I went here for my son's 12th birthday. We had four boys all swinging around in the trees! The staff were young and very professional and 'cool'. They were friendly, helpful and accommodating. I would highly recommend Tree's Adventure, the boys had an awesome time. I felt they were safe and secure at all times.

The sunroof is open and all four windows are down allowing the sun to kiss my skin and excite me as this is finally a hot summer day one in a string of hot summer days actually, and I am lucky to be on holidays with that dirty four letter word ‘work’ becoming a distant memory. With a couple of my besties in the car we cruise on into the Dandenong Ranges marveling at the lush think green forest and wishing that we were fortunate enough to live around this beautiful area.
I can feel the excitement rise as we pass Puffing Billy and turn into Belgrave and go up a dirt road that doesn’t so much have potholes, rather waves in the road and every scrap I can feel on the bottom of my car tells me I need a four wheel drive, however not to worry the old ford makes it.
I can smell that delicious hot forest smell and my friends and I are so exhilarated by now we practically bounce to the reception area of Trees Adventures Glen Harrow Park.
We get kitted out in our safety gear of helmet, safety harness and gloves and taken through the safety course where our friendly expert show us how to lock and unlock our karabiner’s on to the course cables and explains the different colours around the course.
Green Line is for children 8 years and under
Blue Line if for everyone over 8 and is great to get your tree legs with a long and a short course, the long course having the most amount of zip lines in the park.
Red Line has a lot of climbing and needs a bit of upper body strength and must be completed so they know that you can handle the black course
Black Line comprises a long course and a short course one which requires a lot of upper body and the other has a lot of zip lines.
The higher you go up in colour the higher up the trees the course is and after our introduction we are keen to get climbing and we all look at each other and say ‘Red Line?’ followed by ‘hells yeah’ and ‘absolutely’, we make our way to home tree were all of the courses started and yes I totally pretended that I was in Avatar.
I make sure that I am locked on to all of the correct safety cables and begin my vertical climb up a tiny ladder to a small platform which led to another vertical climb, this time moving sideways along a big rope ladder, now whilst I have no fear of heights and rather enjoy standing on the edge and having a higher perspective I discovered that I do however have a fear of falling which made it exceedingly difficult to get my limbs to move fast and smooth along the net and it felt as though it took all of the strength I had and this was just the first obstacle.
It was worth all the terror though as there was two of the cutest possums hiding in the hollow of the tree.
With this newly discovered fear of falling it also took all of my strength to take my zip line pully off my belt and take my legs off the platform, but once they were off I felt like Bond, Jade Bond flying over the tree tops with my spy belt ready to do battle and save the day, until I get to the next obstacle which is taking all of my strength and balance to get through and I reveled in relief with every zip line I came across.
By the time I finished the red line I was dripping with sweat and dying for some water however I felt completely satisfied with myself and the challenges I physically overcame, as I did find some of the obstacles physically and mentally challenging to complete.
Once I had a drink break I was ready to go again and this time I was going for the Black Short Line because it was higher up the trees and full of zip lines, YEAH! I was super keen to do this until I had to do another vertical climb up a little slightly rickety ladder which I am hugged onto for dear life as I climbed up to the higher platform. Slightly crapping myself thinking I cannot do this, I cannot do this the sweat was running down my face mostly with nerves feeling as though this climb was never going to end, then I reached the platform and woosh I was off on the first zip line.
I loved this course with its numerous zip lines and getting my Bond, Jade Bond on I was in my element I couldn’t get enough, please get me higher and give me more zip lines!! My favourite zip line was the one that was so long I could not see the end and I built up so much speed I felt as though I was going to crash into the tree at the end like George of the jungle, thankfully it slows just enough at the very end to hit the platform as gracefully as a giant monkey can.
Despite my fear of falling, I would come back and do this again in a heart beat, due to the thrilling fun and physical challenge.
After the grueling and exhilarating climb, we decided to reward our efforts by going to Micawber Tavern to enjoy a delicious lunch by the stunning peaceful creek under the lush ferns, and I had a great laugh with my friends as we regaled in our adventures.