Help with a travel itinerary to NZ

Dodge

no it seems you can still sledge the river but the trips seem to start below the waterfall, and you can only do that by raft. Sorry for derailing the thread though!

Tim

Photo taken by a friend a couple of days ago on the Coromandel:

Not bad.

dogmeat

@Tim Must be fake news. I haven't seen a sky like that this 'summer'

Billy Tell

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I’d agree that if you limited time stick to one island. Personally I loved the car trip from gisborne round the east cape. But that was about 2004 so things might have changed. If you have time using small roads is fun. Remember doing Napier to beaches on the hawkes bay coast driving thru the absolute back roads in the wop wops with farmers looking at us wtf but you see off the beaten track scenery.

taniwharugby

@dogmeat mostly been too windy up here for the clouds to stick around....

nonpartizan

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Stockcar86

If passing through Hawke's Bay, check out this page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/758846289555425

General consensus seems to be Shaeno's Brisket pie as being the best (and it is amazing) but I prefer the corned beef (with vegetables, mustard sauce, potato top) from BJ's Bakery

Bones

@Stockcar86 noice! Is it proper corned beef?

Stockcar86

@Bones if by proper you mean not out of a tin, then yes

nzzp

@Stockcar86 I'm in the Hawkes bay at the moment but not a big Facebook user

Who's selling the pie? Will try to get there in her next couple of days!

Edit: found it. Shaneos Bakehouse Hastings. Will try and swing past

Machpants

I won't add to the huge list, but enjoy the trip

nonpartizan

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Machpants

To be honest if you are in the presale and quick online, you are unliekly to miss out

nonpartizan

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Snowy

A thread ostensibly about visiting NZ has ended up being largely about pies and beer (with a mention of rugby).

Nice work guys.

dogmeat

@Snowy

You sound surprised?

Personally, I'd be shocked if any thread didn't morph into a discussion on food, beer, hawt (polish) chicks, sooner rather than later. With a smattering of rugby for appearances sake.