CAMPING GROUNDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 21, 26 January 1939, Page 10

CAMPING GROUNDS.

As another camper at Waihi Beach, X too, must say that the vast improvements say that the vast improvements previously promised campers by the Waihi Borottgk'q Council were far up to the staadard in accordance with the high fee Whoever was responsible for the layout, of tlie new buildings and gas cookers replacing good Dover stoves has had very little experi-j?£ ence at camping. Wash basinet Yes, four of' them in each bathhouse always greasy, and the' only place to put.one's -toilet gear was. on the wet dirty concrete, with not even j(r> mirror^ for shavers. Every time one pushed the noisy type of taps -fitted one received 'a good shower. Perhaps that was the idea, ia ? mind when not. fitting proper «b«wers;. jAt ~ mgbt one just fumbled in the-- dark; and ytt" lights were fitted in the. greasy cookhouse 20ft away. The camp *ite itself ia a. beautiful spot, and with good arrangements could- be made equal to anything jit Xew Zealand. Cleanliness is next to godliness,"* and with • over 1000 people -all camping closetogether I do not understand, how ;the Health Department allowed th«j Borough Council to get away with it. What *. pity to see Xew Zealand's finest Ocean beadh with such a poorly la id-out camp site. The caretaker?. Yes, he did all in his power and seemed to know his job, but how can one man cope with •• the demands of such a tremendous crowd of I people. He must have worked 24 hours a. day; never once did I'see him relaxing. Surely the council could arrange for more assistance at the, peak holiday period, especially in keep-i • ing the conveniences clean. The fees are very, high and should proyide adequate finance for these things to be carried out. One does not begrudge the cost if the value is there. PRIMUS 77.