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(25 Wellington St; meals $20-24; noon-1am)
A snug drinking den, pouring a reliable Guinness
and a good selection of whiskies. Mix this up with hearty food, regular live music and a
sunny garden bar, and you've got the liveliest joint in town.
Information
Picton i-SITE
( 03-520 3113;
www.lovemarlborough.co.nz
;
Foreshore; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat & Sun)
All vital tourist guff including maps, Queen Charlotte Track information, lockers and
transport bookings. Dedicated Department of Conservation (DOC) counter.
)
Free wi-fi.
Picton Library
(67 High St;
8am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm Sat;
Post Office
(Mariners Mall, 72 High St)
Getting There & Away
Make bookings for nationwide transport at Picton i-SITE.
AIR
Soundsair
( 03-520 3080, 0800 505 005;
www.soundsair.co.nz
)
Flies daily between Picton and Wel-
lington (adult/child from $95/85); a shuttle bus to/from the airstrip at Koromiko, 8km
south, costs $7.
BOAT
There are two operators crossing Cook Strait between Picton and Wellington, and, al-
though all ferries leave from more or less the same place, each has its own terminal. The
main transport hub (with car-rental depots) is at the Interislander Terminal, which also has
public showers, a cafe and internet facilities.
Bluebridge Ferries
( 0800 844 844, in Wellington 04-471 6188;
www.bluebridge.co.nz
; adult/child from $51/26;
)
crossings takes 3½ hours, and the company runs up to four sailings in each direction
daily. Cars and campervans from $118, motorbikes $51, bicycles $10. The sleeper service
arrives in Picton at 6am.
Interislander
( 0800 802 802;
www.interislander.co.nz
; adult/child $55/28)
Crossings take three hours 10
minutes; up to five sailings in each direction daily. Cars are priced from $118, campervans
(up to 5.5m) from $133, motorbikes $56, bicycles $15.
BUS
Buses serving Picton depart from the Interislander terminal or nearby i-SITE.
