A fabulous little bach with a wonderful view. We would love to stay again.
We didn't have a car and easily managed without one. We never had to wait more than 5 minutes for the ferry to Opua, where you can get supplies from the store (but do check opening hours, it closed at 5pm when we were there mid-May), and fish and chips.
We did the beautiful coastal walk from Opua to Paihia (2.5 hours), then took the ferry to Russell where we had a fabulous lunch at the Duke of Marlborough. We could have taken the Russell to Okaito coastal walk (3 hours) to get home but we were feeling lazy so we got Mark from Rogue Pony to shuttle us back, via the Orongo Bay oyster farm. A really lovely day out.
Another nice excursion that doesn't require a car is to hire bikes from Twin Coast Bike Rentals in Opua (a short walk from the ferry) and then cycle the lovely Twin Coast Cycle Trail to Kawakawa and back. It's 11km each way on a really easy, scenic trail. And even though the website says the tunnel is temporarily closed, we were able to use it.