Help with a travel itinerary to NZ
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@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
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@dogmeat said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
You sound surprised?
Suitably impressed that it segued so nicely to pies and beer really.
I was going to mention the lack of chicks being slightly disappointing, but I probably just didn't wait long enough.
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@Stockcar86 said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
How long has Shaneos been on that spot?
Also, do they have meatballs like the previous bakery in that spot did?
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@Nepia Every bakery worth anything in Napier or Hastings has meatballs. They are pretty good from there too
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@Stockcar86 said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@Nepia Every bakery worth anything in Napier or Hastings has meatballs. They are pretty good from there too
That should be true, but sadly on trips back I have found some that don't have them.
Can you remember what the bakery here used to be called? It's annoying me now.
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Sorry. my brain is mush, so can't recall. Here is a closeup of those meatballs... mmmmmmm
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Just thought I would throw this out there and hope to hear suggestions.
Wife and I decided we don't need to go to Aussie for a couple of years, and may just do NZ holidays .
So at end of April we heading south, booked to fly to Christchurch, have a day there at this stage, then do the Tranzalpine railway trip. We then pick up a rental car, and have at this stage booked a night in Greymouth, then 3 nights Hokitika. Kind of hoping for suggestions what to look at etc, perhaps a few walks (remembering I an old bugger, so not too hard).
After that we will have about 3 days until we fly back out of Chch, so am thinking stopping Arthurs Pass, and maybe Castle Hill, but keen to hear ani ideas etc. -
@Dan54 said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
Just thought I would throw this out there and hope to hear suggestions.
Wife and I decided we don't need to go to Aussie for a couple of years, and may just do NZ holidays .
So at end of April we heading south, booked to fly to Christchurch, have a day there at this stage, then do the Tranzalpine railway trip. We then pick up a rental car, and have at this stage booked a night in Greymouth, then 3 nights Hokitika. Kind of hoping for suggestions what to look at etc, perhaps a few walks (remembering I an old bugger, so not too hard).
After that we will have about 3 days until we fly back out of Chch, so am thinking stopping Arthurs Pass, and maybe Castle Hill, but keen to hear ani ideas etc.I don't think you need 4 nights combined in Greymouth and Hokitika.
Why not do 2 nights in Hokitika, drive up to Westport via the Punakaiki Rocks, stay a night there if you want then head up to Denniston for a look around, through Lewis Pass later that day, taking your time as needed then a night or two in Hanmer?
You've already seen Arthur's Pass in the TranzAlpine, so it feels like a double up to drive back through there if you have time.
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Point Elizabeth walk just north of Greymouth is the most popular that would suit there I think. If that's too long or you want something flatter then plenty of people simply walk along the Northern end of the cycle/wilderness trail which follows the beach near Greymouth.
When in Hokitika the gorge tends to be the popular tourist spot. Hoki in general is quite easy to stroll around as the beach is right alongside the business district, which helps it feel more tourist-friendly than Greymouth.
