Blown away...almost!

Sunday 23rd September

 

Today we left the beautiful Wye River area and headed further west to Princetown.  On the way there we decided to stop in at the Otway Fly which is a rainforest with tree top walk and zipline (today's version of the flying fox).  The kids were so excited at seeing other people preparing for the zipline that they convinced us to sign up to. 

 

But first we needed to see if Lachy would fit the harness.  He was going to be the equal smallest solo zipliner since it opened two yeas ago.  I must say I was a tad apprehensive at this but Lachy was keen to see if he could be fitted up and zip.

 

In short, Lachy was okayed to zip and we booked in for the following morning.  

 

What we did do today was the tree top walk which has pilons and platforms 20m off the ground and then a 45m tower which brings us way up above the emergent layer of the rainforest.  On the way to this was the dinosaur walk that all three kids loved.  You could just imagine the dinosaurs prowling around the rainforest here with dense undergrowth, rain falling slightly on moss covered fallen logs. 

 

Once we hit the tree top walk, I must admit I felt very exposed.  However, everyone else was having a blast.  By the time we got to the tower, I was shaking in my boots and Liam was a little hesitant.  Mia couldn't wait to climb the further 25m spiral staircase to reach the top.  When at the top, I wouldn't go near the edge, Lachy was extremely hesitant, Liam a little better and then there was little miss confident - I'm not scared at all Miss Mia.

 

I couldn't wait to get down and Liam felt the same (but I had to pump up and pretend it wasn't scary at all) and now I was rather scared about what lay ahead tomorrow morning.

 

Tonight we almost got blown away at Princetown.  It would have been a great place to camp had the weather not been so rotten.  We had to put the kids inside the trailer and use them as weights to get the camper pegged down and then we used the car as a barrier to dampen the full force of the gale force winds we were experiencing.  

 

Let's put it all down to the adventure shall we!!