The Bigger Beach House Only 2 hours drive from Wellington, over the Rimutaka hills, a sharp right at the vineyards of Martinborough towards the east coast. The location is Tora, a small farming outpost and some holiday homes. We stayed in an secluded, revamped sheep shearers cottage to get away from the hustle and bustle of the working week. No tv or cell phone reception. Plenty of board games, books, obscene amounts of food and the obligatory volume of booze to sink a battle ship. To top it all off, the weather was stunning, especially considering we were 7 days off the winter solstice. Plenty of pics on the usual link.