brighton was a great place to spend...