Here's a few pictures of our weekend staying with our friend Jacqui who has a very stylish and welcoming holiday house on the estuary of Mahurangi . We arranged to meet up at the Matakana Markets Saturday morning, buy a few supplies, breakfast at Matakana Patisserie, check out the Craft Market and the Equestrian Centre and then lunch, swim and relax on the deck with a good book.
The new cinema complex at Matakana Village has several eating places. Downstairs a rather smart bar with a lots of concrete and copper. Upstairs the Matakana Wine Centre,also known as The Vintry. They do wine and food pairing tastings and are also licensed to sell wine by the bottle or case .
The Equestrian Centre teaches horse riding or you could just enjoy a glass of wine and watch the horse riders. You could have lessons here and then go horse riding on this nearby beach.
And how about this? Matakana has a real butcher........and Elvis the cow.
Sunday dawned overcast so we set off for a tiki tour around the area looking at some of the many holiday homes around Omaha and Snell's Beach. We stopped for lunch at Mariposa Palm Café. Clickon any picture to enlarge.
