Local Attractions
Walks and Tracks
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Mathers Mine Pit Rim Walk - 4km Loop walk.
Trig Walk - 3km return walk.
Karangahake Tunnel Walk - 45min Loop walk.
Karangahake Windows Walk - 1 hour walk.
Orokawa Bay - Accessible from Waihi Beach.
Dickey's Flats - Various tracks, bridges and tunnel.
Cafe's and Restaurants ​
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Waikino Station Café - 9min drive.
Kate And Will’s Coffee Garden - 4min drive.
The Platter Board - 4min drive.
Down Thyme Restaurant & Cafe - 5min drive.
Athenree Pancake House - 9 min drive.
The Secret Garden - 10min drive.
Waihi Memorial RSA - 10min drive.
The Porch - 10min drive.
Flatwhite Waihi Beach - 11min drive.
Waterholes and Waterfalls.
Owharoa Falls - 30 Waitawheta Road, Waikino.
Franklin Road Bridge - Franklin Road Waihi.
Dickies Flats - 111 Dickey Flat Road, Waikino.
Coffee's - End of Clarke Street, Waihi.
Sugars
Creans - Half way down Crean Road,Waihi.
Bicycle Trails
Hauraki Rail Trail - haurakirailtrail.co.nz
Mountain Bike Trails - www.trailforks.com/region/waihi
Playgrounds​
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Victoria Park - 3min drive.
Waihi Skatepark - 7 min walk.
Gilmour lake - 2 min walk (Across the road).
Brighton Recreation Reserve - 10min drive.
Waihi Beach Park - 10 min drive (Surf club end).
Paeroa Park and Skate Park - 21 min drive.
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Beach's, Bays and Pools
Waihi Beach - 8 min drive.
Brighton Beach Reserve - 10min drive.
Bowentown beach - 17min drive.
Shelly Bay - 17 min drive.
Athenree Bay - 13min drive.
Athenree Hot Pools - (oposite Athenree Bay).
Sapphire Mineral Springs - 30 min drive.
Fernland Spa - 50 min drive.
Mt Maunganui - 55min drive.
Mount Hot Pools - 55min drive.
Surrounding towns to visit
Ngatea - 39min drive.
Thames - 48min drive.
Paeroa - 21min drive.
Whangamata - 35min drive.
Katikati - 20min drive.
Tauranga - 45min drive.
Mt Maunganui - 55min drive.
Rotorua - 1hr 55min drive.
Local Attractions
Bulls Wool Heritage Farm
Victoria Battery
Waihi Arts Centre & Museum
The Village Waihi Beach
Cornish Pumphouse
Goldfields Heritage Railway
Waihi Goldmine
Waihi Golf Club
Waterlily Gardens
Gold Discovery Centre
