Foodies delight in the wide range of cafes and restaurants in interesting locations and settings.

Visitors to the area can choose from a wide range of activities and attractions. Browse around the local art galleries, craft and antiques shops, and take in the Warkworth museum and Parry Kauri park, the Mariposa Palm Garden, Sheepworld and the popular Morris and James pottery. Catch a ferry for a short return cruise to Kawau Island historic reserve and Mansion House.

For the outdoors there is golf, tennis, fishing, boating, surfing, sailing, windsurfing, walking, tramping, cycling and horse riding or just lazing on the beautiful white sands of Tawharanui, Omaha and Pakiri beaches. The marine reserve offers great snorkeling and diving with tame fish and a ride in a glass bottom boat....

       ....or, some visitors just find that the neighbours are great listeners!.

and, there is much to learn from the head gardener, seen here with new recruit

    You could even attempt  a serious dialogue with mine hosts....!!!.

or just view Kawau Bay from the lounge or terrace as the sun goes down.

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Wine enthusiasts can easily while away an afternoon in the  Matakana area on winery  visits and tastings. The Antipodean  pioneered the planting of classical grapes at Matakana. Ever more new vineyard plantings are coming into production to follow the successes that are now also being achieved by  Heron's Flight, Hyperion, Ransom, Ascension, Brick Bay and Matakana Estate.