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Red zone, blue skies, white snow 21-Oct-2012 At 10:38:33 AM f_ladou

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On 18/10/2012 jezza wrote:
>Great trip report as usual - but fails to mention the dedication one needs
>to climb at Paynes.
>
>Exhaustion sets in first thing in the morning, trying to chose the best
>place for a soy choc frappacino on the Takaka cafe strip. Then there's
>the epic question of breakfast. Buckwheat pancakes with hash browns or
>devilled eggs? Breakfast burrito with soy cheese or lentil burgers? What
>cafe has the right level of trashy hippy chic? Can I be f---ed climbing
>at all today? The cinema is right there, as are amazing beaches and hiking.

Couldn't have said it better.

Takaka-ville's main drag, littered with well-to-do cafés and golden-youth hangouts, can obviously sustain heavy touristic traffic during the high season but displays a melancholic loneliness when deserted. If you ever drove through Berry on your way to Nowra on a cold winter weekend, you know what I mean... And while I'm at it – in the spirit of Chockstone's penchant for controversy I revel in – the Berry Sourdough Bakery & Café serves the best croissant in NSW and perhaps in the whole of Australia. There, I've said it.