Flora and Fauna
Near the coast are dense forests of rimu, miro, Hall's tōtara and rātā. The lower terraces are mainly podocarp and silver beech, while the higher terraces are dominated by yellow-silver pine.
Port Craig is immersed in history; the DOC hut is a 78 year old schoolhouse used in the logging days. One cannot walk off the track for more than 100 m at port craig without finding something remnant of the forestry days.
The track crosses three big viaducts, the largest, the Percy burn is thought to be the biggest wooden viaduct in the southern hemisphere and is referenced in Warren Birds book 'Viaducts to the Sky' as thought to be the largest Wooden viaduct remaining in the world.
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