WHAT A GREAT EVENING
Te Kai Whakarongo 23 July, 2024 | Proudly locally owned and operated Issue 1115 Circulation 9000
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CONNECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA
Thermal
Ocean
Village
Top Ten Holiday Park’s Hot Mineral Pool
Water sports – jet skis, banana boat, surfing lessons, swimming beaches.
Great pubs, clubs and entertainment. Talented artists, art outlets – galleries and studios.
Sight-seeing and adventures – Diving lessons and doing it, Cathedral Cove tours, Sea Cave tours, Jet boats, Glass Bottom Boat Tours.
Fashion Shopping – More than ten fashion clothing and shoe stores.
Proximity to Cathedral Cove– tours, walking track and local attractions.
Lifestyle shopping and planning – everything for the home and bach.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR WHITIANGA
Food and retail – with three top grocery outlets and high end delicatessen, organic food galore, wineries and food produce farms to visit.
Hot Water Beach
The Lost Spring
BY PAULINE STEWART
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he smallest column is the one on the left – THERMAL, but it is that which sets us apart from other villages/towns in New Zealand. That is the key to every other offering we have listed in the other two columns under OCEAN and VILLAGE. The three Thermal aspects plus Cathedral Cove are attractive all year round. We need to shout out this story to bring untold numbers of tourists to enjoy the essence of who we are and what we offer.
Fishing, Boating and a Waterways Village - tournaments, competitions, fishing Charters, fishing for all, yacht racing events and regattas, Waterways living.
Signage must placard the message of uniqueness. It will take risk and money to do this, but the whole village will benefit and so will the rest of the Coromandel Peninsula.
KNOW OUR HISTORY Once upon a time, over 80 years ago, patients at Whitianga Hospital would go to Mother Brown’s Creek (Taputaputea Stream) to bathe in the warm water that bubbled up from out of the sand. Thermal is not new to this region. It has always been here, before any human occupation. The pioneer doctor who
Restaurants and cafes abound - world class service and quality food.
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Airport & Accommodation- Taxi and shuttle services for all times. Plush apartments, luxury retreats, B&Bs, holiday parks, caravan parks and freedom camping. Services and trades – excellent suppliers and skilled tradespeople for all aspects of build and maintenance of properties and grounds. Community services - clubs, groups, libraries, museum, medical centres, specialist, health and well-being services, emergency services, including a Rescue Helicopter service.
arrived on horseback for his clinic would prescribe immersion in the hot water as his desired treatment for patients. Locals would also come and bathe. It was a thermal spring – warm healing water. Over the years the spring was lost with shifting banks and moving coastlines. But in 1989, after years of drilling and false starts, it was rediscovered – that was the beginning of The Lost Spring. Then it was lost again and found again in 2002. Now, it is there for the world to come and enjoy.
Sporting and Leisure - clubs and tournaments – every kind and excellent golf courses and events. Bush walking, cycling, bike park, farm park and adventure fun zones for families, etc. Regional events that attract lots of people from elsewhere: Summer Concert, Classic Car Tours and Beach Meet, Art Escape, Run Fest, Oceans Festival, regattas and boating, Cathedral Cove.
It would help every town on the Coromandel Peninsula to find what sets your town apart. The Coromandel Informer is here to assist.
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