Things to do in Coromandel Town
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Driving Creek Cafe
A large selection of vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, organic and fair-trade delights awaits at this funky mud-brick cafe. The food is wonderful – beautifully presented, fresh and healthy. Once sated, the kids can play in the sandpit while the adults check their email.
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Driving Creek Railway & Potteries
The amazing Driving Creek Railway & Potteries is 3km north of Coromandel Town. The unique train runs up steep grades, across four trestle bridges, along two spirals and a double switchback, and through two tunnels, finishing at the ‘Eye-full Tower’. The hour-long trip passes artworks and regenerating native forest – more than 17,000 natives have been planted, including 9000 kauri. It’s worth lingering for the video about the extraordinary guy behind it all, well-known potter Barry Brickell.
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Coromandel Goldfield Centre & Stamper Battery
The Coromandel Goldfield Centre & Stamper Battery is an 1899 rock-crushing plant with informative one-hour tours. You can also try panning for gold ($5). Outside of the tours it’s worth stopping for a gander at NZ’s largest working water wheel.
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Pepper Tree Restaurant & Bar
C-Town’s most upmarket option, Pepper Tree dishes up generously proportioned French-style cooking with a particular emphasis on local seafood. On a summer’s evening, the courtyard tables under the shady tree are the place to be.
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Star & Garter Hotel
Making the most of the simple kauri interior of an 1873 building, this smart pub has pool tables, decent sounds and a roster of live music and DJs on the weekends. The beer garden is awesome, smartly styled in corrugated iron.
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Coromandel Smoking Co
For a delicious snack or cooking supplies, Coromandel Smoking Co has a wonderful range of smoked fish and seafood. You can’t leave town without trying the extremely addictive smoked mussels.
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Coromandel Oyster Company
If you prefer your bivalves au naturel, the roadside Coromandel Oyster Company is the place for newly landed mussels, scallops, cooked crayfish and, of course, oysters.
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Success Café
This easy-going café delivers good coffee, cooked breakfasts, and local specialities such as mussel chowder. Dinners are solid meat, fish or chicken affairs.
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Umu
Umu serves up classy cafe fare, including excellent pizza, mouth-watering counter food (tarts and quiches around $7), superb coffee and tummy-taming breakfasts.
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Coromandel Mining & Historic Museum
The small Coromandel Mining & Historic Museum provides a glimpse of pioneer life.
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Tri Sail Charters
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Mussel Barge
Megan from Mussel Barge offers fishing trips with a uniquely local flavour and lots of laughs.
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Coromandel Kayak Adventures
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Argo Tours
Megan's father runs Argo Tours, exploring native bush and old gold workings in a mini 8WD. If you can muster a posse (up to five people), prices drop as low as $40 per person.
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