The best thing I liked was that the kitchen was fully equipped, and all ingredients for basic cooking were already present. The fridge had a lot of stuff like jam, butter, cookies, homemade bread etc saving us the time to buy every small condiment. There were many thoughtful touches such as a shovel for hot water beach , sun hat, beach towels. We had a baby travelling with us so Fiona also gave us a cot, high chair, baby cutlery. The ferry terminal is a 10 min drive from the cottage. A 3 min ferry takes you to whitianga. Hot water beach and haihei beach are 10 and 13 km respectively from the cottage. I would recommend travellers to visit coromandel coast only during peak season as it can get a bit lonely otherwise.