A few months ago I booked up for me and the boys to tryout the new Hang Loose zip wire which opened only a few months back. We had to postpone once already due to a clash of events and thus we was really looking forward to finally getting to try it out. Holly wasn't so fortunate as you need to be over 8 years old and over 35kg, so she could only stand by and watch this time around.
The zip wire doesn't look that impressive from the ground, but when you get up there it is a different story. 70m meters up in the air, 700 meters long (the longest in the country) and hitting speeds of 60 mph in a superman position!
Once you are at the top of a tower they hook you up and you lay on a motorised table device. Once the table drops away you are just hanging there looking straight down at the lake below. At this point the good thing is you don't have to make a conscious effort to jump off or initiate the zip wire in anyway. they simply hit a button and up to 4 people set-off at once.
The zip wire is amazing but over way to quickly. Before you know it you are on the landing deck with your eyes streaming from the speed. Totally thrilling. Brandon was a little scared once up the top and probably didn't enjoy it as much as me and Josh did.
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| Joshua and Brandon all kitted up and nervously waiting. |
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| The nervous wait for the mini bus to take us up to the tower. |
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| Me and the boys all ready for our zip wire experience. |
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| These are the motorised tables that you launch from at the top of the tower. |
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| And this is the view as you plummet down over the lake and to the landing zone 700m away! |
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