Old Wharf route

Approaching Motueka the trai passes Toad Hall Cafe & Townshend Brewery, a great place to relax with some food and beer under the big oak trees in the garden. For visitors who are planning on extending their stay in Nelson this is the perfect place to stock up with fresh produce, snacks and any other goodies that take your fancy, check here for details about Toad Hall Toad Hall Store & Cafe. If you are not hungry, a takeaway box of freshly baked cake and other treats for the road.

ToadHall is at the intersection of the aerial route through Motueka township. You will have just passed the Moutere estuary, stopped a while at ToadHall to sample goodies and Townshend Brewery.  Motueka is a stretched out main street with an unpresupposing entrance moving into art galleries, quirky cafes and beach side feel to the town. Underpinning the town’s prosperity is the enormous Talleys fish processing factory situated on the edge of the Old Wharf road. As you exit the Moutere estuary road dominating the landscape is Talleys major fish processing factory. You will take the narrow sea road past the functional facilities of a major food processing plant and turn left onto the pretty route past the old wharf. You are on Old Wharf Road where it is time to take pressure off the pedal and observe what is around you.