After four days of traveling by train and tram all over Melbourne, it was time to rent a car and head out of the city. In my research, I had come across the Enchanted Maze Garden. Knowing Vehd's love of mazes, it was hard to imagine not visiting a large physical maze. So, we headed to the Mornington Peninsula for a day of mazes and trees.
The mazes turned out to be a side attraction to the main attraction at the Enchanted Adventure Garden. Vend and I took to the five course, high ropes tree surfing extravaganza. Five courses, each one harder than the one before, each one ending in a 80-100 foot biplane, all to be completed in 2 hours! We were determined!
Of all the obstacles we completed, three stood out -- the Tarzan Swing, Rope wall and the Obstacle of Swings. As Vehd put it, "In the Tarzan swing, you hang to a free swinging rope, 50 feet in the air and swing over to a rope wall. You smash right into the wall, swing back and smash again! Its so thrilling! The Rope wall is hard. My arms nearly fell of doing it as I hung on to a near vertical wall made up of tight ropes. But the Obstacle of Swings was the hardest. Picture twenty swings, each one hanging three feet from the one before, each swing made of ropes and one thin stick for its base. Getting from one swing to another, a clear 50-70 feet off the ground, is scary and needs great coordination. And this at the end of two hours of obstacles! I did it with my mom's verbal instructions as she walked my tired mind and body through each swing! We closed the day with two long ziplines -- one 100 feet long and another 200 feet long. I landed on my feet both times but my mom, bumped her way on her bottom! It was so funny!"
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