Fantastic views of Whale Island and White Island all misty... a wonderful beach with surfing waves, nice little restaurants within two minutes stroll... the beach itself just down the drive, across the road and through a little park with children's play equipment and big shady pohutukawa trees. Owen had boogie boards available for guests to body surf, and a terrific vegetable garden coming along. I'd also recommend the bush walk loop (turn left at the bottom of Owen's drive and walk for two minutes). It's some of the best pohutukawa bush I've ever seen, and we saw a North Island bush robin. Seriously endangered, but they're in there! A big thumbs up to the Whakatane Kiwi group, the local iwi and all their partners for making that possible. Lee