"Postscript." Otaki Things to Do Tip by craic

A word of warning. Cafes shut up shop really early. It was a cold, wet miserable day and my bus left at 5-45pm. So I found a coffee bar in the township with a comfy sofa and prepared to settle in. But then the floor was being swabbed etc and I was told they closed at 4. Golly, that's early.
So I walked up to the highway and all the cafes - including the one I had had breakfast at, were closed or closing.
When it was too late I did spot one on the side street near the railway station.
I had wondered why there were two small coffee stands one at each end of the town on opposite sides of the road - open early and still open as I left - when there were so many cafes in town. But now I know. They were doing a roaring trade but no where to sit in out of the wind.
The Riverstone where I had my brekky was nice but just a tiny criticism. My spinach and cheese roulade hadn't been put in the microwave for long enough so half of it was frigid.