Hi Ross, If on Day 9 and 10 of your Coromandel trip you had gone a few beaches further along the coast from Whangapoua to Kuaotuna and Whitianga you would have seen the road to Grays and Rings beach. Gray's beach was where I grew up until I went to Christchurch in 1960 — Asked by wiltongray-blog

Thanks Wilton