Thursday, December 06, 2007


We had walked hundreds of metres in the forest to arrive here

Otway Fly Tree Top Walk took ten months to build

We are 25 metres above the forest floor

Beautiful new growth - Myrtle

We are still climbing and the trees are just magnificent

Satinwood Flowers - Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

The trees are so straight and tall

Carol at the base of the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk Tower

Views from the top of the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk Tower

Views from the top of the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk Tower

Mike at the top of the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk Tower

Looking down the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk Tower

This complex cost 6.4 million dollars to build

It is one of only three Tree top walks in Australia - and we have done them all

Walking towards the cantilever on the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

The cantilever on the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

The forest is so dense and so tall

Fungi on trees over 100 metres tall

Looking up at the cantilever on the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

Views on the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

Views on the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

Look at the colours on this magnificent Gum

Red sap oozing out of the Red Gum Tree

Views on the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

New growth everywhere because of the recent rains

This tree has been lopped by chain saw more than 30 metres from the ground

The ferns are so lush and green

Beautiful - tree ferns and stream - Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

The colours of the ferns was just amazing

White fungus on a tree - Views on the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

Views on the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

Last section of the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

Fields of wild daisies as we left the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk

Our next stop was Castle Cove

Castle Cove - you cannot beat the smell and sight of the ocean

Castle Cove

Winkipop at the top of world famous surfing Bells Beach - Victoria

World famous Australian surfing beach - Bells Beach, Victoria

World surfing championships are held here at Bells Beach - Victoria

Surfers catching wave - Bells beach

Looking towards Portsea at the opening to Port Phillip Bay - Queenscliff

Views to the west at Queenscliff

Queenscliff looking towards Portsea at the opening to Port Phillip Bay

Lighthouse at Queenscliff

Fantastic flush of colours - Flowers in old Queenscliff Cottage

Stained glass windows, lavender in the garden - Old Queenscliff cottage

The Tenby Store - Queenscliff main street

Vue Grand Hotel - Queenscliff

Clydesdale Horses and wagon - Queenscliff

The Queenscliff Inn