Stayed at Karen's place for four nights. Lovely roomy home with easy beach access. Used it as a base to visit Rotorua, Hobbiton and to kayak to the donut island in Whangamata. We also took advantage of the plentiful tuatua clams that appeared on the beach and had wonderful tuatua clams in white wine, garlic, chilli pepper and butter. Thank you Karen for being a wonderful host and for your special gift package on arrival. We had a wonderful time. Stephen, Alison and Josh from Ottawa Canada