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| Hibiscusmatters 3 April 2013 10 Bags GULF HARBOUR TO TIRITIRI MATANGI ISLAND TIMETABLE Operates Weds/Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun & Public Holidays (excl. Christmas Day) Departs Gulf Harbour Arrives back at Gulf Harbour 9.50am 4.00pm FARES Ferry Guided Walk Adult $49.00 $5.00 Senior $44.00 $5.00 Child (5-15yrs) $2.50 Family (2ad+2ch) Bookings are essential to avoid disappointment. Check in on the day of your trip is 30 minutes prior departure. Timetables and fares are correct at time of printing. 360 Discovery reserves the right to change fares and departures without notice. GULF HARBOUR TO AUCKLAND CITY TIMETABLE Departs: Gulf Harbour Departs: Auckland City (Pier 4) Mon - Fri 7.00am Mon - Fri 4.40pm Mon - Fri 7.30am Mon – Fri 5.35pm * Wed - Sun 3.50pm * Wed – Sun 9.00am FARES Adult Child Student Ferry One Way $13.70 $8.20 $8.20 Ferry Return $26.70 $16.80 $16.80 10 Trip Concession $123.00 $73.80 $80.00 40 Trip Concession $301.50 N/A N/A One Month Concession** $234.00 N/A N/A * Please phone to confirm 9:00am and 3:50pm sailings as they are subject to change due to weather and seasonality. ** One Month Concession pass allows unlimited travel for one person on 360 Discovery Gulf Harbour ferries and Howick & Eastern Buses. SuperGold cardholders may travel for free on presentation of their card at the 360 Ticket Office for services departing Auckland (Mon-Fri, 4.40pm & 5.35pm only). 360 Discovery Cruises 0800 360 3472 [email protected] www.360discovery.co.nz facebook.com/360discoverycruises $29.00 $127.00 (09) 307 8005 Taking a cruise, as a family, is an increasingly popular way to spend the holidays, according to local travel agents. Trish Ryder of United Travel in Manly says this is partly because cruises are becoming more affordable. An added bonus is that cruises can be booked 18 months in advance by paying a deposit, giving a family more than a year to pay the rest off. Trish says there are few hidden extra costs, so, because cruises combine transport, entertainment, accommodation and main meals in one package, there is little need to put your hand into your pocket while you’re actually onboard. “You don’t have to keep saying ‘no’ to the kids when they want to do an activity and there’s no need to come home to a huge credit card bill,” she says. Although they take you to many beautiful parts of the world, cruise ships are also marketed by the travel industry as a destination in themselves – especially as they come with features such as shopping arcades, ice skating rinks, water slides, rock climbing walls, nightclubs, mini golf and pools. A wide range of entertainment options are one of the reasons that families enjoy cruising. Family holidays on the ocean wave There is also a wide range of food choices. Trish says that extended families are taking cruises together, often at the instigation of grandparents, because the entertainment options meet the needs of everyone – with everything on offer from bingo to basketball. “Family members can do their own thing during the day, and meet for meals, shopping or a movie,” she says. Kids Clubs for the younger ones are included in the price, but shore excursions are an additional charge. Some cruises do a round trip from Auckland, but for most, you’ll need to pay for a one-way airfare. Trish says the most popular cruises for Hibiscus Coast families are those that spend around 10–12 days in the Pacific Islands or Australia, especially if the family has young children. Home security tips Whenever you go on holiday you need to be confident that your home and contents are safe. Most burglaries are opportunist – taking advantage of open windows, unlocked doors or lack of effective security. Here are some tips from Hibiscus Coast Lock Services: Before you leave: y Put your mail on hold and place a No Junk Mail or No Newspapers sign on your letterbox, or have a neighbour clear the letterbox y Lock away garden tools and ladders y Have your lawns mowed if you are away for a lengthy period y If you have an alarm installed, advertise it with signs y Post a Beware of the Dog sign y Advise your neighbours of your plans and contact details y Unplug your phone – an unanswered phone can be a clue that nobody is home y Set up a light and radio on a timer to come on in the evening and turn off at bed time As you leave: y Check and lock all doors and windows including the tool shed y Leave curtains open y Set your alarm Further security issues to consider: y Front and back doors – is a double cylinder dead lock fitted? y French doors or sliding doors should have lockable Patiobolts fitted y All accessible windows should have stays or locks fitted y Internal doors between the house and garage should be dead locked y Fit a quality hasp and staple with a good padlock on the shed. An alarm is an excellent deterrent and you may get an insurance premium discount if it is professionally installed. y Consider installing a safe that can be bolted down to secure valuables y A free copy of A Practical Guide to Home Security can be obtained from Hibiscus Coast Lock Services at Hilltop. Are you following us on facebook and twitter? www.facebook.com/hibiscusmatters www. twitter.com/localmattersnz PACKyour

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GULF HARBOUR TO TIRITIRI MATANGI ISLANDTIMETABLEOperates Weds/Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun & Public Holidays (excl. Christmas Day)

Departs Gulf Harbour Arrives back at Gulf Harbour

9.50am 4.00pm

FARES Ferry Guided Walk

Adult $49.00 $5.00

Senior $44.00 $5.00

Child (5-15yrs) $24.50 $2.50

Family (2ad+2ch) $125.00

Bookings are essential to avoid disappointment.

Check in on the day of your trip is 30 minutes prior departure.

Timetables and fares are correct at time of printing. 360 Discovery reserves the right to change fares and departures without notice.

GULF HARBOUR TO AUCKLAND CITYTIMETABLE

Departs: Gulf Harbour Departs: Auckland City (Pier 4)

Mon - Fri 7.00am ▲ Mon - Fri 4.40pm

Mon - Fri 7.30am ▲ Mon – Fri 5.35pm

* Wed - Sun 3.50pm * Wed – Sun 9.00am

FARES Adult Child Student Ferry One Way $13.70 $8.20 $8.20

Ferry Return $26.70 $16.80 $16.80

10 Trip Concession $123.00 $73.80 $80.0040 Trip Concession $301.50 N/A N/AOne Month Concession** $234.00 N/A N/A

* Please phone to confirm 9:00am and 3:50pm sailings as they are subject to change due to weather and seasonality.

** One Month Concession pass allows unlimited travel for one person on 360 Discovery Gulf Harbour ferries and Howick & Eastern Buses.

▲SuperGold cardholders may travel for free on presentation of their card at the 360 Ticket Office for services departing Auckland (Mon-Fri, 4.40pm & 5.35pm only).

360 Discovery Cruises

0800 360 [email protected]/360discoverycruises

$29.00$127.00

(09) 307 8005

Taking a cruise, as a family, is an increasingly popular way to spend the holidays, according to local travel agents.Trish Ryder of United Travel in Manly says this is partly because cruises are becoming more affordable.An added bonus is that cruises can be booked 18 months in advance by paying a deposit, giving a family more than a year to pay the rest off.Trish says there are few hidden extra costs, so, because cruises combine transport, entertainment, accommodation and main meals in one package, there is little need to put your hand into your pocket while you’re actually onboard.“You don’t have to keep saying ‘no’ to the kids when they want to do an activity and there’s no need to come home to a huge credit card bill,” she says.Although they take you to many beautiful parts of the world, cruise ships are also marketed by the travel industry as a destination in themselves – especially as they come with features such as shopping arcades, ice skating rinks, water slides, rock climbing walls, nightclubs, mini golf and pools.

A wide range of entertainment options are one of the reasons that families enjoy cruising.

Family holidays on the ocean wave

There is also a wide range of food choices.Trish says that extended families are taking cruises together, often at the instigation of grandparents, because the entertainment options meet the needs of everyone – with everything on offer from bingo to basketball.“Family members can do their own thing during the day, and meet for meals, shopping or a movie,” she says.

Kids Clubs for the younger ones are included in the price, but shore excursions are an additional charge.Some cruises do a round trip from Auckland, but for most, you’ll need to pay for a one-way airfare.Trish says the most popular cruises for Hibiscus Coast families are those that spend around 10–12 days in the Pacific Islands or Australia, especially if the family has young children.

Home security tipsWhenever you go on holiday you need to be confident that your home and contents are safe. Most burglaries are opportunist – taking advantage of open windows, unlocked doors or lack of effective security. Here are some tips from Hibiscus Coast Lock Services:Before you leave: y Put your mail on hold and place a No Junk Mail or No Newspapers sign on your letterbox, or have a neighbour clear the letterbox

y Lock away garden tools and ladders

y Have your lawns mowed if you are away for a lengthy period

y If you have an alarm installed, advertise it with signs

y Post a Beware of the Dog sign y Advise your neighbours of your plans and contact details

y Unplug your phone – an unanswered phone can be a clue that nobody is home

y Set up a light and radio on a timer to come on in the evening and turn off at bed time

As you leave: y Check and lock all doors and windows including the tool shed

y Leave curtains open y Set your alarm

Further security issues to consider: y Front and back doors – is a double cylinder dead lock fitted?

y French doors or sliding doors should have lockable Patiobolts fitted

y All accessible windows should have stays or locks fitted

y Internal doors between the house and garage should be dead locked

y Fit a quality hasp and staple with a good padlock on the shed. An alarm is an excellent deterrent and you may get an insurance premium discount if it is professionally installed.

y Consider installing a safe that can be bolted down to secure valuables

y A free copy of A Practical Guide to Home Security can be obtained from Hibiscus Coast Lock Services at Hilltop.

Are you following us on facebook and twitter? www.facebook.com/hibiscusmatters

www. twitter.com/localmattersnz

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Waiwera Coach Trail Villas offers one of the most relaxing breaks close to Auckland. Book a studio, larger villa or a Beach Cottage. Soak in onsite thermal pools, walk to a quiet beautiful beach, or take a leisurely bush walk. Discounts to Waiwera Pools are available. If cooking is not for you Woodys Bar and Grill or the Cafe at Waiwera Pools are a 5 minute walk.

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These days rocker Reg Keyworth of Platinum Music Creations calls Army Bay home, but when he was working for Gibson Guitars, he moved all over the United States, flying up to five times a week. Of all the places in the US that he visited, he says Santa Fe in New Mexico is the most memorable.“I’d drive up from Albuquerque and through the desert, passing Indian reservations and casinos,” Reg says. “It’s really beautiful, with the Sandia Mountain in the background as you leave. As you get higher up, the desert plants start changing with the landscape, and the air is so fresh and crisp.”“They call New Mexico ‘the land of enchantment’ and it is – this is pretty much where the outlaws of the old West would ride to, in order to hide from the authorities.”“In winter there’s snow everywhere and all these funky little Spanish restaurants and cafés, not to mention little community Art Galleries, including work by native Navajo. I liked getting up there whenever I could as it was totally out of the way of mainstream society – a unique little world of its own soaked in rich American/Spanish history.”

Travelling on and off the beaten trackWhether your ideal holiday is to lie on a white sand beach and swim in tropical water, shop in New York city, take in the sights and sounds of India or go off the beaten track in Africa, your favourite travel destinations reveal a lot about who you are. With this in mind, Hibiscus Matters asked a few locals about their favourite places:

For Brian McClennan (aka Bluey) of Kaspa Transmissions, there is no better place to spend a holiday than Dubrovnik in Croatia. “It lies on the beautiful turquoise

waters of the Adriatic Sea, with a great climate and excellent food,” Bluey says. “The old town is a protected world heritage site and is simply stunning. We stayed on one of the many islands of the coast. It’s the best place ever and cheap as chips.”

Hibiscus Coast Youth Centre executive director Suzanne Booth says the first time she and her husband Jeff visited Broome, North West of Australia, they stayed at the famous Cable Beach Resort. “We were astounded by the beauty of Cable Beach, the luxury yet relaxed feel of the resort and the amazing sunsets,” Suzanne says. “The beach seems to go for as far as the eye can see on one side of the city and the Kimberley wilderness with rivers, camp grounds and desert excursions are on the other.”Since that first visit, Suzanne and Jeff have been back to Broome many times. Suzanne says it helps that there is a big range of accommodation from eco-retreats, up-market hotels and chic resorts to budget hostels, caravan and camping grounds.The town, which is about a two and a half hour flight from Perth, has a history of pearl diving.“We were interested to learn how the divers risked their lives in the 1800s to get their hands on the South Sea pearls. We enjoyed night camel rides, fishing charters and outback camping tours. You can watch a movie at the oldest outdoor cinema in the world, go shopping or just wander around the galleries, admiring the works of some of the Kimberley’s most talented Aboriginal artists. The white sand and turquoise water, rust-red cliffs and ancient dinosaur footprints at Gantheaume Point have not been paralleled in my travels.”

Travel virtually assuredby Pauline StockhausenTravel guides are being replaced by laptops and other mobile devices. If you search for travel in the App Store for iPhone you get 21,935 possible apps. Here are my favourites:AirNZ Mpass: You can load all your flights, check your airpoints and more. It also lets you use your phone to check in at the airport. An added bonus is you can load your family’s details as well.Trip it (for overseas travel): Tripit holds all your hotel, bus, flights, and car rental details, and more. You can find local attractions, cafes, restaurants and shops on the map: you’ll always be able to find something to do.Itravelnz: Everything you need to know, from beaches to parks, volcanos, art galleries and events. More than 1000 places to discover.Pauline Stockhausen of Social Soup NZ runs Hibiscus Matters’ Facebook page.

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*Terms & Conditions apply. Island Delights & South Pacific Paradise: based on flying Air New Zealand ‘Seat + Bag’ Economy Class airfares (return) ex Auckland to Sydney. Sales are valid until special cruise fare is sold out. Airfare must be paid in full within 7 days of reservation. Island Delights: Prices are per family, quad share, based on 2 adults & 2 children aged 2-11 years. Based on 17 Jul 2013 cruise departure from Sydney onboard Pacific Pearl in an Interior Stateroom. South Pacific Paradise: Based on 30 Nov 2013 cruise departure from Sydney onboard Rhapsody of the Seas in an Interior Stateroom. Dreams of Tahiti: Airfares and Gratuities are additional. Cruise departs every Friday between 2 May-7 Nov 2014. Sales are valid until 29 Apr 2013. GENERAL: All prices are based on per person twin share (unless otherwise stated), in New Zealand Dollars & subject to availability. Travel agent service fees are not included. Deposit & full payment conditions apply. Cancellation fees apply. Offers valid for new bookings only. Events beyond our control such as currency fluctuations & changes to the price of aviation fuel may result in price variations. Capacity is limited & will not be available on all flights. Prices are based on payment by cash or EFTPOS only. Product is supplied by suppliers with their own terms & conditions, please contact United Travel for full terms & conditions. UT1411

With your local cruise expertsCruise the South Pacific

United Travel Manly & OrewaAt United Travel, we love cruising. The team at Manly & Orewa have won numerous industry accolades between them and are your local award winning cruise experts.Where else can you unpack your bags once and be transported from one idyllic place to another. From sun soaked beaches to bustling cities and fascinating cultures.. cruising delivers the perfect holiday.

Indulge in mouth-watering cuisine and let someone else clean up the dirty dishes for you, make your bed and entertain you night

after night, day after day as you snooze pool side with the sounds of the sea to lull you to sleep. Sounds like a dream come true, but the reality of it all is that cruising really does deliver all of this and more.

Let us find the perfect cruise escape for you and your loved ones. Whether it is a romantic escape onboard Windstar cruises in Tahiti or having fun in the sun with P&O Cruises around the Pacific, United Travel in Manly & Orewa have a wealth of expertise to ensure you find the perfect cruise holiday.

Dreams of Tahiti Island DelightsSouth Pacific Paradise

Highlights: Isle of Pines, Vila, Lifou, Champagne BayCruise departs Sydney 30 Nov 2013.

12 night Royal Carribean Cruise & flights from

$2319*

per person, twin share.

Highlights: Moorea, Tahaa, Raiatea, Bora BoraCruise departs Papeete May-Nov 2014.

7 night Windstar Cruise from

$3649*

per person, twin share. Based on an Oceanview Cabin. Airfares additional

Highlights: Noumea, Mare Island, Isle of Pines.Cruise departs Sydney 17 July 2013.

9 night P&O Cruise & flights from

$3499*

total per family, quad share. Based on 2 adults & 2 children (2-11 years)

Orewa United Travel

26 Hillary Square

(09) 426 5743

[email protected]

United Travel Manly

Shop 2, Manly Palms, Rawhiti Rd

(09) 424 2345

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