Not many places like this where you can be surrounded by beautiful bush and no sounds other than from native birds including kiwis! Definitely worth the drive up the long windy gravel road (with some beautiful views over the harbour). The house itself is very basic but comfortable. Overall clean enough but as you can expect with all the bush surroundings, there's some cobwebs and dust from ants and other wall crawlers. Nothing to stress about though. In fact, the perfect place to distress! We loved it.
Pam was friendly and is an amazing person; having build the house herself including firing her own bricks and using bamboo for the feature. We enjoyed talking with here and hearing about that history.
It is a bit off the beaten track and you need a car to do the exploring around the area, but well worth doing so. We did a wonderful day ride to Mitimiti and various ferry rides to Rawane. So much to explore and not enough time!