To reach the two main viewing platforms at the gannet colony, we parked at the car park on Waitea Road and followed a wide gravel path up to the Upper Viewing Platform, where we had great views of the main nesting area on the flat top of the cliff as well as Motutara and Oaia, also covered in gannets. From there we headed towards the point and went down a series of wooden steps to the Lower Viewing Platform, practically right in the middle of the action. We were so close to the gannets that we could photograph them going about their daily business.