Things to do in Waihi
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Waihi Arts Centre & Museum
The Waihi Arts Centre & Museum features displays and models of the region’s gold-mining history and a gallery. Prepare to squirm before the collection of miners’ chopped-off thumbs preserved in glass jars.
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Over The Top Adventures
Take an on-/off-road dirt bike tour with Over The Top Adventures. It also rents mountain bikes (per day $35 to $45), which will be especially handy when the Hauraki Rail Trail is completed.
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Goldfields Railway
Goldfields Railway runs vintage trains to Waikino, leaving Waihi station daily at 10am, 11.45am and 1.45pm; from Waikino it’s 11am, 1pm and 2.30pm. The 7km-long scenic journey takes 25 minutes.
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Meeting Place Bar & Restaurant
These grand chambers once belonged to the local council. The cosy bar is more appealing than the cavernous dining room, but servings are massive and the slightly retro fare is surprisingly nice.
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Ti-tree Cafe
Housed in a cute little wooden building with punga-shaded outdoor seating, Ti-tree serves fair-trade organic coffee, cooked breakfasts and wood-fired pizza.
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Artmarket
If you’d rather exercise your wallet than your calf muscles, Artmarket has a first-rate selection of local arts and crafts.
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Waterlily Gardens
Waterlily Gardens is 18 acres of ponds, peacocks and pretty things, 7km southwest of Waihi. There’s a cafe on-site.
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Waihi Gold Mine Tours
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Town Centre
The main drag, Seddon St, has interesting sculptures, information panels about Waihi’s golden past and roundabouts that look like squashed daleks. The Historic Hauraki Gold Towns pamphlet (free from the visitor centre) outlines walking tours of both Waihi and Paeroa’s town centres.
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Pit Rim Walkway
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Dirtboard Waihi
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Cornish Pumphouse
Opposite the visitor centre, the skeleton of a derelict Cornish Pumphouse (1904) is the town’s main landmark, atmospherically lit at night.
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