Chris was a wonderful host. Her straw bale house is scrupulously clean, very comfortable and wonderfully located. Just outside the gate a great 45 minute loop track takes you around the top of Blueskin Bay. Perfect early start to a day with the bonus of a variety of bird life. A short drive long the road is the ocean beach and a variety of walks. Only 15 minutes drive to Dunedin makes this a real and different alternative to staying in Dunedin itself. A shorter drive to the Orokunui Bird Sanctuary, Port Chalmers and the beaches in between means that within easy reach there is plenty to do and see if you can spend a few days in the area. Chris makes a scrumptious sticky date pudding and chocolate mousse to follow dinner and her breakfast eggs will have come from her own chickens - delicious