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Machpants

If you're a fan of awesomely meaty pizza and craft beer, stop off at McLeod's pizza barn in waipu. Paihia best eats are CBK, tipsy Oyster, and bad habits. I go there at least twice a year for weekend with the wife

Bones

@Machpants chur! Will check them out

Pepe

If you are travelling south from the Bay of Islands towards Whangarei try turning of SH1 at Hikurangi onto the Twin Coast Discovery Highway (Marua Rd). It takes you on a loop through farmland and onto some of the nice east coast beaches already mentioned. (Sandy, Woolleys and Whale Bays, Matapouri and Tutukaka).
Do not turn of onto the Whananaki Road unless you wish encounter very senior politicians on their summer break.

Bones

@Pepe cheers! Was going to try and take in Tane Mahuta before heading south on Friday so might leave us a bit strapped for time but good alternative option!

Nevorian

@Bones said in Travel:

@Pepe cheers! Was going to try and take in Tane Mahuta before heading south on Friday so might leave us a bit strapped for time but good alternative option!

@Bones said in Travel:

@Pepe cheers! Was going to try and take in Tane Mahuta before heading south on Friday so might leave us a bit strapped for time but good alternative option!

Here’s a close up to whet the appetite, drive through Waipouli is well worth taking your time to enjoy

Nevorian

@Machpants said in Travel:

If you're a fan of awesomely meaty pizza and craft beer, stop off at McLeod's pizza barn in waipu. Paihia best eats are CBK, tipsy Oyster, and bad habits. I go there at least twice a year for weekend with the wife

I so wanted to go to the Tipsy Oyster so don’t turn up on a Monday like I did

Bones

@Nevorian yeah having seen it before, it's weird that photos just don't do it justice.

Bones

@Machpants cheers again, Bonesetta is doing flips over Bad Habits, straight to the top of the list. 60 bucks for a tomahawk!

Machpants

@Bones said in Travel:

@Machpants cheers again, Bonesetta is doing flips over Bad Habits, straight to the top of the list. 60 bucks for a tomahawk!

It is such an eclectic place, with great food, booze, t-shirts, off-licence, deli, and butchery.

I had a bacon margarita last time there lol

Bones

@Machpants sold

canefan

I remember eating at Charlotte's kitchen last time I was in Paihia. That was pretty good. Nice view too

Kruse

@Machpants said in Travel:

I had a bacon margarita last time there lol

I spent one very drunken evening doing a pub-crawl around Auckland requesting a Chicken Martini from every bar. Until one place finally called my bluff.

Kruse

And all these Northland tips/reminders - are making me re-consider whether I do Coromandel as this year's New-Year road-trip.... or Northland.
Now that is a fucking good poll... Coromandel vs Northland.

booboo

@bones back in the day the poor man's alternative to Wapoua from BoI (or Kaeo where we lived as kids) was Puketi, near Kerikeri.

Still pretty spectacular trees, if no Tane Mahuta, but proximity.

MajorRage

Erm, anybody done the fly to Cape Reinga trip from Paihia?

I want to drive but kids are not interested in 6 hours in a car (I don’t blame them after the 26 hour flight) so this maybe only option.

Bit baller and not far off 2k for the family, but anybody done it and can offer thoughts?

canefan

@MajorRage or fly to Kaitaia and go from there?

MajorRage

@canefan I’m in Paihia. So it’s 2:40 each way.

I’m really torn. I’ve dropped 1k gbp on stupid things before and that’s what this is ….

Just don’t want it be a complete lemon ….

NTA

@mariner4life said in Travel:

I swept the 5 leaves off my patio (okay used the leaf blower) so we yeah we good

Still a fair whack of water around and a few fallen trees but otherwise she's apples

Airport should be lovely and green once the water runs off.

canefan

@MajorRage said in Travel:

@canefan I’m in Paihia. So it’s 2:40 each way.

I’m really torn. I’ve dropped 1k gbp on stupid things before and that’s what this is ….

Just don’t want it be a complete lemon ….

It's a long drive. The reason why I've not done it with my kids yet

mariner4life

@canefan said in Travel:

@MajorRage said in Travel:

@canefan I’m in Paihia. So it’s 2:40 each way.

I’m really torn. I’ve dropped 1k gbp on stupid things before and that’s what this is ….

Just don’t want it be a complete lemon ….

It's a long drive. The reason why I've not done it with my kids yet

Pfft hahaha

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