Zip Line Tour Treetop Walk

Prehistoric Path Abseiling

Otway Fly Treetop Adventures Media Kit 2010/11 

 

 

Otway Fly Treetop Adventures – an awe-inspiring experience

The award winning Otway Fly Treetop Adventures is one of Australia’s premier rainforest Adventure experiences. Otway Fly Treetop Adventures offers:

A 600m long, 47m high steel structured Treetop canopy walk

Victoria’s first zip Line tour nestled amongst The Otway Ranges rainforest

Abseiling from the canopy walk

Prehistoric Path through the ancient forest where dinosaurs roamed

It is located in the Colac Otway Shire municipality and is a 2.5 hour drive inland from Melbourne or 3.5 hour drive from Melbourne via the Great Ocean Road. The Otway Fly is strategically located between the popular coastal township of Apollo Bay and the 12 Apostles. Otway Fly is a great place for a gourmet meal, good coffee or a quick bite - Otway Fly makes for a great day out for families, couples or groups of friends.

The enclosed media kit offers everything you need to know about Otway Fly Treetop Adventures

Your kit includes:

An invitation to working journalists

Otway Fly Treetop Adventures: Get your natural high- above the trees!

The Facts: Otway Fly at a glance

The Facilities

The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures Contact Details

Images contact sheet

Media Guidelines

Media Contact Details

All information contained within this kit is free for your use and can be printed as is. Images are available for use when accompanying stories and are subject to copyright. Further information and interviews can be arranged. If you’d like to visit Otway Fly Treetop Adventures for yourself, we’d be more than happy to arrange a visit and would love to see you on top of the trees soon!

Warm regards,

Elaine Burridge

General Manager - Otway Fly Treetop Adventures

 

An invitation to selected journalists

If you are interested in producing a story on Otway Fly Treetop Adventures, we would like to invite you to come and visit and enjoy our rainforest experience.

We can offer selected journalists*:

A hosted visit to Otway Fly Treetop Adventures with a guide, including lunch for any of the activities including the Walk, the Zip Lining and the Abseiling

Accommodation locally for interstate journalists*

Contacts and ideas for organising a regional familiarisation itinerary

*Subject to availability. Additional guests and transfers can be arranged at our discretion. Only serious requests considered and background to publications and opportunities must be provided if requested.

 

Otway Fly Treetop Adventures:

Get a natural high – above the trees!

The Otway Fly Treetop Walk is a unique attraction which enables visitors to experience a 600 metre elevated walk through beautiful warm temperate rainforest. It is the longest and highest walk of its kind in the world. It is able to withstand 280km/h winds (not that we get these winds!)

Experience the sensation of being 25 metres above the forest floor. The walk commences at the visitor centre, which subtly introduces you to the rainforest, descending gently to the entry structure and onto the steel trussed tree walk.

As you proceed along the level walkway, the ground progressively drops away taking you on a journey through the upper reaches of the rainforest vegetation strata. You emerge through the ferns of the forest floor to the tranquillity and beauty of the forest canopy.

At 25 metres high you experience a unique, close view of the flora and fauna of the rainforest. Before you know it you are staring out above the tops of some trees and there are also some spectacular stands of ferns to look down on.

Beautifully designed and informative Interpretation Panels, explain in greater detail what the visitor is looking at several points along the walk, enriching the Otway Fly experience.

The walkway itself is some 600 metres long, while the walk is a 1.9 kilometres round trip and takes approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete. The Otway Fly provides visitors of all ages and levels of mobility a unique and challenging experience at all times of the year.

Otway Fly Treetop walk Features:

600 metres long 1.9km round trip 45 – 60 mins to complete Longest and highest walk 24 – 45 metres above the ground 12 towers Cantilevered viewing platform

The Otway Fly Zip Line Tour is a unique eco-wilderness adventure that takes place in the magnificent Otway rainforest.

The first of its kind in Victoria, the Zip Line tour involves traversing from one platform to another connected by tree platforms called ‘cloud stations’, and attached to a steel cable suspended up to 30 metres above the forest floor.

 

This exciting adventure lasts 3.5 hours and will have you flying on a series of cable spans from cloud station to cloud station and enjoying some features on this Zip Line Tour that are not available on any other Zip Line Tour in the world. The Zip Line Tour is classified as a “medium” adrenalin activity.

Visitors will see the trees and forest ecology in a new light and learn about our growing and vibrant forest. When you come back to ground, you can continue on to enjoy the Otway Fly Treetop Walk.

The Zip Line Tour is guided by trained and experienced guides. Our guides will provide you with an insight into our forest’s history and its features and provide you with an experience you won’t forget!

Zip Lining Features: Victoria’s first Zip Lining; Second continuous belay Zip Line Tour on offer in the world; 9 x cloud stations; 2 x suspension bridges within the tour; Simulator experience at the start; Cloud stations vary between 8metres to 20metres above ground level; The Zip Line Canopy tour is of revolutionary quality, “greenness” and safety; Designed and located to minimise impact on the environment; The cloud stations are attached to the host trees by EcoClips that do not penetrate

the tree. EcoClips allow the tree to continue to grow unimpeded; Only activity of it’s type for the Great Ocean Road region and Victoria; Offers magnificent bird’s eye views of the forest; Located to complement the existing attraction; Complete the tour and then go on to enjoy the Treetop walk

Opened in March 2003, Otway Fly Treetop Walk is one of only a handful of steel canopy walks in the world. Owned and operated by Living and Leisure Australia Group, who are committed to building memorable environmental and educational experiences, the treetop walk and zip line tour are designed to provide visitors with an opportunity to learn about wild forest habitats and to explore the local surrounds from high up in forest canopies. The walks are constructed with minimal impact to the natural forest floor and offer breathtaking views that are sure to impress those who take on the treetop adventure.

Otway Fly Treetop Adventures is open every day except Christmas Day from 9am to 5pm. The walk takes approximately 45-60 minutes.

 

The Facts: Otway Fly Treetop Adventures at a glance

What: Otway Fly Treetop Adventures, one of Australia’s premier rainforest experiences www.otwayflytreetopadventures.com.au Otway Fly Treetop Adventures is a nature based rainforest walk and Zip Line Tour located just off the Great Ocean Road. The Treetop Walk is a 600 metre long, 25 metre high elevated Treetop walk gaining a bird's-eye view of The Otway’s beautiful forests. For the thrill seeker the Zip Line Tour is the perfect adrenalin fuelled activity where you can Zip across the Treetops in this unique forest experience Where: You can access the Fly from Melbourne via the Princes Highway to Geelong. You then have the option of travelling down the famous Great Ocean Road, or inland toward Colac. The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures is directly accessible from Phillips Track and

is 15 minutes drive from Lavers Hill Travelling time from Melbourne via the Princess Highway is 2.5 hours Travelling time via the Great Ocean Road is 3.5 hours 50 minutes from Apollo Bay and 40 minutes from Colac Otway Fly Treetop Adventures is approximately 50 mins from the 12 Apostles

When: Otway Fly Treetop Walk Construction commenced: 2003 Construction completed: March 2008 Opened doors and welcomed first visitors: March 15 2008 Otway Fly Treetop Walk is open every day except for Christmas day. Otway Fly Zip Lining Construction commenced: 2010 Construction completed October 2010 Otway Fly Zip Lining is open every day except for Christmas day. Who: Otway Fly Treetop Adventures is proudly part of Living and Leisure Australia Ltd and is managed by Elaine Burridge GM Environmental features: Environmentally sustainable development featuring rain water systems, energy efficient construction practices, pump-out septic waste system, recycling of all waste and cooking products, forest floor regeneration and rainforest education programs. Otway Fly Tree Adventures is currently pursuing its official Eco-Accreditation.

 

The Experience Otway Fly Treetop Adventures provides a new and unique way to enjoy one of Australia’s distinctive areas.

Otway Fly Treetop Adventures experience includes:

The gentle grade Treetop Walk – 1.9km total length / 600m treetop elevated walk Exciting Zip Line Tour Bushwalks Family Walk Native plants and wildlife Self guided interpretive trail Multi level canopy experience Tower lookout – 45m above forest floor Swaying springboard cantilevered sections Visitors Centre Souvenir shop Cafe– gourmet seasonal menus for indoor and outdoor dining Educational guided walks for groups and school tours Wet weather ponchos Bird watching Disabled facilities FREE Car and Coach parking for over 200 vehicles Open fire in the lounge area to sit back, relax and enjoy lunch

Otway Fly Treetop Adventures operates EVERY DAY (Excluding Christmas Day) regardless of the weather. (On rare occasions the attraction may close for short durations due to lightning for guest safety).

Contact Otway Fly Treetop Adventures

Address: 360 Phillips Track, Weeaproniah, VIC 3237

Phone: +61 3 5235 9200

Fax: +61 3 5235 9388

Website: www.otwayflytreetopadventures.com

Email: Sarah.nolan@otwayfly.com.au or Elaine.Burridge@otwayfly.com.au

 

MAP to the Otway Fly

Google maps link:

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Photos

Photographs are the copyright property of Otway Fly Treetop Adventures. Where photographs will be used to directly promote The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures, complimentary reproduction rights are granted. In all other cases a charge for use will apply. Permission to reproduce any photograph must be obtained from: Sarah Nolan sarah.nolan@otwayfly.com.au 0417 333 249 Elaine Burrige elaine.burridge@otwayfly.com.au 0417 089 589 Debbie Howie debbie.howie@fallscreek.net 0417 572 228

The use of images with material which bears no relation to The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures is a breach of copyright.

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Image Selection:

Images above are indicative only. High resolution versions, with captions are available on request.

Media Visit Guidelines:

The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures’ media familiarisations are recognised as the most effective means of portraying the numerous attributes of the Otway Fly adventure experiences.

The Otway's media team offers support to journalists, photographers, and broadcast media representatives, with organised assignments or one-off, tailor-made famils. Any reasonable request from bona fide media will be considered and promptly responded to.

We understand there are speculative freelance media assignments from time-to-time however succinct story concepts help to secure a favourable response to resort hosting.

After visiting The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures, we would appreciate receiving a copy of the article, video, or feature showing the outcome of your time spent here.

Media Contacts:

Sarah Nolan sarah.nolan@otwayfly.com.au 0417 333 249 Debbie Howie debbie.howie@fallscreek.net 0417 572 228 Elaine Burrige elaine.burridge@otwayfly.com.au 0417 089 589