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Showing posts with label adventure tourism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adventure tourism. Show all posts

Sunday, 26 October 2014


Is this you, bored at home on a lazy Sunday with not a thing in hell to do? Some people spend their Sunday’s lying outside, or relaxing out by the pool. While others chill out at their local westfields, hoping the $5 rack sale at Supré still stocks those leopard skin tights all the mounty county gals seem to sport. And then there’s those that use their Sunday’s to go out and do something a little more unexpected. Like buying a McFlurry with both mnm’s AND oreos. Oh, you risktaker you. Livin’ life on the edge you are!

But if you’re like me, and you don’t seem to feel the thrill of sitting under the shade of a Koolabah tree, you’re ready for an adventure that’ll get some blood rushing through them veins! We’ve found some fun-filled activities that’ll make you completely forget about Supré’s clearance sale, but instead turn your stale Sunday 360 degrees complete with no regrets.


Whitewater rafting
Where: Penrith Whitewater Stadium, Cranebrook
Website: http://www.penrithwhitewater.com.au/pages/home.asp
Wanna know what’s a paddlin’? Regarded as one of the wildest and most beautiful whitewater rivers in Australia, this crazy adventure will get you totally wet & leave you screaming woooooo-hoooooooooo! With 14,000 liters-per-second of raging whitewater, flowing over a moveable obstacle system, this rafting experience has proven to be one of the most challenging and exciting rides for even the best paddlers in the world.

Wakeboarding
Where: Calebs Wake Park, Penrith
Website: http://www.cableswakepark.com.au/
Wtf’s wakeboarding you ask? Think of skiing on water, or ‘skurfing.’ Heqtiqqqqq, bet you thought that never existed! Attached to an electronic cable ski, you’re propelled to slide over the lake on a board, with ramps, kickers and sliders to manoeuvre around and have some sick moments of air-time if you’re down. Hang tight though, I guarantee this activity will definitely make you feel like you’re living life to the extreme!

Flying trapeze
Where: Circus Arts Sydney, Olympic Park
Website: http://circusarts.com.au/sydney/
I wanna see you be brave! Lol, so challenge yourself today by taking a high flying trapeze class. Swing way above the Earth and experience the true thrill of flying, as you learn to master trapeze tricks such as the knee-hang, the back flip to the net, and the flying catch, just like them crazy circus acrobats do. It may seem terrifying for all you first-timers, but rest assured it’s totally safe and you’ll come out of it with your heart beating a million miles a minute!

Laser Skirmish
Where: Battlefun, Pennant Hills
Website: http://www.battlefun.com/
Lookin’ for an ultimate combat adventure battle that’s both fun and intense, without actual pain and bruises? Bc we ALL know you bruise like a peach. At the battlefun laser skirmish outdoor arena, players get kitted up with army camouflage clothing and are provided with a choice of guns from the armoury before they set out into the bush and muddy battlefield terrain with log barriers, cool forts and bunkers. Great excuse to shoot at that one friend you secretly hate!

V8 Car Racing
Where: Sydney Motor Sport Park, Eastern Creek
Website: http://www.sydneymotorsportpark.com.au/ 
Strap yourself behind the wheel and drive the fastest you’ve ever driven, in a powerful 450 hp V8 race car, and feel the excitement and g-force of performance racing. This challenging circuit delivers a mix of long straights, tight and tricky corners, rising curves, hills and flats. Be prepared to take it to the max with a no limit drive often reaching 200 kph! P.s. I can’t guarantee how thrilling this activity is. All members of the WestThings crew are still on their L’s so got turned away upon entry LOL


Monday, 20 October 2014

Stalagmites or stalactites?                                                                                                           

Soz not all of us did Earth and Environmental Science during our HSC. I know for a fact, some of our readers haven’t even heard these words before… But for all you cave experts who've had the opportunity to go on an excursion to the Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains, you’ll agree with me that stalagmite and stalactite formations are more than cool – they ice cold. And It’s startin’ to get real hot now that Summer’s just around the corner, and what better way to cool down and do a bit of spelunking with your fambam or your best gal pal, by going on one of Jenolan caves’ spectacular cave tours.

Eleven of Australia’s most impressive limestone caves are open to the public everyday of the year, with magical lighting, underground rivers and crazy cave formations. Knowledgeable tour instructors guide the group through a range of tours. From exciting adventure cave tours for the thrill seekers out there where you need to squeeze, crawl and climb through winding, ancient passageways, to the twilight tours between 8-10pm where you wear a helmet and headlamp, and hear Jenolan’s mysterious and spinetingling stories of the unexplained by torchlight.

Chill out this summer, get to know your stalactites and stalagmites, and venture into these amazing 340 million year old caves that’re also listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Be able to impress your gal with your interest and knowledge in rock hard calcium formations ;-) And even for the locals, it’ll be an incredibly majestic experience.

Website and more information here: www.jenolancaves.org.au

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Sunday, 21 September 2014

Bad ass bitches, thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies unite because word on the street is Western Sydney is set to become home to a $2 million aerial adventure park if proposed plans are approved by Penrith Council. The Daily Telegraph reported that the park which is set to overlook the St Marys Rugby League Club's oval will cover 2,000 square metres and take over 2.5 hours to complete which means you'll finally have a legitiate excuse to skip leg day (someone call the boiiz cause getting shredded for stereo just got a whole lot easier).

If all goes to plan, the park is set to open by Easter 2015 which means you'll be able to work off all dem Cadbury eggs the next day in true Crash Bandicoot style i.e. with free falling activities, tight rope walking and crazy tower jumping shit. AW YAAAAAAAAAAAAS.


And for those of you with a bit of angst from your Mario Kart days, the park will be nothing like rainbow road as you'll be strapped to safety harnesses as you clamber up towers as high as three storey towers and platforms connected by steel cables. We're secretly hoping, though, that someone will be able to make the super star power up happen so we can temporarily power through the course and knock everyone off the track while high speed trance beats play in the background.


Managing Director, Amgad Botros has described the park as a 'treetop course without the trees' which we can assume means only one thing. The park will actually be a bunk bed course, because how else would there be so much room for activities?


Best of all is the park is designed to be disable friendly meaning no one will miss out on the fun. Because here in the suburbs, we don't like to discriminate against anyone except for everyone that doesn't come from the suburbs. 


Finally (and not that we needed any confirmation) the park will cement Western Sydney's reputation as the bitchin'-est place in town with the park set to be the first of its kind in all of Australia. Westies: 1, rest of straya: 0. Can I get an amen. 

Tbh, the artists impression of the park didn't leave us with any kind of lasting impression except for the fact that they clearly took the 'it's a treetop course without the trees' brief way too seriously, so we thought we'd throw in a few of our own images courtesy of Google aka all mighty queen of the universe since 1996 (Wikipedia et al, n.d). Enjoy. *Include dancing red dress girl emoji*









Story from the Daily Telegraph.

Images sourced from: Aerial Adventure Rope Park, All Things Cruise, Avid CruiserEmraellthingslife, FoxlakeLA TimesPinterestPolitical Stew, Sportbahnen ElmThe Daily TelegraphThe Meta PictureThe Meta Picture, Tripadvisor, .