O'Reilly's Tree Top Walk - Canungra, Australia
S 28° 13.962 E 153° 08.264
56J E 513513 N 6877012
The Tree Top Walk, the first of its kind in Australia, is located at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat in Lamington National Park near Canungra, Australia. The walk is made up of nine suspension bridges.
Waymark Code: WM5Z25
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 03/04/2009
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From the
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat website:
O'Reilly's Tree Top Walk allows you to walk through the canopy to see flowering and fruiting trees and vines, the epiphytic orchids and ferns, and the birds and animals that inhabit the tree tops. The Tree Top Walk is only 300 metres from the Guesthouse via the Booyong Walk, a rainforest boardwalk that was built by the Green Mountains Natural History Association.
The Tree Top Walk, was the first of its kind in Australia, is 180 metres in length and is made up of 9 suspension bridges, with much of the walkway being 15 metres above the ground. Profiles depicting the rainforest flora close by have been placed along the walkway to assist visitors in identifying the plants in the immediate vicinity. Two observation decks have been constructed in a Strangler Fig above the walk way, the highest one being 30 metres (approx 110 feet) above the ground.
Access to the decks is by a ladder that is protected by wire screens. The decks allow a close look at the orchids and ferns growing on the tree, as well as the splendid view out over the rainforest canopy.
The Tree Top Walk is a unique and innovative structure that gives visitors what can only be described as an exhilarating experience - a chance to observe life in the rainforest canopy at close range for the first time in their lives.