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tones brightened by bold, zippy carpet. It offers a classy package of porter service, degust-
ation dinners (included, along with breakfast, in the price) and a snazzy bar, along with
luxurious rooms in which you'll sleep like a log. All have a deck facing into the forest.
Eating
Expect to have numerous dining choices, but be prepared that they might not set your
culinary world on fire; some menus haven't changed since the last ice age.
Picnics
(SH6; snacks $3-7; 8am-5pm)
Follow the bright pink sandwich boards to this cracking little
bakery. Heaps of good-value ready-to-scoff goods, including epic pasties suitable for bag-
ging for a picnic lunch, or heating up later at dinner time. Other enticements include fresh
bread and 'donut Saturday'.
BAKERY
$
Landing Bar & Restaurant
(
www.thelandingbar.co.nz
;
SH6; mains $20-40; 7.30am-late; )
This busy but well-run pub offers an
inordinately huge menu of crowd-pleasing food such as burgers, steaks and pizza. The
patio - complete with sunshine and gas heaters - is a good place to warm up after a day
on the ice.
PUB
$$
Four Square
MAP
SUPERMARKET
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7.45am-9.30pm)
Mr Four Square comes to the party, big time.
(SH6;
Information
Wi-fi is available at most accommodation providers and several eating joints. There's an
ATM on the main street, and the postal agency is located at
Glacier Motors
(SH6)
.
9am-4pm Mon-Fri)
South West-
Franz Josef Health Centre
(
03-752 0700, 0800 7943 2584; 97 Cron St;
land's main medical centre.
Westland/Tai Poutini National Park Visitor Centre & i-SITE
( 03-752 0796;
www.doc.govt.nz
; Cron St;
8.30am-6pm summer, 8.30am-5pm winter)
Regional DOC office with good exhibits, weather in-
