Fairlie is a quiet rural town in the Mackenzie District in South Canterbury, New Zealand. It has one of the nicest and cleanest public toilets in New Zealand - with underfloor heating!
Get in
By car
Fairlie is on State Highway 8, two and a half hours south of Christchurch and 3.5h north of Queenstown.
By bus
- Southern Link Shuttles, ☏ +64 3 358-8355, fax: +64 3 358-8585.
- Great Sights, ☏ +64 9 583 5790, toll-free: 0800 744 487, gsinfo@greatsights.co.nz.
- Intercity Newmans, ☏ +64 3 379-9020, toll-free: 0800 100 663.
Get around
See
Do
- Alpure Peaks Snowcat and Backcountry Adventures. Guided ski and snowboard day tours in the Sherwood Range.
- Skiing: Ski Roundhill; Mt Dobson; Fox Peak
- Golf, ☏ +64 3 685-8024. Fairlie Golf Club
Buy
- Fairlie Four Square, Main Street. Mini-supermarket.
- Mint Boutique. Ladies fashion retailer.
- Westpac Bank
- The Ski Shack
- Fairlie House and Garden
- L and L Hardware
- Aorangi Vets
- VetLife
- Gibson Brothers metalwork
Eat
- Eat
- The Gladstone
- Rimuwhare
- Top Pub
- The Old Library Cafe
- The Farm Barn
- Binneys Cafe +64 3 685-8166
- Mainstreet Cafe
Drink
Sleep
- Fairlie Top Ten Holiday Park
Go next
- Aoraki Mount Cook National Park – 140 km by road to the west
- Timaru – city on the coast
| Routes through Fairlie |
| Omarama ← Lake Tekapo ← | NW  SE |
→ Pleasant Point → Timaru |
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