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Description
Hundred Acres Reserve offers excellent birding for both NI's seabirds and its' endemics as well as affording spectacular coastal views. Birds likely to be seen include: Red-tailed Tropicbird, White Tern, Sooty Tern and Masked Booby.
From the Norfolk Island Tourism site - see link: "Protecting an area of Norfolk Island’s coastal forest, Hundred Acres Reserve offers peaceful walks amid nature. As you trek in the sun-dappled shade of skyward-reaching pines and white oaks, you’ll quickly find serenity.
In summer, bird encounters are a dime a dozen in the reserve. You might spy a white tern delivering small fish back to her adorably fluffy chick or a crooning muttonbird emerging from a burrow.
A walking track through Hundred Acres Reserve leads to Rocky Point. Home to an observation post during World War II, it’s now a favoured fishing spot among locals. From the cliffs, you’ll have front-row seats to the daredevil displays of seabirds as they sweep and soar against the backdrop of the wave-lashed coastline. In the distance, the rocky outline of Phillip Island is visible".
Details
Access
From the Aussie Bushwalking site - see link: "From Burnt Pine Township roundabout, take Taylors Road west and then Douglas Drive past the airport, before turning left into Headstone Road at the churches. Follow this to the Homestead Restaurant and the huge Moreton Bay Fig trees, where there is parking on your left, opposite is the entrance to the Reserve".
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Terrain and Habitat
Forest , Sea , Scattered trees and bushesConditions
Hilly , RockyCircular trail
YesIs a telescope useful?
NoGood birding season
All year roundBest time to visit
SpringRoute
Wide path , Narrow trailDifficulty walking trail
EasyAccessible by
FootBirdwatching hide / platform
NoLinks
- Hundred Acres Reserve is an eBird hotspot.
- Aussie Bushwalking trail details.
- Norfolk Island Tourism site.
- Bird Spots blog re NI birding.