Tahune Airwalk

Well, it's over...Christmas for another year and what a wonderful year it had been. Christmas was pretty good too with a visit from my son Brett and Christmas day spent with Nick and lovely friends in Snug Cabin and Caravan Park, Snug, Tasmania.

Whilst Brett was here we went to the Tahune Airwalk and to Port Arthur.  We had great weather on both days and in fact he got sunburnt when we were at Port Arthur.  It is easy to get sunburnt in Tassie....the air is so clean and clear and the hole in ozone layer over Tasmania (that extends from
Antarctica) is such that the sun damaging UV radiation has increased.  So we have to be very careful in the sun here.

We drove 53 km from Snug to the Tahune Airwalk through Huonville and Geeveston.  The Tahune Airwalk is situated in Arve Loop Forest Reserve, next to the 1.6 million hectare, world heritiage listed, Hartz Mountain National Park.    The Tahune Airwalk was opened in July 2001 and provides breath talking views of the forest canopy.

Brett and Nick Standing at the base of a very large tree...sorry, dont remember what sort of tree it was

View of the walk disappearing through the tree canopy.

View of the cantilever

I wasn't brave enough to go out on the Cantilever, but Nick did.  

There are 112 easy steps to get to the Airwalk itself and a number of walks/hikes as well as cable hang gliding.

There was a nice little cafe, a gift shop and although we didn't see it, there is an accommodation lodge as well.

Entry was only $28 per adult and I think it was well worth it.  






























We did the Airwalk and then the walk to the two steel cable foot bridges that span the Huon and Picton Rivers, which took about an hour although when we saw the sign that it was only 500m to the bridge, it was a very long 500m in my book.

One of the swing bridges over the Huon River

Not much water...we need rain!

The bridge wasn't scary, but then we were the only ones on it at the time.  

Next day...Port Arthur....