This thing is a series of walkways suspended up in the giant trees that they have in the forests down here,
Yep - that was us on the walkways and below is a shot of one of the huge trees.
The Huon River is calm at the moment, but you can see the logs traped at the side of the river that have been left there by the last floods.
A tree with a window! Perhaps even forests have Play School.
After the Skywalk we took an hour long walk through the forest that lead us across a couple of swinging bridges.
And from those bridges we ended up in the cafe where we were visited by a number of the large Tassie currawongs who were scrounging for food. Big birds.
On our way home we followed a sign taking us to the "Big Tree" which is . . . . . . er . . . . . . . a big tree.
It is the biggest tree (as in the heaviest) in Australia but after a life of hundreds of years it is now dying
We got home to Franklin and went to the Wooden Boat Centre where they build boats using only traditional mechanisms and materials.
Fascinating stuff and great to meet people so dedicated to their craft.
Apparently Huon Pine is the only wood to use for a boat.
We then repaired to the pub, only to find that the pub was closed and we had to go to the bikers' bar again. We did however meet some people from the camp site doing the same thing (G'Day Barb and Don) and shared a couple of beers with them.
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