The rain has caught up with us!

Yep, we're smack bang in the middle of the massive rains that have hit the south-east of Tasmania. Luckily we were already staying in a well-appointed caravan park and not camping somewhere on a flood plain.

We are in Huonville and while the rain last night kept me (and only me!) awake wondering if we were going to be flooded, the worst that happened was the lovely meandering creek at the back of the park turned into a fast-flowing river that has taken a couple of local kayaks hostage.

We had to abandon our plans to go to Bruny Island and have just sat tight here today, reading, journaling, playing Uno and Mathletics on the computer. Hoping to get back on the road again tomorrow!

Meanwhile, I can fill you in on a great day yesterday at the Tahune Airwalk. Tasmanian Parks and Forestry seem to have this amazing knack for creating great experiences that draw people in to their locations. The Airwalk is one of these. It's located in a swamp gum forest, the 'giants' of the flowering plant world, and has been setup so well as a forest experience.

Lukas called it a 10/10 day, and that was largely based on all of our favourite experience of the forest flying fox hang glider.

You get strapped into a hang glider on a cable and pulled up backwards across the Huon River and into the forest. There's a minute or so to appreciate the view and then the cable releases and the glider speeds back down across the river.

Awesome fun!

There was a minimum weight of 25kg - luckily Lukas ate a big breakfast and was wearing his heaviest shoes so snuck in at 24kg which I managed to convince the ranger looked remarkably like 25!

We also did a 3km walk including two big swinging bridges that take you across the Huon and Picton rivers and provide a great view of where they meet. Evie did really well on something that was a little bit scary and managed to chatter most of the way across.

And of course the airwalk, a marvellous feat of engineering that lets you walk 40m above the forest floor, through the tops of the trees and along a big cantilever bridge over the river.

Tasmanian-lovely as per usual!!