• Adrenalin Forrest (high Ropes)
• Movie (Up - 3D)

First thing -off to adrenalin forest. This was somewhat different to what we expected… It's a high ropes course with 6 courses within in - with a total of 100 different challenges (i.e. each course has a heap of actual challenges within it). What made this different to anything I've ever experienced in Australia is the relaxed nature of the operation. We turned up just before 10am only 1 staff person there at the time, he did a "safety briefing" i.e. put on harness, there are 2 clips (the non locking ones) and a wheel thing for flying foxes). Takes you around a very basic course as an example - the only real rule being "always ensure one of the clips is clipped on". There's no signing of any documents or any other rules provided - you literally walk in, get a harness on, are shown a 5 minute demo and then told to go and enjoy (even 11 year old groups of kids with no supervision were aloud through - on any of the levels - even though a group near me at one stage got stranded half way around as they were not tall enough to actually do the challenge), and you're free to do the course on your own with no further assistance! The very relaxed approach made us think the course must be safe a simple - FAR FROM IT!!!

For the first hour we were the only ones there - which worked well so we could move slowly. The first course was reasonably simple, and they get progressively (quickly) more difficult. Rachel managed the first 3. I decided to go all 6 thinking "how hard can it really be". When they say they're 20 meters high - they're not kidding (I've not seen any in Australia this high - and the only ones close have always had heaps of supervision). The freakiest thing was having no one check you were connected to things correctly before you threw yourself off them, and the real possibility of being hurt (actually, it's almost guaranteed - I ended up with a few scratches and grazes). Some of the flying foxes and trapeze things go REALLY fast - to the point where your body gets slammed into the mat - or spider web of ropes - there instruction to slow down on the flying foxes is to grab the rope with your hand (do have thin gloves) - this sort of works except when you're going fast it just results in your elbow being smacked into your face.

What we thought might take an hour or so, ended up taking 4 hours! And was far more complex and challenging than we ever considered. By the afternoon there would have been 50 or so people on the course- and just 3 staff wandering around rescuing people who got stuck. The whole operation is very relaxed and no real concern that anyone would hurt themselves.

The hardest challenge for me was the last course a swinging trapeze which is about 20meters above the ground which swings and roles into a rope net - the hardest bit being that you have to assume you've connected yourself correctly and then throw yourself out, having no idea how fast it will slide and nothing to break your fall except a suspended net (which really hut when hit and can graze your arm - as I experienced on the previous smaller one).

Ultimately this was a fantastic experience, and the relaxed rules and supervision meant that you could do the course as you wanted as fast or as slow, and could taylor the challenges to suit personal difficulty level. I'm amazed that no one has seriously hurt themselves - as it's very easy to accidently un-hook both carabineers when not thinking.

Following the course, we went to a cinema to see UP in 3D. And then a bit of shopping at "Pack and Save" which was much cheaper than any of the other shops we've been to & more of a Ikea feel to it.

Back to the hotel - fish delight for dinner. Played trim - pronounced "trum" - which is similar to fish - except you say "trum" instead of fish (given most hotels we stay at offer us "trum of full" milk)