Sally's Guide Book - Tasman and Beyond
Wet Weather Activities
STOKE - Take a free tour of Pic's Peanut Butter Factory, just down the road from Bunnings at 49 Saxton Road.
Monday to Friday 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm at the time of writing.
Tours need to be booked online.
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Pic's Peanut Butter World
49 Saxton RoadSTOKE - Take a free tour of Pic's Peanut Butter Factory, just down the road from Bunnings at 49 Saxton Road.
Monday to Friday 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm at the time of writing.
Tours need to be booked online.
MOTUEKA - If you enjoy visiting libraries you may like to drop in to the Motueka Library in Wallace Street, open week days and Saturday mornings. It was sustainably built in 2022 and includes 256 photovoltaic panels on the roof with battery storage, allowing it to operate off-grid for much of the year.
Motueka Public Library
32 Pah StMOTUEKA - If you enjoy visiting libraries you may like to drop in to the Motueka Library in Wallace Street, open week days and Saturday mornings. It was sustainably built in 2022 and includes 256 photovoltaic panels on the roof with battery storage, allowing it to operate off-grid for much of the year.
NELSON - Near the airport, a great activity for car enthusiasts. The Classic Car Museum features American cars from the early 1900s to the 1960s with a range of Jaguars and Kiwi/English classics out the back.
Classic Cars
95 Quarantine RdNELSON - Near the airport, a great activity for car enthusiasts. The Classic Car Museum features American cars from the early 1900s to the 1960s with a range of Jaguars and Kiwi/English classics out the back.
Food scene
MOTUEKA - Renowned for their donuts and evening meals with an outdoor area behind the restaurant, usually heated in winter. Check their website for updates. Currently open Thursday to Sunday (August 2023).
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The Smoking Barrel
105 High StMOTUEKA - Renowned for their donuts and evening meals with an outdoor area behind the restaurant, usually heated in winter. Check their website for updates. Currently open Thursday to Sunday (August 2023).
MAPUA - Great coffee, great cafe food and a good selection in the cabinet. There is often a queue to the door but we have found the service to be good without too much of a wait. The cafe is near Mapua wharf with indoor and outdoor seating.
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Albertas
MAPUA - Great coffee, great cafe food and a good selection in the cabinet. There is often a queue to the door but we have found the service to be good without too much of a wait. The cafe is near Mapua wharf with indoor and outdoor seating.
MOTUEKA - Named the best café in the country at the 2023 Hospitality Awards for Excellence. Locals and visitors love the vibe of this store and café with a brewery onsite. Indoor and outdoor seating.
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Toad Hall
502 High St SMOTUEKA - Named the best café in the country at the 2023 Hospitality Awards for Excellence. Locals and visitors love the vibe of this store and café with a brewery onsite. Indoor and outdoor seating.
TASMAN - After 30 years of operating full time, this café is now open only on Fridays from 10am. Bookings recommended for lunch and dinner. Visit the quirky garden out the back and feed the tame eels (in season).
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Jester House Café
320 Aporo RdTASMAN - After 30 years of operating full time, this café is now open only on Fridays from 10am. Bookings recommended for lunch and dinner. Visit the quirky garden out the back and feed the tame eels (in season).
MOTUEKA - New World Supermarket, Motueka is the closest, about 10 minutes drive, and has a good selection if you wish to purchase food to cook or reheat back at the studio.
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New World Motueka
271 High StMOTUEKA - New World Supermarket, Motueka is the closest, about 10 minutes drive, and has a good selection if you wish to purchase food to cook or reheat back at the studio.
MAPUA - This bakery/cafe has a great selection including gluten free items and some of those old traditional bakes from yesteryear.
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Mapua Village Bakery
66 Aranui RdMAPUA - This bakery/cafe has a great selection including gluten free items and some of those old traditional bakes from yesteryear.
RICHMOND's best kept secret. Great menu for brunch or lunch in a lovely garden setting at Factory Corner. Bookings highly recommended as they are busy and cope well with a large amount of guests.
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The Grape Escape Cafe & Catering
143 McShane RdRICHMOND's best kept secret. Great menu for brunch or lunch in a lovely garden setting at Factory Corner. Bookings highly recommended as they are busy and cope well with a large amount of guests.
RUBY BAY - 172 Stafford Drive. Fresh, local, line caught fish with chips, burgers and curries. Gluten free and dairy free options available. Check their website or Fb page for opening hours and days as they are not open every day.
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Ruby Bay Kitchen
RUBY BAY - 172 Stafford Drive. Fresh, local, line caught fish with chips, burgers and curries. Gluten free and dairy free options available. Check their website or Fb page for opening hours and days as they are not open every day.
MAPUA WHARF: Much more than a coffee shop, recommended by several of our guests. This restaurant has recently reopened under new ownership with a new menu and hours that can be viewed on their website.
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Jellyfish Restaurant and Bar
6 Aranui RdMAPUA WHARF: Much more than a coffee shop, recommended by several of our guests. This restaurant has recently reopened under new ownership with a new menu and hours that can be viewed on their website.
NGATIMOTI - A popular café and coffee stop at 1469 Motueka Valley Highway. It also has a full service restaurant and pub that are open on certain days. Check the website for opening hours.
River Haven
NGATIMOTI - A popular café and coffee stop at 1469 Motueka Valley Highway. It also has a full service restaurant and pub that are open on certain days. Check the website for opening hours.
UPPER MOUTERE - 1406 Moutere Highway. New Zealand's Oldest Pub, in its original building, established 1850. Pub meals and a large selection of craft beer on tap and very locally sourced wine. It pays to check their website and Fb page as they are often closed on Monday and Tuesday.
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Moutere Inn
1406 Moutere HwyUPPER MOUTERE - 1406 Moutere Highway. New Zealand's Oldest Pub, in its original building, established 1850. Pub meals and a large selection of craft beer on tap and very locally sourced wine. It pays to check their website and Fb page as they are often closed on Monday and Tuesday.
MOTUEKA and MAPUA. Friendly local pubs with craft beer and cider on tap. Good pub food.
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Sprig & Fern Motueka
Wallace StreetMOTUEKA and MAPUA. Friendly local pubs with craft beer and cider on tap. Good pub food.
Sightseeing
NELSON - If you love mosaics and butterflies, visit the memorial pathway at Fairfield Park where bereaved families have designed and laid a path with mosaic butterfly pavers as a tribute to their children. Check out Project Butterfly Nelson for more information.
Fairfield Park
NELSON - If you love mosaics and butterflies, visit the memorial pathway at Fairfield Park where bereaved families have designed and laid a path with mosaic butterfly pavers as a tribute to their children. Check out Project Butterfly Nelson for more information.
NELSON - A natural reef of rocks, stones and driftwood that shelters Nelson City from the ocean. It is walkable for 8km and good walking shoes are recommended. Access off SH6 down Boulder Bank Drive.
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Boulder Bank
NELSON - A natural reef of rocks, stones and driftwood that shelters Nelson City from the ocean. It is walkable for 8km and good walking shoes are recommended. Access off SH6 down Boulder Bank Drive.
MAPUA - A collection of cafes, restaurants, galleries, quirky stores and bike hire. Some shops now exist in the old cool stores that used to store apples and other fruit waiting to be shipped.
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Mapua Wharf
8 Aranui RdMAPUA - A collection of cafes, restaurants, galleries, quirky stores and bike hire. Some shops now exist in the old cool stores that used to store apples and other fruit waiting to be shipped.
A 25 minute drive will take you to this popular swimming and recreational beach between Mapua and Nelson. It has large grassed areas for leisure activities, barbeques, showers and toilets.
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Rabbit island
A 25 minute drive will take you to this popular swimming and recreational beach between Mapua and Nelson. It has large grassed areas for leisure activities, barbeques, showers and toilets.
A 30 minute drive via Motueka to this beautiful beach and estuary, famous for its golden sand and clear water. This is a launching place for boat trips to Abel Tasman National Park that is 20 minutes further up the road at Marahau.
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Kaiteriteri
A 30 minute drive via Motueka to this beautiful beach and estuary, famous for its golden sand and clear water. This is a launching place for boat trips to Abel Tasman National Park that is 20 minutes further up the road at Marahau.
KAITERITERI - One of Tasman's popular sights accessible by boat or kayak and viewable down a short walking track to Towers Bay off Tokongawa Drive.
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Split Apple Rock
Moonraker WayKAITERITERI - One of Tasman's popular sights accessible by boat or kayak and viewable down a short walking track to Towers Bay off Tokongawa Drive.
PAST RIWAKA - One of my favourites. A short 400m walk at the end of end of Riwaka Valley Rd, 16km north of Motueka will take you to the deep, crystal clear pools where the Riuwaka River flows underground from the depths of the Takaka Hill.
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The Riwaka Resurgence
Riwaka Valley RoadPAST RIWAKA - One of my favourites. A short 400m walk at the end of end of Riwaka Valley Rd, 16km north of Motueka will take you to the deep, crystal clear pools where the Riuwaka River flows underground from the depths of the Takaka Hill.
TAKAKA - Highly recommended by some of our guests who caught their salmon and had it cooked for their lunch. They loved it so much, they went twice.
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Anatoki Salmon Fishing & Cafe in Golden Bay
230 McCallum RdTAKAKA - Highly recommended by some of our guests who caught their salmon and had it cooked for their lunch. They loved it so much, they went twice.
The largest freshwater springs in New Zealand, also the largest cold water springs in the Southern Hemisphere with some of the clearest water ever measured.
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Te Waikoropupu kilder
Pupu Springs RoadThe largest freshwater springs in New Zealand, also the largest cold water springs in the Southern Hemisphere with some of the clearest water ever measured.
Shopping
NELSON - Open on Saturday mornings from 8am to 1pm, this market has a wide range of crafts, gifts, plants and food.
The Nelson Market
NELSON - Open on Saturday mornings from 8am to 1pm, this market has a wide range of crafts, gifts, plants and food.
RICHMOND Mall is the largest shopping centre under one roof in the Top of the South region. It has several small department stores, two supermarkets, a food court and free parking. It is about half an hour's drive towards Nelson.
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Richmond Mall
Talbot StreetRICHMOND Mall is the largest shopping centre under one roof in the Top of the South region. It has several small department stores, two supermarkets, a food court and free parking. It is about half an hour's drive towards Nelson.
MAPUA - An amazing gallery of art and sculptures with helpful staff even if you are just looking. We were given a wind sculpture from this store and admire it every day. They make to order and also ship overseas.
Forest Fusion Functonal Art
1 Aranui RoadMAPUA - An amazing gallery of art and sculptures with helpful staff even if you are just looking. We were given a wind sculpture from this store and admire it every day. They make to order and also ship overseas.
MAPUA - Coolstores 4 & 5, 8 Aranui Road, Māpua Wharf. A lovely shop in two of the old coolstores that used hold produce before it was shipped many years ago. It is packed full of gifts, specialised baking equipment, books, china, homewares, children's clothing, books and toys.
Delicious Homewares - Mapua
8 Aranui RdMAPUA - Coolstores 4 & 5, 8 Aranui Road, Māpua Wharf. A lovely shop in two of the old coolstores that used hold produce before it was shipped many years ago. It is packed full of gifts, specialised baking equipment, books, china, homewares, children's clothing, books and toys.