Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ical support, including shuttles, bag transfers and an accommodation booking service.
They also have depots in Clyde, at the other end of the trail.
Cycle Surgery
BICYCLE RENTAL
(
03-464 3630;
www.cyclesurgery.co.nz
; Swansea St; rental per day $35;
depot mid-
Sep-mid-May)
Trail Journeys
BICYCLE RENTAL
(
03-464 3213;
www.trailjourneys.co.nz
;
Swansea St; rental per day $40;
depot Sep-Apr)
Sleeping & Eating
Otago Central Hotel
HOTEL $$$
( 03-444 4800;
www.hydehotel.co.nz
;
SH87, Hyde; with/without bathroom s $100/80, d $170/
130; )
Most of the tidy rooms in this cool old hotel, 27km along the trail from Middle-
march, have private bathrooms but only some are en suite. It's no longer a working pub
and the licensed cafe on the sunny terrace shuts at 4pm, leaving the set dinner the only
meal option for many miles around.
Kissing Gate Cafe
CAFE $
(2 Swansea St; mains $7-18; 8.30am-4pm)
Sit out under the fruit trees in the pretty garden
of this cute little wooden cottage and tuck into a cooked breakfast, meatloaf, frittata or
some home baking. Nana-chic at its best.
Quench
CAFE, BAR $$$
( 03-464 3070; 31 Snow Ave; brunch $6-16, dinner $21-29; 8am-9pm Sun-Thu, to 11.30pm Fri
& Sat Sep-Apr, to 4pm May-Aug)
Opposite the railway station, Quench lives up to its name
with cooked breakfasts, pies and the Rail Burger (recommended if you're beginning the
Rail Trail), and ice-cold Speight's on tap (
definitely
recommended if you've just finished
the trail).
Getting There & Away
Sun Oct-Apr)
has only limited runs between Dunedin and Middlemarch; most services end
at Pukerangi Station, 20km away. Both of the main cycle companies offer shuttles to Du-
nedin, Pukerangi and the Rail Trail towns.
