After breakfast we drove south to Geeveston where bought tickets for the Tahune Forest Airwalk. We then drove about 30km into the forest before arriving at the visitors centre.
The airwalk is a raised walkway through the forest treetops along the Huon River. It's pretty impressive as you end up on a cantilevered platform almost 40m above the forest floor. It's a fairly easy walk, but the scenery at the end is spectacular. We were lucky , as the weather was really good and there was no wind. Even so, the platform was swaying gently. I wouldn't like to be on it in high winds, although the blurb said that it is designed to withstand winds of 180kmh.
After returning from the airwalk, I went on the Hangliding ride. This is a "zipwire" ride over the river while you are strapped to a hanglider. I was strapped into the chair and then hauled backwards over the river before "gliding" back to where I started. I got two goes and it was fun, despite last nights cold rain that had gathered on the canopy being dumped on me during the first run. Once again, the view of the scenery was great.
After a hot drink we drove back to Hobart and I went for a whisky tasting at the Lark's Distillery. I sampled a very nice selection of local malts and left feeling quite happy. I also left with a bottle of their port barreled malt, which was my favourite (except for the very expensive rum-barreled).
Then it was down to the docks for some fish and chips to soak up the alcohol and a quick trip around the main shopping street before heading back to the airport for our flight home.
