We enjoyed breakfast at the most popular cafe in Titirangi, The Hardware Company (complete with singing Barista). After checking in our licenses in at Kea (for insurance purposes) we started our journey driving north to the Hot Pools at Parakai but the loud piped radio music destroyed any concept of a romantic private spa so we moved on up the peninsula. The next stop was Shelly beach. A lovely family beach, but not romantic and surprisingly busy even at the beginning of winter so we commenced moving on again, traveling East towards Matakana and Leigh. The lonely Planet Guide recommended the nearby Pakiri Beach as 'stunning' so we continued through to there and weren't disappointed. It is a wonderful place.
We stayed at The Pakiri Beach Holiday Park (www.pakiriholidaypark.co.nz) HHHH the camp ground is right on Pakiri Beach HHHHH. It is secure, well maintained has beautiful beach front cottages and is tiny. This is the only beachfront location I have been to where the Tui's outnumbered the seagulls.We were there on a holiday weekend and there was still lots of vacant accommodation. The Camp proprietors explained that probably all the visitors had been put off by the bad rainfall predicted for the weekend, but she explained that the regulars know that the bad weather often misses the Pakiri area, we were walking along the beach and sunbathing during the supposed 'bad weather'.
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