If you are looking for a break from the rush of everyday life then this is the spot for you! Spend time pottering on the foreshore, enjoy a quiet read on the veranda, take a stroll through the amazing sculpture garden and admire the work...More

If you want a quiet, peaceful break to walk, think, read, muse or anything else where your own company and the lapping waves of the sea is all you will hear then this is the place. All the reviews on Trip advisor are accurate. It...More

The waves gently lap on the beach that is 10 steps from the white wooden cottage with a white picket fence under a bourganvillia (sp?) tree on a little slice of paradise in Connells Bay. So much history in a tiny part of Waiheke at...More

If you think you have everything, I suggest you visit Connells Bay, then you will realise there was more to life than possessions! Everywhere you walk, stand and look, there is another impressive view. Add the sculptures, native trees, birds, sea and private beach, and...More

The cottage is an integral part of this stunning sculpture park which has developed wonderfully in the ten years since we last visited - old and new sculpture works, all now even more beautifully framed by stands of flourishing native trees, home to expansive kereru...More