If you follow the bend into the forest, eventually you'll walk along Skinner's Bluff, a long escarpment face that casts its view over White Cloud, Griffiths and Hay Island. These lonely islands seem to magically appear, each raising its head above the blue waters towards the end of the trail.

It's the pot of gold at the end of an old logging road. For the first few kilometres, the waters tease you. While walking the old logging road, you can see the distant blue peeking through the trees.

It takes a long time to reach the lookout points, but it's well worth...