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Ninety seconds on Hog Bay Park
Before you set out, check the tide. At low water a little beach appears at the foot of the main trail and the shallows run out over seagrass, good for a snorkel with hogfish and barracuda; at high water the beach vanishes.
The main trail ends on flat shoreline rock with rock pools and a tiny beach. At low water the sea stays shallow for 300 metres out.
Bring binoculars for the woodland paths: 120 bird species have been recorded here, including warblers, herons and red-eyed vireos. A lookout on Sugar Loaf Hill faces east towards Hamilton.
Near the entrance is the ruin of a kiln that burned limestone into whitewash for island roofs. Other trails pass abandoned cottages and the grey trunks of cedars killed by a scale insect blight, with young cedars growing up between them.
Weekdays are close to deserted. Weekends bring walkers and mountain bikers.
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