Northland Origin
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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.
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@J77 said in Northland Origin:
@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.
I'm speaking over your grave now. Next time you're in Sydney, have the f-ing ribs. It's Hurricanes ribs, not Hurricanes steak house.
I actually went to a staff lunch one time and out of the 10 of us, only two of us had ribs. The worst thing about it was that it was agreed to by everyone and work paid. I had a whole rack and kumara chips so had leftover ribs for lunch the next day too.
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@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
@J77 said in Northland Origin:
@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.
I'm speaking over your grave now. Next time you're in Sydney, have the f-ing ribs. It's Hurricanes ribs, not Hurricanes steak house.
I actually went to a staff lunch one time and out of the 10 of us, only two of us had ribs. The worst thing about it was that it was agreed to by everyone and work paid. I had a whole rack and kumara chips so had leftover ribs for lunch the next day too.
You sound like my bloody sister, she was telling me I was an idiot for not doing ribs! That’s her local go to as well, I’ll be taking both your advice and going ribs when I’m over there in November.. happy? 😛
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@J77 said in Northland Origin:
@Nepia said in Northland Origin:
@J77 said in Northland Origin:
@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.
I'm speaking over your grave now. Next time you're in Sydney, have the f-ing ribs. It's Hurricanes ribs, not Hurricanes steak house.
I actually went to a staff lunch one time and out of the 10 of us, only two of us had ribs. The worst thing about it was that it was agreed to by everyone and work paid. I had a whole rack and kumara chips so had leftover ribs for lunch the next day too.
You sound like my bloody sister, she was telling me I was an idiot for not doing ribs! That’s her local go to as well, I’ll be taking both your advice and going ribs when I’m over there in November.. happy? 😛
She's a wise lady your sister!
If you go ribs crazy and want some cheap good value ribs the Moore Park Hotel does $15 ribs on Thursdays which are as I say good value.
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