Help with a travel itinerary to NZ
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@nonpartizan said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@dogmeat said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@nonpartizan That would be the tightest of tight budgets
Ok. Thanks. I'm just trying to come up with a ballpark figure that I will need. I will plan on bringing double that then.
Pies, fish and chips, the usual burgers and takeout aren't too expensive. And there are plenty of cheapish eats in the big cities if you look for them. Both Auckland and Wellington have lots of cheap Asian food, and snack foods and fruit at supermarkets to supplement your paid meals
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@dogmeat said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
So do-able 90 mile beach is a state highway but I wouldn't recommend it unless you are used to it. Not sure of the rental companies policies either.
Wasn't allowed in the '90s, actually in the rental contract. Doesn't mean you can't do it of course, just that you aren't insured. I doubt that has changed.
I won't explain how I know this.
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Early 90s we found a car company that allowed this (driving on a beach) but they changed it soon after. Have been driven to Cape Reinga from Auckland CBD and back in a day by a neighbour but his old convertible has a giant engine and his foot was heavier than lead. What a great day it was.
I also agree on Paihia as way too touristy.
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@dogmeat said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
One option would be to spend two nights in Mangonui, then
That's what I did. It's an easy drive from there and no need to get up stupidly early.
Did drive on the beach in a rental though ...
The only issue we had was getting a little stuck in the sand at the very beginning.
Also gives them the chance to have some Aussie style fish and chips without going to Oz at the Mangonui Fish and Chips shop. I'm going to retreat to my foxhole now.
@Bovidae said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
From NZ$5-$20
Who the fudge is buying $20 pies in NZ? I can understand paying that in Oz so you can actually get a decent amount of meat, but in NZ?
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@Bovidae said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@Nepia That seems to be the upper end price for gourmet pies. And no, I've never paid that much for one!
Apparently not
Is this New Zealand's most expensive pie?
A gourmet crayfish pie, created by PJ's Pies in Hanmer Springs, would set you back $50. Owner Jim Bratschi explains.
and no I wouldn't.
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@nonpartizan said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
I just realized this trip will be my son's first beer in a pub/bar since the age limit here is 21. Landmark moment!
What is the best beer to celebrate the occasion?
So many choices, depends on what you want. There are lots of craft beers in NZ that are very good, Garage Project, Panhead are a couple I like. There's always basic mainstream beers like Heinekin, Steinlager, Asahi, Corona if you want
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@canefan said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@nonpartizan said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
I just realized this trip will be my son's first beer in a pub/bar since the age limit here is 21. Landmark moment!
What is the best beer to celebrate the occasion?
So many choices, depends on what you want. There are lots of craft beers in NZ that are very good, Garage Project, Panhead are a couple I like. There's always basic mainstream beers like Heinekin, Steinlager, Asahi, Corona if you want
Panhead Supercharger is a safe bet.
Crafty enough to be better than anything else mainstream but mainstream enough to be not too Crafty. Win/win.
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@MN5 said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@canefan said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@nonpartizan said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
I just realized this trip will be my son's first beer in a pub/bar since the age limit here is 21. Landmark moment!
What is the best beer to celebrate the occasion?
So many choices, depends on what you want. There are lots of craft beers in NZ that are very good, Garage Project, Panhead are a couple I like. There's always basic mainstream beers like Heinekin, Steinlager, Asahi, Corona if you want
Panhead Supercharger is a safe bet.
Crafty enough to be better than anything else mainstream but mainstream enough to be not too Crafty. Win/win.
Garage Project Hapi Daze for the same reasons. Not as common on tap though
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@MN5 said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@canefan said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@nonpartizan said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
I just realized this trip will be my son's first beer in a pub/bar since the age limit here is 21. Landmark moment!
What is the best beer to celebrate the occasion?
So many choices, depends on what you want. There are lots of craft beers in NZ that are very good, Garage Project, Panhead are a couple I like. There's always basic mainstream beers like Heinekin, Steinlager, Asahi, Corona if you want
Panhead Supercharger is a safe bet.
Crafty enough to be better than anything else mainstream but mainstream enough to be not too Crafty. Win/win.
Panhead XPA goes down like a treat as well but probably hard to find on tap.
But if it's a first beer then you'd have to go with a classic drop.
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@Bovidae said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:
@Nepia That seems to be the upper end price for gourmet pies. And no, I've never paid that much for one!
Surely that's an oxymoron?
Whenever I'm back in NZ I always have a few pies to keep going until the next time I'm back but I stick around the $5 mark (although with inflation on my next trip home this year I may need to bump it up to $6).
Although I have paid circa $10 for a pie in Oz (only because I had a craving after the algorithm kept giving me YT shorts of pies) which was decent but not great.
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Some thing to check out if in Wellington.
The Wellington bakery creating new pie flavours nearly every day
Korean Gochujang pork belly is popular and people go bonkers for the Big Mac in a pie. But the pie de jour is their beef brisket with jalapeno bacon relish.
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@Tim yeah she is a long drive upto Cape Reinga.
@canefan I took the kids from Whangarei to Cape Rienga and back in a day, pretty much a day trip! Not sure I'd do the trip by bus, even longer and then stuck to thier itintery.
Nice to break up the long trip with a visit to the Te Paki Sand Dunes.
Driving is the best and worst part of visiting NZ; you get to see so much more, but you have to bloody drive pretty much everywhere!
Second @dogmeat about Matakohe Kauri Museum, excellent! Similarly the one at Waitangi, make them 'must sees' if you are hitting this part of the country, if you are driving this part with time (that you probably wont have) head down the more rugged and isolated west coast and visit Hokianga and the Waipoua Forest with Tane Mahuta.
I am yet to go into the Hundertwasser Art Museum here, I'm not big on art, but IMO the building itself is the crown jewel, again, if you are here, the rolling ball clock near the Clock Museum is a fascinating piece of work (only a few mins walk between, with some good eating spots on the way)
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