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Grand Central Fry
FAST FOOD $
(8 Ohuanga Rd; meals $3-8; 11am-8.30pm)
A local mainstay serving top fish and chips,
plus burgers and anything else fryable. Erratic opening hours.
Licorice
CAFE $
(57 SH1, Motuoapa; mains $9-17; 8am-4pm Mon-Sat, 9am-3pm Sun)
Look for the giant
licorice allsort on the roof of this roadside cafe, 8km north of Turangi. It's better than any
of the cafes in the town itself, with fine coffee and baking.
Lakeland House
INTERNATIONAL $$$
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( 07-386 6442; 88 Waihi Rd, Waihi; brunch $16-25, dinner $23-42; 10am-3pm & 6pm-late)
Destination dining at the southern end of Lake Taupo, with generous pastas, salads and
chowder dominating the daytime menu. Come evening, meat lovers can salivate over a
rack of lamb with tamarillo and plum compote, rounded off with a toothsome passion-
fruit meringue gateau. Six kilometres from Turangi, just off SH41.
Information
Turangi i-SITE
( 07-386 8999, 0800 288 726;
www.greatlaketaupo.com
;
Ngawaka Pl;
8.30am-5pm; )
A good stop for information on Tongariro National Park, Kaimanawa
Forest Park, trout fishing, and snow and road conditions. It issues DOC hut tickets, ski
passes and fishing licences, and makes bookings for transport, accommodation and activ-
ities.
Getting There & Away
Both InterCity and Naked Bus (
Click here
)
coaches stop outside the i-SITE.
THE CENTRAL PLATEAU
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Tongariro National Park
Tongariro National Park (797 sq km) lies in the heart of the North Island. Its major land-
marks are three active volcanoes - Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro. These form the
