If you are doing a day hike or tramping trip, (backpacking trip), or just spending the day at Totaranui, this is where you will park. If you are hiking toward Awaroa, you will then walk south along the beach to get to the start of the walking track. If you are camping at Totaranui, then you will park in one of the grassy tree-lined bays. Public toilets are at the DOC building 30 metres south-east (toward the beach) of the carpark. There are also public toilets in the camping bays as you walk south along the dirt road parallel to the beach.