Anyone in New Plymouth?

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Aprilfools Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 10 August 2007 Location: West Auckland Points: 1361	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aprilfools Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Anyone in New Plymouth? Posted: 04 December 2007 at 11:09am
	We're in New Plymouth for the week and don't really know the area. We stayed in a campground for one night a couple of years ago and that was it. Can any NP people recommend some nice restaurants, cafes or pubs to check out. Anything else that is worth exploring while we are down here. We are staying on the corner of Leach and Cameron Street.

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Peace Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 January 1900 Points: 1431	Post Options Post Reply Quote Peace Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 December 2007 at 1:26pm
	Hey AF! I'm from New Plymouth :) I just wrote out a list of stuff to do in the area for someone else so you are lucky! New Plymouth Coastal Walkway (you can hire peddle cars to mini drive) Aquatic Centre Lee Break water walk Climb Paritutu Farmers Markets Sunda 9-12pm Govett Brewster Art Gallery Brooklands Free Zoo and Gardens Pukekura Park and the Festival of the Lights Pouakai Zoo Pukeariki Museum Round the Mountain Drive Inglewood Fun Ho! Toy Museum Pioneer Village South Taranaki Tawhiti Museum Dairy Land Wool and Fur shops Oakura and around the coast Surf Highway 45 Stoney River Cafe and Walk Lots of little craft and junk shops out this way Okurukuru Cafe and Winery Waitara ways Sentry Hill Winery Wairau (sp?) Winery White Cliffs Brewery Lots of PYO fruit and vege places There are some great little places to eat in town: Breakers, Marbles (seafood buffet), Cobb n Co, Sunworld (cheap and nasty but tasty asian food buffet), Burger Wisconsen, Burger Fuel, Crowded House (which is a bar), Zanzibar, Marinovich's, India today. You are right in the middle of town and they are pretty much all within a walk or 2 min drive
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Spudling Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 03 February 2007 Location: New Plymouth Points: 667	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spudling Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 December 2007 at 2:35pm
	hey welcome, hope the weather stays good for you while you are here. Are you in Np for the Elton John concert? If so have a great night. I can't add much more to what what Peace has already said really except Chaddy's charters is a great boat ride out around the sugarloaf islands to the seals and beyond, you will find them down at the port. A walk around Pukekura Park is beautiful and the cafe there is very nice too, of just take your fish and chips (from either snapers by burger king, Marinovich's oppersite library or seafood on the beach down at port)...mmm, might have to do that myself tonight Do you have toddlers? If so, there is a great indoor play place called jack and jills on Rimu St, $4.50 for under twos or $6.50 for over twos that is just the best if the weather turns sour (great coffee and cake there too). If weather good, the zoo at the top of bowl of brooklands is the bees knees. And since the lights start on Thursday you must try and walk around Pukekura Park at night to look at those, just awesome. Also in Peaces list is Okurukuru Cafe and Winery...love this place. anyway, have fun!


Aprilfools Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 10 August 2007 Location: West Auckland Points: 1361	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aprilfools Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 December 2007 at 3:01pm
	Wow, thanks guys that's quite a list you've given me. Yep we are down for the Elton John concert. I can't wait. We haven't done anything today. Just getting up to no good and wrestling over the computer. We'll go out for dinner later maybe but tomorrow we'll definitely go out exploring.

AnnC Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 January 1900 Location: Taranaki Points: 6796	Post Options Post Reply Quote AnnC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 December 2007 at 8:37pm
	okay so I am soooo not happy ... peace you completely missed out Stratford in your what to do in taranaki... we are the gate way to the mountain and if you want to take a stroll to places up the mountain you can drive up from Stratford. Dawson falls is lovely and you can see great veiws from the mountain house carpark (well the plato carpark) Also there is pioneer village, haha the glocinspel (sp??) a talking clock in other words, and many other out door things like gardens and bush walks....
	Ann Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10)

fairsk8 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 January 1900 Location: Te Aroha Points: 829	Post Options Post Reply Quote fairsk8 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 December 2007 at 8:41pm
	Yip definitely check out the lights. They turn on at the end of the Elton John Concert. Have fun, my mum and dad are going and my mum is so excited lol.

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