Wine guide: How Cyclone Gabrielle has impacted our favourite wines nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How to get there: Just 40 minutes’ drive from the CBD if you avoid peak hour traffic, Clevedon makes for an easy day trip or – to take full advantage of its attractions – longer stay.
Best known for: Its oysters and Sunday markets. Head to Clevedon Coast Oysters for fat, juicy, organic specimens of the former. Eat them at a picnic table on the front lawn (perhaps with a bottle of sav) or grab takeaways and tuck into them on one of the pretty – and often pretty deserted – beaches nearby. Complete with gazillion-dollar views of the Hauraki Gulf. Clevedon hosts two popular markets on Sundays – a farmers’ market at the A&P Showgrounds and the arty, crafty Village Market at the Community Hall. Get to the former early for the best selection of fresh fruit, veggies, meat, fish, buffalo milk cheese and homemade goods – much of it is gone by mid-morning.