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cluded courtyard garden. This YHA hostel is lovely and has friendly owners. Free bikes for
guests.
MOTEL$$$
Golden Bay Motel
( 03-525 9428, 0800 401 212;
www.goldenbaymotel.co.nz;
132 Commercial St; d $95-140, extra per-
son $20; )
It's golden, all right: check out the paint job. Clean, spacious, self-contained
units with decent older-style fixtures and decent older-style hosts. The rear patios overlook a
lush green lawn with a playground.
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Eating & Drinking
CAFE$$$
Dangerous Kitchen
(46a Commercial St; meals $12-28; 10am-10pm Mon-Sat)
Mellow and laid-back, with a sun-
trap courtyard out back and a people-watching patio on the main drag, this popular joint
serves largely healthy, good-value fare such as felafel, pizza, burritos, mega-cake and fresh
juice.
Brigand
(
www.brigand.co.nz;
90 Commercial St; meals $16-35; 11am-late Mon-Sat)
Beyond the gates
you'll find good food such as home-baked cakes, sandwiches, chowder and meaty mains
served in a relaxed interior and garden bar. The Brigand is also the mainstay of the local
music scene - with luck you'll rock up on a gig night.
CAFE, BAR$$$
Fresh Choice
(13 Willow St;
SUPERMARKET
8am-7pm)
Stock up while you can.
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Information
Golden Bay i-SITE
( 03-525 9136;
www.goldenbaynz.co.nz;
Willow St; 9am-5pm Nov-Apr,
10am-4.30pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat & Sun May-Oct)
Can furnish you with the indispensible, offi-
cial
Map of Golden Bay
, and assist with hut passes, bookings and other track information.
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Getting There & Away
Takaka is serviced most regularly by
Golden Bay Coachlines
( 03-525 8352;
www.gbcoachlines.co.nz
)
but also by the track transport operators that service the Abel Tasman
(
Click here
)
and Heaphy (
Click here
)
tracks.
