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Experience New Zealand like a local – wherever your travels take you.

We know all the best things to do, places to stay and ways to get there. Plus we’ll take care of the bookings. Start with i-SITE today.

A powerful moody landscape, Central Otago is a region touched by history, with a powerful landscape of ancient mountains, weathered rock formations, alpine herb fields and fast rivers. Central Otago is the scene of a 'wine rush'. Pinot Noir' has become one of the region's newest treasures, and many of the wineries welcome visitors for tours and tasting

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Must do's:

  1. For an amazing seafood chowder pop into the Ranfurly Lion Hotel, right across the road from the Ranfurly i-SITE!
  2. Roscos Kayaks in Milford is the only kayaking tour of Milford that's been running 25 years! The guides are great & will show you all the epic scenery.
  3. Pick up a $24 Wanaka Pass from the Wanaka i-SITE for: Puzzling World, the Outdoor Maze, and the NZ Fighter Pilots Museum with a bonus coffee.

The best kept secrets:

  1. The Winehouse Restaurant in Queenstown is a cozy, locally-owned restaurant that is great to go for a family lunch!
  2. Frisbee golf, ice skating, skate park, tennis, lawn bowls, playgrounds, walks and bike trails. Just some of the things to do in the Queentown Gardens.
  3. Patagonia Chocolate Shop in Queenstown Wharf has delicious homemade chocolates, ice-creams and free wireless internet.

Great food & wine:

  1. Authentic Central Otago Farmers’ Market in Cromwell is held every Sunday from October to February is a great place to pickup fresh seasonal produce.
  2. Stop at one of the many pick-your-own orchards or roadside stalls and treat yourself to a Central Otago apricot or sweet plump red cherries!
  3. The best gourmet pies in the Southern Lakes District are made fresh daily at the Arrowtown Bakery! Flavours you could only imagine!

Hot deals:

  1. Enjoy a Milford Overnight cruise with Real Journeys. Twin/Double & Quad-share. 21st, 22nd 23rd & 28th June 2010.
  2. Warm those frosty toes this winter with this red hot special Riverside Chalets in Milford Sound. Chalets $195 for the first night and $160 for the second!
  3. For $195pp, you can take your party of 4 on a wine tour of Central Otago vineyards then spend the night ensconced in comfort. Book at Alexandra i-SITE!

Today:

  1. Fri 3 Sep 2010 - Sat 4 Sep 2010, 10:00am to 05:00pm
    Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition - The 2010 Otago Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been found!
    Venue: Otago Museum, Dunedin
  2. Sat 4 Sep 10, 10:00am to 02:00pm
    Water and Seven Signs - Water: new cast glass by Annabel Menzies-Joyce, and Seven Signs: new chains and tableware by Trevor Byron.
    Venue: Quadrant Gallery, Dunedin
  3. Fri 3 Sep 2010 - Sat 4 Sep 2010, 10:00am to 05:00pm
    Contemporary Traditions:Dunedin & Otaru Celebrate 30 Years - 30 years on from the establishment of the sister city relationship between Dunedin and Otaru, Japan, the Otago Museum’s latest exhibition celebrates the longstanding bond between the two cities.
    Venue: Otago Museum, Dunedin

This week:

  1. Sun 5 Sep 10, 01:30pm to 02:30pm
    Tours of Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery - Free guided tours of Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
    Venue: Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
  2. Sat 4 Sep 2010 - Sun 5 Sep 2010, 07:30pm - Late
    Ding Dong - The Fortune Theatre presents: Ding Dong (Sexe et Jalousie).
    Venue: Fortune Theatre, Dunedin
  3. Sat 4 Sep 2010 - Sun 5 Sep 2010, 10:00pm to 03:00am
    DJ Hats NZ Tour - Queenstown gigs.
    Venue: Debajo, Queenstown

This month:

  1. Sun 5 Sep 2010 - Mon 6 Sep 2010, 09:00am to 05:30pm
    Wayne Barrar: Contact Topographies (2010) - Barrar uses the fracturing lenses of NZ's history, the passages of time, the layered languages of environmental anthropology, the traditions of colonial art and the processes of early photography as integral elements of ...
    Venue: Milford Galleries Dunedin, Dunedin
  2. Fri 10 Sep 10, 09:30pm - Late
    Six60 - Six60 ‘Rise Up’ national tour.
    Venue: Revolver Bar, Queenstown
  3. Thu 16 Sep 2010 - Fri 17 Sep 2010, 10:00am to 05:00pm
    Frances Hodgkins: Portraits - Frances Hodgkins is one of New Zealand’s most highly regarded artists.
    Venue: Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
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Rugby World Cup 2011

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