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Illawarra Fly

The Illawarra Fly is a tourist attraction at Knight's Hill, south of Wollongong and not far from Kiama. It's not terribly well promoted and the first signs indicating its location are about 30 metres from the turnoff, but if you want a "get away from the computer and recharge your batteries" experience it's worth a look. The fly is a series of suspension bridges and towers (plus two springboard cantilevers), much of which is set 20 to 30 metres above the rainforest below. The Knight's Tower, near the centre of the walk, rises to 45 metres but can only be accessed by a steep, winding staircase. Best if you don't suffer too much from vertigo and have a reasonable level of fitness. (The rest of the Fly is fairly flat, though. If you can walk to the local shops, you can walk the Fly.) The total walk is about 1.5km, with some 500 metres passing through the tree canopy. On a clear day (which unfortunately the day of our visit wasn't) you have a view way out to Lake Illawarra, the Illawarra escarpment and the coast.
12440 Burnt Trunk
12440 Burnt Trunk
12446 Thick Growth I
12446 Thick Growth I
12455 What Grows In The Forest
12455 What Grows In The Forest
12462 Thick Growth II
12462 Thick Growth II
12464 Toward The Coast
12464 Toward The Coast
12470 View To The Escarpment
12470 View To The Escarpment
12477 Smooth Operator
12477 Smooth Operator
12478 Red Leaves
12478 Red Leaves
12484 Gold Leaves
12484 Gold Leaves
12486 Green Leaves
12486 Green Leaves
12495 Circular Ferns
12495 Circular Ferns
12498 Circular Fern Through The Walkway
12498 Circular Fern Through The Walkway
12500 Tilted Timber
12500 Tilted Timber
12513 The Corridor Of Gums
12513 The Corridor Of Gums
12517 Along The Fly
12517 Along The Fly
12519 Lake Illawarra From Further Along
12519 Lake Illawarra From Further Along
12523 Don't Look Down
12523 Don't Look Down
12548 Whose Shoes?
12548 Whose Shoes?
12553 The Knight's Tower
12553 The Knight's Tower
12559 The Tree Beside The Walkway
12559 The Tree Beside The Walkway
12567 Red Leaf II
12567 Red Leaf II
12570 Stringy Bark
12570 Stringy Bark
12573 Growths
12573 Growths
12582 Natural Graffiti
12582 Natural Graffiti
12599 Toward Lake Illawarra
12599 Toward Lake Illawarra
12610 Airborne Visitor
12610 Airborne Visitor