Guidebook for Wellsford
Food Scene
Wharf Street Bistro overlooks the river, has great ambience and excellent food and wine. It pays to book.
Wharf Street
Wharf StreetWharf Street Bistro overlooks the river, has great ambience and excellent food and wine. It pays to book.
Matakana Farmers Market. Open Saturday mornings from about 8.30 am till 1 pm. Organics, chutneys and jams, fish, wines. It’s where Aucklanders head for a Saturday ‘experience’. Can be insanely busy - especially on holiday weekends.
Matakana Valley Road
Matakana Valley RoadMatakana Farmers Market. Open Saturday mornings from about 8.30 am till 1 pm. Organics, chutneys and jams, fish, wines. It’s where Aucklanders head for a Saturday ‘experience’. Can be insanely busy - especially on holiday weekends.
Mangawhai Market. Saturday mornings. Good foods, good coffee and breads and local olive oils. Lots of plants usually. I like this Market and it’s also on the way to great east coast beaches heading north.
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Mangawhai
Mangawhai Market. Saturday mornings. Good foods, good coffee and breads and local olive oils. Lots of plants usually. I like this Market and it’s also on the way to great east coast beaches heading north.
Arts & Culture
Gibbs Farm is a privately owned sculpture park and really hard to get in to! You need to book months in advance and sometimes this will be thru’ a ‘charity day’ - which means you’ll pay. It takes the best part of a day to get around it all but these are some of the most powerful and best sculptures you’ll see in your lifetime.
Barr Road
Barr RoadGibbs Farm is a privately owned sculpture park and really hard to get in to! You need to book months in advance and sometimes this will be thru’ a ‘charity day’ - which means you’ll pay. It takes the best part of a day to get around it all but these are some of the most powerful and best sculptures you’ll see in your lifetime.
45 Moir St
45 Moir StreetOften excellent work by local artists in a clear, uncluttered space.
Parks & Nature
A predator-free peninsula for walking and hearing and seeing Aotearoa’s wonderful native birds.
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Tawharanui Regional Park
1181 Takatu RdA predator-free peninsula for walking and hearing and seeing Aotearoa’s wonderful native birds.
Stunning kauri and other native trees. And the Warkworth Museum.
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Parry Kauri Park
Tudor Collins DriveStunning kauri and other native trees. And the Warkworth Museum.
Good walk up to the Dome and stunning views back over to Auckland and the Hauraki Gulf. Noisy tho’ because of the nearby SH1. A reasonable simple ‘Kiwi’ cafe at the car park.
Dome Forest
Good walk up to the Dome and stunning views back over to Auckland and the Hauraki Gulf. Noisy tho’ because of the nearby SH1. A reasonable simple ‘Kiwi’ cafe at the car park.
Atiu Creek Regional Park was gifted to Aucklanders. But, because it’s on the West Coast, overlooking the fabulous Kaipara Harbour, Aucklanders hardy experience it. If you want great expanses and varied landscape...... and to be free from the crowds, this is a great place. No cafes anywhere about so take your own picnic.
Ātiu Creek Regional Park
414 Run RdAtiu Creek Regional Park was gifted to Aucklanders. But, because it’s on the West Coast, overlooking the fabulous Kaipara Harbour, Aucklanders hardy experience it. If you want great expanses and varied landscape...... and to be free from the crowds, this is a great place. No cafes anywhere about so take your own picnic.
Goat Island
Marine reserve made for kayaking and snorkeling/diving.
Langs Beach
Stunning pohutakawa-lined white sand surf and swimming beach.
Essentials
Two ‘4 Square’ stores in Wellsford for food and wine. Also butchery and other food around the town. ‘Thirsty Liquor’ for a good range of wines, beers and spirits.
Rodney Street
Rodney StreetTwo ‘4 Square’ stores in Wellsford for food and wine. Also butchery and other food around the town. ‘Thirsty Liquor’ for a good range of wines, beers and spirits.
Everything Else
‘Fred’s scrap yard’ at 3 Hood Street and The ‘Hospice’ op shop on the main road, Rodney Street are both gems if you’re looking to reuse/recycle/repurpose! I’ve found real gems in both places..... but it can take time!
Wellsford
‘Fred’s scrap yard’ at 3 Hood Street and The ‘Hospice’ op shop on the main road, Rodney Street are both gems if you’re looking to reuse/recycle/repurpose! I’ve found real gems in both places..... but it can take time!
Shopping
Frog Pool Farm is on SH1 in the Dome Valley and at the ‘top’ (northern) end of Wellsford. Italian imported furniture and gifts and stunning bespoke handmade kitchens.
SH 1 North
State Highway 1Frog Pool Farm is on SH1 in the Dome Valley and at the ‘top’ (northern) end of Wellsford. Italian imported furniture and gifts and stunning bespoke handmade kitchens.