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Drinking & Entertainment
Bay Brewery Bistro
PUB
(
www.baybrew.co.nz
; 25 Coghill St; 5pm-late Sun-Fri, from noon Sat)
Good English-style
beers - brewed up by Toby, an entertainingly friendly ex-journalist - and decent pub
food ($21 to $24) including top-notch fish and chips and burgers. Plan your next Coro-
mandel detour in the attached garden bar.
Blacksmith Bar
PUB
(
www.blacksmithbar.co.nz
; 1 Blacksmith Lane; 10.30am-late)
On the weekends, live bands
keep the punters pumping until the wee hours (well, 1am). It's the kind of small-town
pub and beer garden that attracts all ages, styles and dancing abilities.
Mercury Twin Cinemas
CINEMA
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
07-867 1001;
www.flicks.co.nz
; Lee St; adult/child $15/10)
Latest-release films.
Information
Whitianga i-SITE
( 07-866 5555;
www.whitianga.co.nz
; 66 Albert St; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, to
4pm Sat & Sun)
Information and internet access. Hours are extended in summer.
Getting There & Around
land, Great Barrier Island and Tauranga. Bus services are offered by InterCity (
Click
07-864 7770;
www.tairuabus.co.nz
)
and Go Kiwi (
Click
1.50/1.50; 7.30am-6.30pm Easter-late Oct, to 10.30pm late Oct-Easter)
links Buffalo Beach
with Ferry Landing.
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