Fairlie

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

• Atomic Shuttles, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 
• Wanaka Connexions, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 
• Southern Link Shuttles, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 
• Great Sights, ☎ [phone], toll-free: 0800 744 487, e-mail: [e-mail]. 
• Intercity Newmans, ☎ [phone], 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, ☎ [phone]. 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 [phone]
• 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