SOCIETY'S LODGES AND HOUSES

Forest and Bird, Volume 15, Issue 2, 1 May 1984, Page 48

SOCIETY'S LODGES AND HOUSES

Bushy Park, Kai Iwi 24km north of Wanganui Fine old homestead, lovely grounds, 89ha of native bush. Make your own programme. Electric stove, hot water, and other facilities available. Bring your own rations. Bedding supplied. Linen and towels $1.50 per bed*. Fees: Members: single, $12 per night; double $18 per night. Non-members: single, $18 per night; double, $25 per night. Children aged from 5 to 12 years, half rate. Day visitors, members and non-members, $2; children under 12 years, 50c; family group of two adults and children, $5. Custodian: C/o Bushy Park Homestead, Kai Iwi, R.D.8, Wanganui. Telephone Kai Iwi 879. The park is closed to daytime visitors on Mondays and Tuesdays. Patoka Lodge Hawke’s Bay The lodge is situated 48km from Napier on the Puketitiri Road 8km past Patoka, amid the 14ha William Hartree Memorial Scenic Reserve. The lodge offers quiet retreat and bush walks of botanical interest. There are also many places of interest within a short distance. The lodge has two bunkrooms, accommodating 10 people. Extra mattresses and pillows are available to sleep up to 20. The lodge has a fully equipped kitchen, including a refrigerator. Visitors supply their own linen, pillow cases, blankets or sleeping bags, and cutlery. The nearest store is 8km away. No animals are permitted. An information leaflet is supplied with notice of booking. A key will be posted a week before the date booked and this-is to be returned with payment after occupation. Fees (per night): Adult members, $1.50; junior members, 75c; adult non-members, $2; junior non-members, $1. A 50 percent deposit is required with each booking. For information and bookings apply to: June Northe, 212 Kennedy Road, Napier. Telephone Napier 438-193. Ruapehu Lodge Whakapapa Village, Tongariro National Park. Ruapehu Lodge is available for MEMBERS ONLY, and all bookings must be made with the Society’s head office, Box 631, Wellington. Fees: Winter Season (1 June to 31 October) all members, $7.00 per night. Summer Season (1 November to 31 May) Adults, $5.00 per night; Children, $2.50 per night. Securing Deposit (per person), $1.00 per night. Branch parties have preferential booking up until six months in advance, after which bookings open for individual members. Private parties are limited to 10 members per group. School groups in summer season, by application. Full payment must be paid four weeks before occupation, (otherwise bookings may be forfeited), after which time there is no refund for cancellation. No animals or pets are allowed in the lodge or National Park. There is no key at the lodge, but one will be posted ten days before occupancy. No member may occupy the lodge without first booking through Head Office, Wellington. Tautuku Lodge Coastal Otago Situated 72km from Balclutha on State Highway 92, Tautuku Lodge on the Society’s 550ha bush-clad Lenz Reserve in coastal south-east Otago is the place for that weekend or holiday in beautiful, peaceful, unspoilt surroundings. The reserve has interesting bush walks, and native birds are numerous. The round track is a comfortable 4 hours’ walk, and as this is in its formative state, visitors are requested to keep to the marked track route. The lodge is fully equipped and accommodates eight or nine people. It has a lounge, kitchen, two bunkrooms with innerspring mattresses and foam rubber pillows, washroom with tub, basin, and showers. The cooking facilities in the modern kitchen are excellent.

There is also a self-contained A-frame cabin, for two adults. Bring with you all food supplies, bed linen, and pillow cases, blankets, towels, tea-towels, etc. Bookings are accepted up to 9 months in advance. No refunds are made unless cancellation is advised at least 1 month before reserved occupancy. ue Rates per night are: Senior members, $5; junior members, $2; senior non-members, $8; junior non-members (5-17 years of age), $3. A deposit of 50 percent is to be made with each booking. For free brochure and all bookings send a stamped, jars envelope to Mrs Roy, Paparuwai, Waipati, R.D.2 waka Turner Cottage Stewart Island Turner Cottage, on Stewart Island, is available for renting. The cottage, a two-roomed dwelling furnished for three people, can be obtained at a rental of $6 a day for members and $8 a day for non-members. For details write, enclosing a stamped, addressed envelope, to: ‘"‘Turner Cottage’, c/o Mrs N. Fife, P.O. Box 67, Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island. Tai Haruru Lodge Pina, West Auckland A comfortable seaside home situated in Garden Road, Piha, 38 km from central Auckland on the rugged west coast. Eight minutes’ walk from the Piha store, with right-of-way access to the surf beach (patrolled in season) and close to bush reserves and walking tracks in the Waitakere Ranges. A quiet and peaceful haven with a large sheltered garden with native trees, the lodge in fully equipped and sleeps six to eight persons in two bedrooms and an annexe. It has a large lounge with open fire, dining area, and modern kitchen. You will need food supplies, bed linen, pillow cases, towels, and tea-towels. Bookings are accepted up to 6 months in advance anda deposit of 25 percent is to be made with each booking. Rates are: Summer (mid October to Easter inclusive) AEE $8 per person (children aged 1 to 12 years $4 per night). Weekends: $32 minimum. Weekly: $90 minimum. Winter (after Easter to mid October) paves $6 per person (children aged 1 to 12 years $3 per night). Weekends: $24 minimum. Weekly: $60 minimum. For bookings send a stamped, addressed envelope to: Mrs B. Marshall, 160 Valley Road, Henderson, Auckland 8. Telephone: 836-5859. There is no key at the lodge. It must be collected from and returned to Mrs Marshall. A leaflet will be forwarded with the acknowledgment of booking and receipt for deposit. Waiheke Island Cottage Onetangi, Waiheke Island The cottage has comfortable bunk accommodation for eight people and has electric lighting, stove, refrigerator, and hot water. Adjacent to a 49ha wildlife reserve, it is in easy walking distance from shops and beach. It is reached by ferry from Auckland City (two or three return trips daily) and by bus or taxi from the island ferry wharf. Everything is supplied except linen and food. No animals are permitted. Summer (mid-October to Easter, inclusive) Nightly (not weekends): $2 per person per night. Weekends: $12 minimum. More than 2 adults, $2 per person per night. Weekly: $30 minimum. More than 2 adults, $1.25 per person per night. Winter (after Easter to mid-October) Nightly (not weekends): $1.25 per person per night. Weekends: $12 minimum. More than 3 adults, $1.25 per person per night. Weekly: $20 minimum. More than 2 adults, $1.25 per person per night. Children 15 years and under: First two, half rates; others, no charge. A deposit of 50 percent is payable on booking, the remainder before entry. Booking Officer: Mrs R. Foley, 23 Stoddard Street, Mt Roskill, Auckland. Telephone Auckland 696-769 (evenings).