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Directions: Situated between Colac Bay & Orepuki a large brown sign will direct you briefly off the Southern Scenic Route into Cosy Nook.

The turn off is just 4km south of Orepuki or 12km NW of Colac Bay.

This delightful area, including Garden Bay, is well worth the visit as the road in reveals a very picturesque craggy cove that today shelters several fishing boats & holiday cribs.

HISTORY
The headland Outata Point, now known as Billy Point, was the site of an old Maori Pa called 'Pahees'. The chief at that time, Tahu Pahi, of Ngatimamoe & Ngaitahu lineage, unwittingly gave his name to todays Pahia. Much canoe activity had once been a feature of Garden Bay as Maori had removed rocks from a section to enable them to reach places further afield. The pa off Cosy Nook is said to have been the stronghold of Pahi's brother-in-law Te Wera.

The sites were abandoned following a massacre by a northern raiding tribe & by 1852 only ruins remained.

Cosy Nook was formerly known as Cosy Neuk. The name Garden Bay originated from the pioneer farming family of Alexander Garden whose eldest son Louis, set up one of three flax mills in the area.