Australia: Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway is finally open
Fifteen years after it was first planned, Queensland’s spectacular new
Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway, set in the World Heritage listed
Wooroonooran National Park, has opened to the public… Labelled one of
Australia’s grandest man-made structures in a natural environment, the
brand new MaMu Rainforest Canopy Walkway has opened to visitors.
Offering amazing vistas and wildlife encounters, the new tourist
attraction has a 350 metre long elevated walkway through the canopy, a
cantilever, a 37 metre observation tower and more than 1200 metres of
walking tracks.
The cantilever provides fantastic views over the North
Johnston river gorge and the observation tower emerges high above the
canopy, offering views over a mountainous landscape, homeland of the
Mamu Aboriginal people. The entire area has cultural significance for
the Mamu aboriginal tribe, and the walkway was constructed in
partnership with the indigenous people. At the end of the elevated
walkway a short section of the forest walk brings visitors to the
final information and rest shelter. The walkway was built in natural
clearings in the rainforest caused by cyclone Larry in March 2006 and
constructed from durable unpainted galvanised steel and recycled
plastic to ensure it blends in with the surroundings. This area of
unsurpassed beauty contains the two highest mountains in Queensland,
numerous rivers, waterfalls, swimming holes and some of the World’s
lushest and most ancient rainforests. If you don’t have a head for
heights, there are other attractions nearby that are well worth a
visit, including Josephine Falls, a secluded freshwater swimming hole,
located at the foot of Queensland’s tallest mountain, Mount Bartle
Frere.
