Tirohanga Lodge

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas from Sarah and Ray at Tirohanga Lodge 🎄🎄🎄

08/04/2020

The team from Minimalist Journeys are staying at Tirohanga Lodge Queenstown Hill at the moment and being carless, took advantage of the Orbus bus today to visit the supermarket 7km away.

So glad to have an efficient bus service, coupled with friendly drivers, even on a reduced schedule. Orbus Queenstown

During the COVID-19 lockdown, there are a number of people who rely on the bus to get to their work in essential services or to access essential services such as the supermarket. It’s important that only those people catch the bus to give everyone on the bus a greater chance to practice physical distancing.
Do the right thing - Please do not use the bus for anything other than this.
Our thanks to those who have been considerate.

06/04/2020

SOS Cafe website is a cafe and restaurant directory set up to help Queenstown businesses sell gift cards that you can redeem later when they re-open. This will do a part in helping them to stay afloat during this time.

So if you are planning to visit Queenstown (and we certainly hope you do), considering buying a voucher now.

Helping local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic

05/04/2020

Important message regarding rubbish and recycling during the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown.

Keep up to date with the current Waste Management actions from Queenstown Lakes District Council:

🗑 Rubbish and recycling collections will continue as normal, including Assisted Collection Services.

🗑 To ensure facilities do not become overwhelmed, it is important that you don’t change your behaviour – put your bins out when you normally would and continue to place mixed recycling in the yellow bin, glass in the blue bin, and rubbish in the red bin.

🗑 Mixed recycling (yellow bin) will temporarily be going to landfill as the Materials Recovery Facility is closed to protect the staff that sort our recycling by hand. Where possible glass (blue bin) will continue to stored for recycling but this may also need to go to landfill. While it might be tempting to hang onto recycling for future processing, we ask that you don’t as this will overwhelm the Materials Recovery Facility when it opens again.

🗑 Your rubbish must all fit in your wheelie bin, with lids closed flat. Please make sure you don’t overfill your bin as this will impact on collection times and create a risk for the collectors.

🗑 Please take care to place wheelie bins at least 50cm apart and make them as accessible to our trucks as possible to minimise the need for drivers to handle bins.

🗑 Please do not flush wet wipes of any kind down the toilet, this includes products labelled as ‘flushable’ or ‘biodegradable’. These cause blockages in our waste water network.

To help reduce the amount of rubbish and recycling going to landfill during the Covid-19 lockdown period, why not think about doing the following:

♻️ Reduce the amount of packaging you buy wherever possible - embrace that zero waste life!

♻️ Get crafty with recyclables - reusing containers for other purposes around your home including crafts with your kids. YouTube has tons of ideas!

♻️ Avoid the urge to do a thorough spring clean of your house during the lockdown period. This will only create more rubbish and put unnecessary pressure on collectors and facilities.

♻️ Doing some gardening? Why not try home composting your green waste? Dr Compost has lots of resources to get you started: www.wastebusters.co.nz/compost/

♻️ Love food but hate waste? Check out all the top tips and recipes on the Love Food Hate Waste - New Zealand website to help you plan, store and portion to reduce food waste.

For up to date information, keep an eye on the QLDC website.

Keep well and stay sane, everyone.

02/04/2020

Westpac New Zealand is the bank of choice for Minimalist Journeys Limited, owners of Tirohanga Lodge.

Glad to see Westpac New Zealand has become New Zealand’s first carbonzero certified bank.

05/03/2020

So you are travelling with a baby or small child. Here are some great places to stop, chill and enjoy a cuppa in Queenstown.

Good cafes for toddlers in Queenstown. All the cafes in Queenstown and Arrowtown for you to take your kids with outdoor space, shaded and toys

22/02/2020

Queenstown is truly the adventure capital of the world. Always something to see, do, eat or drink.

Check out all the options at https://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/things-to-do/.

15/02/2020

With not one, but four world-class ski fields at its door, Queenstown is a winter paradise.

So, you’re heading to Queenstown for a skiing holiday. You’ve made the right decision – with a ski season from June to early October, four world-class ski fields (that’s 1560ha of combined skiable terrain) within a short distance of downtown, and loads of other activities, it’s snow heaven.

This is just a short clip of what you can expect.

Check out https://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/things-to-do/skiing-and-snowboarding/ for more details.

08/02/2020

Face your fear. Enjoy the challenge. Skydive in Queenstown and freefall from up to 15000ft over spectacular lakes and mountains. The best tandem skydiving in New Zealand.