Vaughan homestead.  5 min.

Walk to the end of the road, through the gate and then onto the homestead. Once across the bridge, there is a nature trail leading off to the left. The 1863 homestead is open to the public, go in and have a look.

Nature trail. 30 min - .8k

Follow the yellow marker posts. This loop track will take you through wet land, native trees and farmland, and take you back to the car park.

To Okura River 1h 15 min - 2.8 km

On this walk, you can walk over the farm land, then back along the beach, but only if the tide is out. At the end of the walk, there is a very small beach, and I mean small. If the tide is fully in, the water laps the bank. There are some good places to sit up on the bank, with plenty of shade from the trees.  From this position, looking across the other side of the bay is the popular  Stillwater walkway. You can just see the long-standing 1863, Dacre Cottage sitting back from the beach.

Back to car park via track.   Easy, just double back the way you came.

Back to car park via Beach.  1h 5 min – 3 km

Another story. The tide must be on the way out by at least 1 hour. But you will know if you are to early, just sit and wait.  If the tide is out, or on the way in, don’t squander time. Get a move on. It is a continuous cliff face till you reach Pohutakawa Bay, and then to Grannys Bay, to far to swim if you get caught out.  Watch your step; the rocks can be very slippery when they are still wet. In some places the rocks will have a thin coating of mega slippery mud over them.

Food.  Back at the park, there are two places to choice from, the kiosk and the restaurant and café. I know which one I would go to. The kiosk is in the middle of the park, up by the beach, and the restaurant is a 100m in on the right hand side as you drive through the main entrance.