Northland Origin
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@taniwharugby said in Northland Origin:
@Machpants I said they live over there nowadays, not that I was from there....
So your saying it's better that they choose to live there rather than being born there? 😜
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@Machpants they bought a business there about 6 years back...I suggested it wasnt the best move, particulalrly selling up in Whangarei and moving given dad had been commuting for a few years already...but parents, what are you to do.
If you get the chance, from Kaikohe drive down Mangakahia Road (recently got designated a SH) some great rural vistas of largely unspoilt hillsides (that look like somehting out of JUrrasic Park) other parts you expect to see a boy playing a banjo (or guitar more like) on the deck of an old broken down house.
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@Bovidae said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia You should have ventured further north, and then Dargaville wouldn't appear so bad. I drove through Kaeo about 8 times. No wonder Eric Rush left.
Bar the flooding I’d take Kaeo over Dargahole any day. But yep, best to keep driving through otherwise. However if you venture around the coast a stones throw from Kaeo you get some of the best little beaches in the north.
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@taniwharugby said in Northland Origin:
@Machpants I said they live over there nowadays, not that I was from there....
Thought you meant Straya
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@J77 We were based in Mangonui and made a point of visiting places like Matauri Bay and Taupo Bay. Really nice and popular, but some of the other inland towns weren't so appealing. I've never seen so many abandoned cars left on the side of the road as up north either. Worse than GBI.
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@Bovidae said in Northland Origin:
@J77 We were based in Mangonui and made a point of visiting places like Matauri Bay and Taupo Bay. Really nice and popular, but some of the other inland towns weren't so appealing. I've never seen so many abandoned cars left on the side of the road as up north either. Worse than GBI.
Inland Northland and coastal Northland are worlds apart sadly. I was born and bred in a little place called Horeke on the Hokianga Harbour, there was a Stuff feature on it the other day which made pretty grim reading. Some of the said abandoned cars are now people’s houses.
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@J77 yea some of the homes look derelict but are lived in, very sad.
Although some choose to live in shitholes too, the V8 and boat parked out front and the sky dish on the roof that looks like it'll fall over in a stiff breeze.
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@Bovidae said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia You should have ventured further north, and then Dargaville wouldn't appear so bad. I drove through Kaeo about 8 times. No wonder Eric Rush left.
We did, I didn't see any one dreadlockled people in Kaeo. Kaitaia was better than what I had been led to believe too.
Stayed two nights in Mangonui - fish and chips are a bit overrated, they're Oz style, not NZ style, but the pineapple rings they do there are awesome.
@taniwharugby said in Northland Origin:
@booboo yeah I guess that HB numpty thought that too
Appears others can't understand your Northland gibberish either.
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@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
Stayed two nights in Mangonui - fish and chips are a bit overrated, they're Oz style, not NZ style, but the pineapple rings they do there are awesome.
Yes, the Mangonui fish 'n' chips were nothing special and over-priced. But you have to try them once though.
The Thai restaurant there was very good.
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@Hooroo said in Northland Origin:
I'm taking a group from work up Paihia way to play Kauri Cliffs mid-October. You boys seem to know the places to go in Paihia for a feed and beer?
Can’t go wrong with Jimmy Jacks in Paihia. Steaks and ribs are the biz.
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@Bovidae said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
Stayed two nights in Mangonui - fish and chips are a bit overrated, they're Oz style, not NZ style, but the pineapple rings they do there are awesome.
Yes, the Mangonui fish 'n' chips were nothing special and over-priced. But you have to try them once though.
The Thai restaurant there was very good.
We were deciding between the Thai place and the Indian place and went with the Indian place - it was really good too.
@J77 We had Jimmy Jacks in Paihia, and yep they were very good, not comparable with Hurricanes in Sydney but still nice and decent value for money.
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@Hooroo said in Northland Origin:
I'm taking a group from work up Paihia way to play Kauri Cliffs mid-October. You boys seem to know the places to go in Paihia for a feed and beer?
Charlotte's Kitchen on the Paihia Wharf or The Duke over in Russell would be the two standout restaurants in the Bay. In fact I think they might even be owned by the same person/people.
Otherwise Zane Greys is a decent feed in a more casual setting looking out over the water. -
@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
@Bovidae said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
Stayed two nights in Mangonui - fish and chips are a bit overrated, they're Oz style, not NZ style, but the pineapple rings they do there are awesome.
Yes, the Mangonui fish 'n' chips were nothing special and over-priced. But you have to try them once though.
The Thai restaurant there was very good.
We were deciding between the Thai place and the Indian place and went with the Indian place - it was really good too.
@J77 We had Jimmy Jacks in Paihia, and yep they were very good, not comparable with Hurricanes in Sydney but still nice and decent value for money.
I’ve been to Hurricanes in Sydney. They had the massive steak challenge there at the time. My fucking eyes were dragging on the ground when I came out.
Shit, need to change the title of this thread to “where to avoid and eat in Northland”. Had to scroll up to remember what the original topic was about!
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@J77 said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
@Bovidae said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
Stayed two nights in Mangonui - fish and chips are a bit overrated, they're Oz style, not NZ style, but the pineapple rings they do there are awesome.
Yes, the Mangonui fish 'n' chips were nothing special and over-priced. But you have to try them once though.
The Thai restaurant there was very good.
We were deciding between the Thai place and the Indian place and went with the Indian place - it was really good too.
@J77 We had Jimmy Jacks in Paihia, and yep they were very good, not comparable with Hurricanes in Sydney but still nice and decent value for money.
I’ve been to Hurricanes in Sydney. They had the massive steak challenge there at the time. My fucking eyes were dragging on the ground when I came out.
Shit, need to change the title of this thread to “where to avoid and eat in Northland”. Had to scroll up to remember what the original topic was about!
Did you go to Hurricanes and not have ribs. Please don't tell me you did that - I've enjoyed our discussion on this thread, but if you went to Hurricanes and didn't have ribs you're dead to me.
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@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
@J77 said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
@Bovidae said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
Stayed two nights in Mangonui - fish and chips are a bit overrated, they're Oz style, not NZ style, but the pineapple rings they do there are awesome.
Yes, the Mangonui fish 'n' chips were nothing special and over-priced. But you have to try them once though.
The Thai restaurant there was very good.
We were deciding between the Thai place and the Indian place and went with the Indian place - it was really good too.
@J77 We had Jimmy Jacks in Paihia, and yep they were very good, not comparable with Hurricanes in Sydney but still nice and decent value for money.
I’ve been to Hurricanes in Sydney. They had the massive steak challenge there at the time. My fucking eyes were dragging on the ground when I came out.
Shit, need to change the title of this thread to “where to avoid and eat in Northland”. Had to scroll up to remember what the original topic was about!
Did you go to Hurricanes and not have ribs. Please don't tell me you did that - I've enjoyed our discussion on this thread, but if you went to Hurricanes and didn't have ribs you're dead to me.
Haha I guess I’m dead then! The steak challenge was so bloody taxing I did not want to even think about ribs.
