Hi there!
Hope everyone’s week has started nicely!
I had a great invitation from my cousin Leonie to accompany her and one of her daughters on a mini road trip over the weekend.
The main goal was to visit the Tahune Airwalk and enjoy the area around the Huon River.
The Airwalk is basically a steel canopy walkway through the treetops, giving you a different kind of forest walk.
The Tahune Forest is about 30km’s from Geevestown, south of Hobart.
The walk also straddles the Huon River and is very picturesque!
There are a couple of little short walks in the bush before getting to the actual airwalk.
The usual perspective – the trees looming above!
We walked through the bush and up a bit before getting to the first part of the airwalk
And then straight out into the trees!
There were plenty of little stopping points where you could pause to admire the views and oooh and ahhh about how high you were.
I liked looking down!
We were about 50mt above the river!
You can see the cantilever for the best view up the river!
It was an amazing feeling to be up high in the treetops. The walk was very stable so you didn’t feel like you were swinging about.
Looking straight up the Huon River
Back down on the forest floor we could look back up to see where we had been
14 year old Alana was full of impatient energy and pretty much was under the impression we were going to sprint around the whole area!! Much to her disgust, this wasn’t so, so she contented herself by scrambling up on a few fallen logs here and there!
The fun wasn’t over – a couple of swinging bridges to negotiate. These moved a LOT more underfoot than the airwalk !
The views from the middle of the river were so pretty.
It was hard to keep the camera steady on these contraptions! And you couldn’t stay still in these areas either as the March Flies were out and biting!
We finished up with a picnic and a zip-line flight that took us even higher above the forest!
Pretty great way to spend a day if you ask me!
Cheers!
How neat! As always, beautiful pictures!
Thanks Julie! It was fun to see something new!
OH wow that is awesome! Very impressive and beautiful. How many km is it? Thanks for sharing!
It was about a 3km circuit – not all airwalk though. It was so cool to be high in the trees!
How amazing!! I am so jealous of your life and all the adventures you go on. That is so neat – and to think how it was built is mind boggling. Were there any other people out on the walk?
Hi Janet! Yes, there were a good amount of people out there doing the airwalk, but it wasn’t crowded or anything. 🙂