From our house you can stroll to a pub with bistro meals, a fish and chip shop plus a dairy (convenience store). Or walk the other direction and go to Two Mile Bay Sailing Club for fabulous pizzas, music some days and beer or wine on the lake edge. Forty minute walk to Taupo town. Walk or cycle the lake edge. Walk a third direction to full supermarket.
Scenic flights are available over the lake or mountains. Plenty of cafes and art places or two weekend markets to keep you occupied. Hot pools available near by.