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Freehold Cafe, Backpackers & Holiday Park Business For Sale
Tuatapere, Southland, New Zealand
Opportunity waiting for the right couple Tuatapere, on the banks of lower Waiau River in western Southland, is the gateway to some of New Zealand’s most spectacular wilderness scenery and outdoor adventures. Tuatapere is one hour west of Invercargill on the Southern Scenic Route, one hour from Te Anau, and 2.5 hours from Queenstown. Many tourists come to Tuatapere to explore New Zealand’s newest walking track, the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track. The Track offers commanding views over the ocean and Fiordland as well as crossing the massive Percy Burn Viaduct, the highest remaining wooden viaduct in the world. Tourists also come to Tuatapere to walk other nearby tracks, to fish in local rivers and lakes, go jet boating, or to take a helicopter ride to even more adventures. Everybody, including the local residents, heads for The Cookhouse Café - the best place in town to enjoy famous Southern Hospitality. 
Hot and cold meals for all tastes
This popular Café business is renowned for good home-made food and delicious coffees and Takeaways. The business also offers Backpacker accommodation and camping facilities at the adjacent Five Mountain Holiday Park. The freehold title to The Cookhouse Café and the Five Mountain Holiday Park is being offered for sale (land and combined businesses). This is a substantial property in the heart of Tuatapere that includes paved roading, garages, landscaped grounds and expansive areas of lawn. 
Backpackers accommodation at the rear of the Cafe
The Cookhouse Café and Five Mountain Holiday Park would ideally suit a couple who have a background in the hospitality business and want an established business in a tourist area. There is potential to grow this business further by converting one of the two houses on the property into a Motel. Tourist business on the Southern Scenic Route The Cookhouse Café and Five Mountain Holiday Park offers: Café Services - hot and cold food, takeaways, pies, home baked cooking (the Café holds a BYO licence)
- bread, ice creams, confectionary, milk, hot and cold drinks
- cybercafe with broadband for Email and Internet
- homemade jams, sauces, gifts, paintings by local artists
Catering - lunch boxes for local shearing gangs and for local school luncheons
- meals for Groups (older people), and for Functions requiring a sit-down meal
Accommodation - backpacker rooms, powered campervan sites, tent sites
Laundromat - laundromat - coin operated washing machines (3) and driers (3)
Freehold premises The Cookhouse Café and Five Mountain Holiday Park businesses are located on the corner of Clifden and Halfmile Roads at Tuatapere in Southland. All of the buildings on the site were originally built by the New Zealand Government. - Café and adjoining 3-bedroom house - timber construction, weatherboard cladding (painted three years ago), cental heating, and iron roof. There is a separate office in the Café, two ladies and two men's toilets and an enormous storeroom.
- Separate Backpackers to the rear of the Cafe - concrete block walls, timber joinery, and tile roof. Interior walls are painted and floors are vinyl coated.
- There are two vehicle garages on the property as well as large car parking areas outside both the Café and the Backpackers
Backpacker Accommodation The Backpacker accommodation offers: - Rooms (24) and bunk rooms (2) with a mix of single and double beds and occasional furniture
- Kitchens (2), one with one stove and the other with two stoves, both with microwave ovens, refrigerator, toaster, crockery, cutlery, tables and chairs
Fully equipped backpackers kitchen
- Lounges (2) associated with each kitchen, each with a television and a radio
- Ablutions (2) at each end of the building, each with two showers and two toilets. There is a toilet at the end of each bunk room.
- Guest services include barbecue, children's play area, and laundromat
Assets being sold A complete list of all assets being sold (fittings, fixtures and chattels) is available to interested buyers. Main items in the Cafe and kitchen include: - Freezers, fridges (2), walk-in freezer, stainless steel benches, counters, tables and chairs
- Fryer station (2 large, 4 small), fume exhaust hood, large grill, microwave ovens (2)
- Coffee machine, drinks fridge, milk fridge, cutlery and crockery, ice cream machine
- Computer tables, computers (3), chairs, phone, fax, Eftpos terminal
- Floor coverings, light fittings, wall decorations
- Storeroom - walk-in freezer, large chest freezers (2), refrigerators (3)
Day to day management at the Cookhouse Café and Five Mountain Holiday Park Business Hours:
Monday to Friday - 7.30 am to 7.30 pm (summer schedule hours, winter schedule flexible).
Saturday and Sunday - 7.30 am to 8.30 pm (summer schedule hours, winter schedule flexible). Staff:
The business is operated by the owner with assistance from 3 staff and 2 after-school workers. If required, the present owner is available to assist the new owners, terms by arrangement. Licences:
Liquor Licence for BYO and sit-down-meals. Stock:
Stock comprising all food in fridges and freezers is included in the sale price. Catalogues:
All relevant catalogues, price lists and manuals will be included with the business sale. Advertising a Promotion:
The business advertises through bold signage on the roadside and across main buildings. Other advertising is done through a listing in Telecom Yellow Pages, on local radio, and through the Internet http://www.shearingworld.com/barrettshearing/cookhousecafe.htm. Word of mouth recommendations via the Backpacker network are an important source of accommodation guests. Call Zane or Tina on +64 3 226 6667 or on +64 3 226 6720 after hours Tuatapere and Western Southland
Tuatapere has all the services of a prosperous rural town including, pubs (2), Country Club, Museum and Art Galleries, retail shops, doctors, chemist, Maternity Hospital, churches, service stations, golf course, net ball and rugby Clubs, covered swimming pool, and lots more. The town has a school that teaches Year 1 to Year 13 pupils. The economy of this area of Southland is based on dairy and sheep farming, sawmilling, shearing, and coal fields. There is a network of similar rural towns - Riverton, Otautau, Ohai, Nightcaps - all with colourful histories and all offering great hospitality. The A & P Show and Sports Day at Tuatapere on New Year's day is a big event for the whole of western Southland. Tourists come to explore the beaches, especially at Colac Bay, lakes, native bush, and local rivers. New Zealand’s deepest lake, Lake Hauroko is only 45 km away with kayaking, fishing and access to the Dusky Track and Wairaurahiri River. Other adventures include jet boating, helicopter flights, farm tours and walking the famous Hump Ridge Track http://www.humpridgetrack.co.nz/. For more information on Tuatapere, click on: http://www.tuatapere.com/
http://www.crmef.org/weblog/images/hump/humpridge2.htm
http://www.southwesthelicopters.co.nz/tuatapere.html
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