Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eating & Drinking
Station
( 07-892 2881;
www.stationcafe.co.nz
;
cnr Findlay St & Station Rd; lunch $9-18, dinner $29-38; 9am-late
Wed-Mon, to 3pm Tue)
Count your blessings ye who find this little railway station along the
line, a lovely old dear, restored with care and now serving eggy brunches, sandwiches,
coffee and yummy cakes, plus an impressive à la carte evening menu. Sunday roasts ($35)
and Curry Thursdays ($16) are dinnertime highlights.
CAFE
$$
Four Square Supermarket
(cnr SH4 & Waimarino-Takaanu Rd; 7am-7pm)
This shop-cum-service-station stocks groceries,
tramping food and a cornucopia of other useful wares.
SELF-CATERING
$
Schnapps
(
www.schnappsbarruapehu.com
; Findlay St; meals $14-28; noon-late)
This popular pub has a meat-fest
menu, open fire, big screen, pool table and a handy ATM. Things crank up on wintry
weekends.
PUB
Information
There's no i-SITE in the village, so visit
www.nationalpark.co.nz
and
www.visitruapehu.com
for info.
Getting There & Away
(
www.nakedbus.com
)
, as well as
The Northerner
train run by KiwiRail Scenic (
Click here
)
.
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Ohakune
POP 1000
Expect to see carrots crop up all over Ohakune, for this is indisputably the country's carrot
capital. Carrots were first grown in the area during the 1920s by Chinese settlers, who
cleared the land by hand and explosives. Today, the venerable vegetable is celebrated dur-
