Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Supplies & Equipment
OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT
Picton Sports & Outdoors
(8 High St;
8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 2.30pm Sat, 9.30am-2pm Sun)
For tramping equipment or
stove fuel.
SUPERMARKET
Fresh Choice
(Mariners Mall, 100 High St;
7am-9pm)
Pretty much the only choice as far as groceries go,
and actually pretty good.
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Information
Located 200m from the ferry terminal, Picton i-SITE (
Click here
)
is a one-stop shop for ac-
commodation and transport bookings, and has a DOC agency on site.
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Getting There & Away
Cook Strait to and from Wellington (adult/child $100/88). A free shuttle bus is provided
between Picton and the airstrip in Koromiko, 8km south of town.
Numerous bus operators service Picton, with the most extensive network covered by
In-
hours) via Kaikoura (from $17, 2½ hours); Nelson (from $26, 2¼ hours) with connections
to Motueka and the West Coast; and to/from Blenheim (from $10, 30 minutes).
Atomic
the Picton-Blenheim line daily (from $12), departing from the Interislander ferry terminal.
Picton is one of the start/end points of the Coastal Pacific service operated by
KiwiRail
Blenheim and Kaikoura) on its 5¼-hour daily run to Christchurch.
Shuttles (and tours) around Picton and wider Marlborough are offered by
Marlborough
Havelock (via Anakiwa), you can hitch a van ride with
Coleman Post
( 027 255 8882; $15)
.
Departing from the Picton ferry terminal are the
Interislander
( 0800 802 802;
