Tree Top Walk and Shannon National Park

Us pair starting the tree top walk

The tree top walk in the valley of the giants was a lovely landscape and like I said the valley of the giants these were trees that were 1000's of years old and were as big as blocks of flats in hight and that wide that you could park a mini in the base of the trunk these were amazing.

We had heard of a place called the tree top walk and here you could walk in the canopy of these amazing trees.

The tree where a mini can fit

So we arrived and a a cost of $10 each we entered the park to be greeted by a giant steel walk way making its way gradually in to the canopy of these trees.

On looking down to the ground we got a feeling of just of how big these trees were and we were meters and meters in the air over looking these monsters that filled the landscape.
The tree top walk was educational and it was nice to see but to be charged to see a natural sight was a joke and a bit of a disappointment.












Shannon National park

We arrived at Shannon national park and were greeted by a member of the staff that look after the site these people are volunteers and are stationed at the parks for the holiday seasons.
There jobs consist of cleaning facilities and collecting payments for pitches and to ensure that people are enjoying there stay with them.
we paid our fees of $9 each for our pitch and went to investigate to see what it had to offer. To our surprise we had a fire pit so we could have an open fire. The park was bone dry and consisted of pine trees and soft sand under foot.

Craig and Aimee sitting outside the log cabin

Me and Aimee went to check out the facilities the toilets were powered by solar lighting and the water was heated by a boiler that you had to chop wood and stoke the fire your self if you wanted a hot shower or water to wash.
We set up camp and Aimee went to gather fire wood and started a fire this was home for the next few days.
Shannon national park used to be and old logging village that used to supply the local region with wood for fuel,buildings and everyday use until the late 1980's when the village was of no use any more and the family's and the community that lived in Shannon all moved and set up there community else where.
When walking around the park and looking at the way the people lived was a big eye opener to see how they made a living and that how family lived.