Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Aotea Community Art Gallery
MAP
(80 Hector Sanderson Rd; 10.30am-3.30pm)
This eclectic showcase for the island's artsy fratern-
ity sells everything from paintings and sculpture to handmade soap and local honey.
ARTS & CRAFTS
Information
There's an information kiosk at the GBI Rent-A-Car office (
Click here
)
in Claris. Claris
Texas cafe has internet access.
Great Barrier Island i-SITE
(
www.greatbarriernz.com
; Claris Airport; 11am-noon Mon, Wed & Fri, 8am-2.30pm
Sat, extended in summer)
Brochures including their own
Great Barrier Island
pamphlet with
useful information and a handy map.
Port Fitzroy Information Kiosk
( 09-429 0848;
www.thebarrier.co.nz
;
9.30am-3pm Mon-Sat)
Privately
run kiosk that publishes the
Great Barrier Island Visitor Information Guide
.
Getting There & Away
AIR
FlyMySky
( 09-256 7025, 0800 222 123;
www.flymysky.co.nz
)
Flies at least three times a day to Clar-
is from Auckland. Cheaper flights are available if you travel to the island on a Sunday or
leave on a Friday ($89), and there's a special return fare for flying one way and ferrying
the other (adult/child $187/138).
Great Barrier Airlines
( 09-275 9120, 0800 900 600;
www.greatbarrierairlines.co.nz
)
Departs from Auck-
land Domestic Airport (at least twice daily) and North Shore Aerodrome (at least daily)
for the 30-minute flight to Claris. In summer it also flies from Whangarei.
Sunair
( 0800 786 847;
www.sunair.co.nz
; one way $150-190)
Flies to Claris from Whitianga and
Tauranga daily.
BOAT
Fullers
( 09-367 9111;
www.fullers.co.nz
;
Ferry Building, 99 Quay St)
Runs the fastest services (2½
hours) from Auckland's Ferry Building to Shoal Bay and Port Fitzroy from mid-Decem-
ber to the end of January, as well as around Labour Weekend in late October and on the
Easter long weekend. Passengers only.
SeaLink
( 09-300 5900, 0800 732 546;
www.sealink.co.nz
)
Runs car ferries from three to five days a
week from Wynyard Wharf in Auckland to Tryphena's Shoal Bay (six hours).
