It might have been the cost of petrol or the lure of a juicy Big Mac but something attracted three horses and their riders into Rotorua's central city at the weekend, shocking at least one driver.
The horses and their riders were spotted hanging around the entrance to the "drive-thru" in the carpark at McDonald's on the corner of Fenton and Amohau Sts at 4pm on Saturday.
Passerby Jacqui Rae Davis said she saw them out the corner of her eye while at the lights and couldn't believe what she saw, especially considering the busy traffic.
She went around the block and came back to the Vetro carpark and in that time two of them crossed the busy four-lane road and were in that carpark.