This is the perfect getaway cottage, a few minutes by car from both Takaka and Pohara. Although it's on a busy (for Golden Bay) road, at night it's quiet apart from the weka calling, and the lack of streetlights means the sky is a mass of stars - we would go out every night just to look up and marvel at them. The cottage is well equipped, with a relaxed old-school vibe, and being invited to share the abundant Black Doris plums from the back yard tree was a bonus. I could happily return and live in the Blue Cottage!