Things to do in Thames
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Goldmine Experience
The Goldmine Experience allows you to walk through a gold-mine tunnel, watch a stamper battery crush rock, learn about the history of the Cornish miners and try your hand at panning for gold ($2 extra).
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Butterfly & Orchid Garden
Kids (little or large) with a fairy complex will adore the Butterfly & Orchid Garden, north of town within the Dickson Holiday Park. It’s an enclosed jungle full of hundreds of exotic flappers.
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Grahamstown Market
On Saturday mornings the Grahamstown Market fills the street with organic produce and handicrafts.
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Nakontong Thai Restaurant
Although the bright lighting may not induce romance, the tangy Thai dishes should provide a warm glow.
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Rocco
Housed in one of Thames’ gorgeous kauri villas, Rocco serves a lively tapas selection and more substantial mains, making good use of local ingredients (mussels, fish) and high-quality Spanish imports (chorizo, cheese, olives). Inclement weather, take a seat among the crushed-shell and swirling brick paths outside.
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School of Mines & Mineral Museum
The i-SITE stocks free Historic Places Trust self-tour pamphlets of Thames’ significant buildings. The Trust also runs tours of the interesting School of Mines & Mineral Museum, which has an extensive collection of NZ rocks, minerals and fossils. The oldest section (1868) was part of a Methodist Sunday school, situated on a Maori burial ground.
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Mama Gin’s
The cutest little bar in the ’Mandel, with art-deco chandeliers, zany wallpaper and regular live music. It’s the sort of place where a solo traveller of any gender can chill out over a glass of wine.
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Pohutukawa Design
You'll find funky jewellery, well-crafted wooden products and fashion in this fabulous store that showcases the work of local designers. You can also do your laundry and check your email here.
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Sola Cafe
Bright and friendly, this meat-free cafe is first rate. Expect excellent coffee and a range of vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free options that include heavenly salads.
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Matatoki Farm Cheese
At Matatoki Farm Cheese, you can taste and buy cheeses handmade from milk produced by the farm’s cows and ewes, including organic varieties.
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Food for Thought
You might toy with a panini, cake or coffee, but it is really the award-winning pies that you come here for.
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Historical Museum
The historical museum houses pioneer relics, rocks and old photographs of the town.
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Thames Small Gauge Railway
Young 'uns can ride on the cute-as-a-button 900m Thames Small Gauge Railway.
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Paki Paki Bike Shop
Paki Paki Bike Shop rents out bikes for $25 a day and performs repairs.
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Organic Co-op
A good source of planet-friendly vegetables, nuts, bread, eggs and meat.
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Karaka Bird Hide
Bird lovers can take advantage of the Karaka Bird Hide. Built with compensation funds from the Rainbow Warrior bombing, it’s reached by a boardwalk through the mangroves just off Brown St.
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Eyez Open
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Canyonz
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Taj
A simple curry house perhaps, but Taj does a sublime saag paneer and all the other spicy favourites.
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Multiplex Cinemas
Screening recent blockbusters in poorly sound-insulated cinemas.
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