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24 COROMANDEL LIFE 2014-15 HOLIDAY
Try our quality
brews while
viewing the
brewer at work
1043 State Hwy 25 • Whenuakite • Beside Seabreeze Holiday Park
07 866 3830 •
Check Website for Hours & Current Menu
Winner of
Brewers Guild
TASTINGS
AVAILABLE
OPEN 7 DAYS
From 11 am
Barsnacks, lunch
& dinner
RESTAURANT & BREWERY
Near Coromandel
The Waterworks, over 70 whacky tributes to Kiwi inventiveness...water
powered sculptures, music boxes, and water fight attractions...and a real
stream. Enjoy their cafe, BBQ/picnic areas, playground, and watering
hole. The perfect outting for a hot day, and it’s dog friendly!
Driving Creek Railway. This is perhaps the best train ride in the country,
not just a kiddie ride, but an hour adventure that takes you through
tunnels, across bridges and through complex territory, much of it
decorated with tile and pottery artwork by owner/creator Barry Brickell.
The Eye Full Tower offers panoramic view, and there is a nature preserve,
an art gallery and gift shop. 380 Driving Creek Rd, Coromandel. Tickets
are pricey, but worth it, advance booking recommended.
Major Attractions & Parks
Observation deck sign
Whitianga
Birdwood Springs Mini Putt (above). This
18 hole course was voted one of the best mini
putts in New Zealand. 101 Joan Gaskill Dr.
Family package rate.
Pauanui Mini Putt
Pauanui Mini Putt . One of New Zealand’s
original ‘Crazy Golf’ courses, established 1975.
On Sheppard Ave. near the end of the airstrip.
Whangamata
Golf Park – Mini Golf. 626 Port Road, next to
the TCDC offices. This mini-putt park has a
sedate Zen garden design.
Mini Putts
Thames
Thames Small Gauge Railway. This miniature
railway scores points for total cuteness. Hidden
behind the A&G price building, the tracks run
along the Thames waterfront for 900 metres,
starting and finishing at the old Grahamstown
railway station. There are two small bridges,
and a twenty metre long tunnel. Open only
Sundays from 11:30–3. And at a pintsize price
of only $2 per ride.
Mini Railways
Thames Small Gauge Railway
Victoria Battery Tramway &
Museum in Waikino. Learn local gold
mining history whlle taking a tram ride.
They are on the Historic Karangahake
Gorge Walkway – walk through the
subway from the Waikino Rail Station
or drive up metal road after turning left
off Owharoa/Ohinemuri river bridge.
Open Wed – Sun 10am–3pm