#tahune

This photo was taken at a picnic spot by the river on the way to Tahune.

And these were taken on a short walk into the rainforest nearby.

Tahune Airwalk is a 600 metre long steel walkway running through the forest and over the river. On average it is 20 metres high in the trees, and over 37 metres above the forest floor at it’s highest point and 48 metres above the river. Despite the height of the Airwalk, the trees still tower above when you walk along it. Some of the eucalyptus are over 80 metres tall!

After this, we did the Swinging Bridges Walk, which is a 3 kilometre track that crosses the Huon and Picton rivers. From the confluence of the rivers, in the distance, we could see the cantilever of the Airwalk, poking out above the river. It was a very enjoyable walk. I was glad we had the bridges to ourselves though… they bounced quite a lot when we walked on them!

We had lunch in the cafe at the visitor centre before setting off home. We stopped to have a quick look at a tree that was marked as the biggest. It’s a stringybark eucalyptus that is almost 100 metres tall, although it doesn’t look that impressive amongst its tall neighbours! Eucalyptus are the world’s tallest flowering plants.

  Back at Richard and Rachel’s, John’s made dinner while I did our ironing. We’ve started to pack because we’re borrowing Richard’s car tomorrow and heading off on an 8-day road trip. We got some lovely places to see. This is a beautiful country.