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This was my holiday...Day 3 WA Southwest (Walpole-Nornalup National Park) near Denmark and an early morning walk through the Valley of the Giants.
The Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk is a spectacular lightweight bridge through the forest canopy. The bridge ascends into the tree tops 40 meters above the forest floor.
The park has four species of eucalyptus, which occur only in the Walpole area - three species of tingle trees in the tall forest, and the red flowering gums closer to the sea.
The Walpole-Nornalup National Park is the only place where the red tingle tree (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) is found. They are the largest based of all the eucalypts with a girth of up to 26 metres. Growing up to 75 metres tall this buttressed, rough barked tree, can live to over 400 years old. There is also a yellow tingle tree (Eucalyptus Guilfoyle) which doesn’t grow as wide as the red tingle tree.
Tingle trees are often ‘hollowed out’ by fire and fungal attack however their structure means that they can continue to grow.
TreeTop Walk - aerial free standing suspension bridge.
The total length of the walkway is about 250m and its height from the forest floor varies, with the highest point at 25m.
The distance to the entrance of the TreeTop Walk is approximately 4.5 km (1.5 - 2 hour walk) from the MacRitchie Reservoir Park and 2.5 km (45 mins - 1 hr walk) from the carpark at Venus Drive. Therefore, a round trip including the TreeTop Walk is about 7 to 10 km (3-5 hours depending on your walking pace).
After climbing high into the tingle trees on the Tree Top Walk, many of the trees still tower above me.
The Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk is located in Walpole-Nornalup National Park in Western Australia, just east of Walpole. It features a 600-meter elevated walkway through a canopy of giant tingle trees (Eucalyptus jacksonii). The walkway reaches a maximum height of 40 meters (130 feet) above the ground.
Starting a new set today, which I will take my time to fill up.
Went to the fairly new HSBC Treetop Walk yesterday with a friend. Not too many shots, hiked a bit, and it was all pretty fun.
The Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk is located in Walpole-Nornalup National Park in Western Australia, just east of Walpole. It features a 600-meter elevated walkway through a canopy of giant tingle trees (Eucalyptus jacksonii). The walkway reaches a maximum height of 40 meters (130 feet) above the ground.
Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk, a spectacular lightweight bridge through the forest canopy of gigantic tingle trees.
When walking along the Tree Top Walk, you really have to take the "falling branches" sign seriously. It's creaking everywhere and the monkeys in the trees don't add to the security of not being hit by a branch or something else.
Near Carrington Falls was the Illawarra Fly, a treetop walk and lookout on the top of the Illawarrra Escarrpment. This gave wide views of the plains to the east, the towns and eastern coast of New south Wales in the Kiama to Woolongong area.
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The tall tower at the Otway Fly in Beech Forest, Victoria.
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The karri tree, which grows in the forests of South-West Western Australia, is the third tallest tree in Australia and one of the tallest species in the world, reaching heights of ninety metres.
The karri tree grows in the highest rainfall part of the south-west of Western Australia in loam soils, where they sometimes coexist with jarrah and marri trees.
Singapore, new park connector connecting the parks "Hortpark", "Telok Blangah" and "Mount Faber", in HDR
We got free tickets to the Fly through Facebook. A great way to spend Mother's Day. Especially as we'd also had a free trip to the theatre the night before, also through Facebook.
Anyway, here's Catherine with her offspring, for We're Here's Mother Day thingy. As you can see the weather has reached the hat and scarf stage.