Travel Reference
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(
www.rhythmandvines.co.nz
)
A huge event on the music calendar, R&V is a three-day festival
leading up to New Year's Eve, featuring big-time local and international bands and DJs.
Local accommodation feels the sqeeze.
Sleeping
HOSTEL
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Gisborne YHA
( 06-867 3269;
www.yha.co.nz
;
32 Harris St; dm/s/d/f $30/50/66/108; )
A short wander across the
river from town, this rambling 1925 charmer houses a well-kept hostel. The rooms are
large and comfy (even the 10-bed dorm in the roof space), while outside the deck and
lawns entice conversations. Family en suite unit and surfboard and bike hire also avail-
able.
Waikanae Beach Top 10 Holiday Park
MAP
HOLIDAY PARK
$
GOOGLE MAP
( 06-867 5634, 0800 867 563;
www.waikanaebeachtop10.co.nz
;
280 Grey St; sites from $22, cabins & units
$70-155; )
Right by the beach and an easy 10-minute walk to town, this grassy holiday
park offers good-value cabins and units, and grassy lanes for pitching tents and parking
vans. Some of the cheaper cabins could use some TLC. Surfboards and bikes for hire.
Teal Motor Lodge
( 06-868 4019, 0800 838 325;
www.teal.co.nz
;
479 Gladstone Rd; d $125-175, f $195-245; )
With su-
per street appeal on the main drag (500m into town), the vaguely alpine Teal boasts a solid
offering of tidy, family-friendly units plus a saltwater swimming pool and immaculate
lawns to run around on. Free wi-fi.
MOTEL
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Eastwoodhill Arboretum
( 06-863 9003;
www.eastwoodhill.org.nz
;
2392 Wharekopae Rd, Ngatapa; dm/tw/d incl garden admission $35/80/
120)
The bunks and private rooms at Eastwoodhill Arboretum (
Click here
)
are basic, but
once you're here, endless woody delights can fill your days and nights. Meals available by
arrangement, or you can use the fully equipped kitchen (BYO food as there aren't any
shops nearby).
LODGE
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