Variety for Vacationists

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 72, 17 December 1938, Page 5 (Supplement)

Variety for Vacationists

RICH in Maori history and favoured with an ideal climate Otaki has become one of the most popular holiday resorts in the Wellington province. The value of its warm sunshine and salubrious sea breezes is plainly shown by the fact that it was chosen as the site for a large children's health camp; and hundreds of children have gone there in the last few years to regain heal Otnki has°two fine beaches within easy distance of the town. Both are easily reached and are sandy and shelving, safe bathingTr young and old. At Tasman, the main beach, there iS ° s Every'type°of r holiday-maker is provided for o t Otaki. A mile from the beaches there is a golf „ tn members of other clubs In addition there ore tennis courts, croquet greens and o Zl na cub Xe vXs ore gfven every facility for play. The Otaki River is well-known to anglers tnd many limß bags have been taken from it. For those who desire shooting there are the foothills of thT Tararua Ranges abounding with pigs, goats and deer. Here, too, is country for the tramper The trip through the Otaki Gorge and over Mount Hector to Greytown is one of the most popular Wlth OtakHswell known^oHits fertile soil and its many market gardens_ It is also the centre of an important dairying district which supplies part of the Wellington City Council s milk supply. All the amenides• ofa much larger town are to be found in Otaki. The shopkeepers spec.ahze m catering for the holiday public, and even the most exacting demands may be met without difficulty.