Bye bye forever - Rimutaka summit cafe

[BMWST?]

we used go up ther every weekend (sometimes twice a weekend) and would always stop at the summit twice each trip.We used to have a toasted sammie and coffee for a time but ussually not..It got worse and worse during that time( i wont say when but cb 900 gsx1100 cbx were the bikes we used)

[Madness]

RIP the Summit Cafe. Greater Wellington has lost part of it's modern heriatge IMHO.

The caravan will come, the toilets will go. Not such a bad result really.

Poor Harry, He'll have to work to replace the loss of revenue.

[325rocket]

apparently (according to the mayor of Featherston) the fire was started by a scottish motorcyclist that has mental issues.

could be any one of a number of members of this site

[mctshirt]

According to an article in the local paper food at the summit started in World War 1 when the good ladies of Featherston made sandwiches and a cup of tea for troops marching from the Featherston camp (on the first straight towards Greytown) to Trentham.

[_intense_]

even if the coffee was alittle dodgy

Much better stops for fine espresso in/around welly my caffeinated compadre.

[FJRider]

The last time I was up there was on a Benelli 650 twin.... back in 1982...

[nico]

heard dis morning so went up after work for a little look
this is what i saw AS MANY SAY PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPEN WELL IT DID. but hey how long before some random carvan/hot dog cart ends up there hmmmmmmmm they best have coffie and coke

[Ms Piggy]

heard dis morning so went up after work for a little look
this is what i saw AS MANY SAY PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPEN WELL IT DID. but hey how long before some random carvan/hot dog cart ends up there hmmmmmmmm they best have coffie and coke

Oooooo dear! I'd only gone there once and found it highly average. A coffee caravan would be a great idea I reckon. There will still be loos there cos they were separate anyway.

[Nasty]

Oooooo dear! I'd only gone there once and found it highly average. A coffee caravan would be a great idea I reckon. There will still be loos there cos they were separate anyway.

The loos may be in a seperate building .. but they don't seem to work without a generator ... which is why outside has become a urinal and is quite disgusting ... might be wrong .. about the generator but I thought they were powered ... also the pipes underground aren't meant to be fair cop.

[Ms Piggy]

The loos may be in a seperate building .. but they don't seem to work without a generator ... which is why outside has become a urinal and is quite disgusting ... might be wrong .. about the generator but I thought they were powered ... also the pipes underground aren't meant to be fair cop.

Eeeewwwww! I didn't know that. I actually can't recall ever using them (maybe I blocked it our of my mind!), I usually (even with my nana bladder) try to use cafe loos cos they're are normally pretty clean.

[Headbanger]

heard dis morning so went up after work for a little look
this is what i saw AS MANY SAY PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPEN WELL IT DID. but hey how long before some random carvan/hot dog cart ends up there hmmmmmmmm they best have coffie and coke

Superb lack of barriers put in place around that site.

[Madness]

The loos may be in a seperate building .. but they don't seem to work without a generator ... .. might be wrong .. about the generator but I thought they were powered

You're not wrong. It's the pumps that require electrickery.

Not only is there no mains power or gas, but no town sewerage system either. All that bad coffee & dodgy food over the years has been directly funding the poos & wees of the many, in more than just the usual fashion.

[nico]

Superb lack of barriers put in place around that site.

and so many more office councl worker standing around with clip boards lol fat bastards drove me crazy with them all driving up a 4x4 each going nana slow ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
car pool dick heads.

[Hitcher]

The loos are going too. Their upkeep was supposed to be a condition of the cafe's lease arrangements with the Regional Council, which never happened. Electricity was provided by a generator at the cafe, as there are no utility services at the summit.

[my-bonaventure]

the bickering can now stop ........... it will always be a stop even without the cafe for me ......... holds lots of memories the Rimutaka Hill ........