Steady as she goes...mum is the guinnea-pig for the day!

Next was the walk up to the top launch platform where mum bravely stepped up to test the strength of the wire. She gradually disappeared into the treetops and along to the middle platform where someone waited to transfer her onto the second stage. We then got the call for the next person to go, and one by one we all slid our way into the canopy. I went last, due to me being chief photographer, and nervously sat in my harness and stepped off the platform. Unless you really tug on the pulley to brake, then you can get up to quite a speed, so I was yanking on the brake straight away so I didn’t fly headlong past everything in a blur! It was a wonderful experience, and really different – you get so used to seeing things from ground level that it brings such a new perspective to the rainforest and palm trees. I passed over a rocky idyllic looking stream and then saw my shadow on the ground as I looked onto the tops of the palms!