Jessie & Nick’s guidebook
Things to do
Beautiful gardens 40 mins drive away, with on-site cafe
Just a 40 min drive is Dawson Falls with plenty of walking tracks (5 mins to Dawson Falls/20 mins to Wilkies Pools + many more longer tramps) & Cafe. Fun for all ages
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Dawson Falls
Just a 40 min drive is Dawson Falls with plenty of walking tracks (5 mins to Dawson Falls/20 mins to Wilkies Pools + many more longer tramps) & Cafe. Fun for all ages
A beautiful historic theatre showing new releases & hosts boutique nights playing classic, foreign & fringe films
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Everybody's Theatre
72 Tasman StA beautiful historic theatre showing new releases & hosts boutique nights playing classic, foreign & fringe films
Pukeiti is 40 minute drive away - extensive beautiful gardens & cafe. Great kids treehouse trail to keep the younger ones entertained
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Pukeiti
2290 Carrington RdPukeiti is 40 minute drive away - extensive beautiful gardens & cafe. Great kids treehouse trail to keep the younger ones entertained
Safe swimming beach with patrolled life guards over summer. Great playground
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Opunake Beach
Safe swimming beach with patrolled life guards over summer. Great playground
Dreamtime Surf Shop
102 Tasman StSurfboard hire, swimwear/clothing & coffee shop in one
Cape Egmont Lighthouse
377-379 Cape RdThe longest of the formal South Taranaki walks. Over 7 kilometres you’ll see Lake Opunake, the historic Armed Constabulary Cemetery, Waiaua River Mouth and historic Te Namu Pa.
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Cliff Top Garden Opunake Walkway
Bowen CrescentThe longest of the formal South Taranaki walks. Over 7 kilometres you’ll see Lake Opunake, the historic Armed Constabulary Cemetery, Waiaua River Mouth and historic Te Namu Pa.
Food scene
Delicious Indian Restaurant if you want a night off cooking (dine in or takeaway)
Headlands Indian Restaurant
4 Havelock StDelicious Indian Restaurant if you want a night off cooking (dine in or takeaway)
Sugar Juice Cafe
42-44 Tasman StQuirky place serving up delicious breakfast/lunch & coffee
Opunake Fish, Chips and More
61 Tasman StThings to do further afield
Fantastic museum, fun for all ages & free! 40 mins drive from the Bach
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Puke Ariki
1 Ariki StFantastic museum, fun for all ages & free! 40 mins drive from the Bach
A FREE, family focused zoo which is home to a diverse variety of species including farmyard animals, reptiles and amphibians, oriental small-clawed otters, meerkats, a brolga, Bolivian squirrel monkeys, capuchins and cotton-top tamarins as well as a selection of colourful birds housed inside a walk-through free-flight aviary.
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Brooklands Zoo
30 Brooklands Park DrA FREE, family focused zoo which is home to a diverse variety of species including farmyard animals, reptiles and amphibians, oriental small-clawed otters, meerkats, a brolga, Bolivian squirrel monkeys, capuchins and cotton-top tamarins as well as a selection of colourful birds housed inside a walk-through free-flight aviary.
Tawhiti Museum
401 Ohangai RdExtensive mountain bike track - trails to suit all levels. 1 hour from the Bach
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Lake Mangamahoe Mountain Bike Park
Plantation RoadExtensive mountain bike track - trails to suit all levels. 1 hour from the Bach
My favourite hike on a still day - approx 4 hour return tramp will provide beautiful views. Recommended for fairly fit people
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Pouakai Circuit Reflective Tarn
My favourite hike on a still day - approx 4 hour return tramp will provide beautiful views. Recommended for fairly fit people
Neighbourhoods
Opunake is a favoured seaside destination. Whether you’re a surfer, swimmer, windsurfer, fisherman or simply enjoy sun-baking and sand-strolling, Opunake is ideally situated on the coast half way between New Plymouth and Hawera. Drive along the coast hugging 105 km stretch of road known as Surf Highway 45 and be up close and personal with the Mighty Mount Taranaki on one side, while farmland and ocean views on the other prove the mountain really does meet the sea. The Taranaki coastline is home to countless classic surf breaks. Breaks like Stent Road, the Kumara Patch and Arawhata Road have become legendary in New Zealand surfing over the decades and continue to attract surfers from around the world.
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Opunake
Opunake is a favoured seaside destination. Whether you’re a surfer, swimmer, windsurfer, fisherman or simply enjoy sun-baking and sand-strolling, Opunake is ideally situated on the coast half way between New Plymouth and Hawera. Drive along the coast hugging 105 km stretch of road known as Surf Highway 45 and be up close and personal with the Mighty Mount Taranaki on one side, while farmland and ocean views on the other prove the mountain really does meet the sea. The Taranaki coastline is home to countless classic surf breaks. Breaks like Stent Road, the Kumara Patch and Arawhata Road have become legendary in New Zealand surfing over the decades and continue to attract surfers from around the world.