Sunday, 6 June 2010

Not on your nellie ...


Oh yes, I can clamber the 200 steps to the top of the SE Pylon which is where this photograph is taken from, but you will not find me climbing the arch of the bridge like this intrepid lot. The cost of a climb during the day on a Saturday is AUD198.

That would buy me a Bushnells 8x42 binocular!
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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 06, 2010 1:23 am

    Ha! The part I'd hate is coming down again. Fantastic shot.

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  2. JimJune 06, 2010 1:25 am

    I haven't done the bridge climb either but my sister who has done it three times, raves about it.

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  3. WoodyJune 06, 2010 1:53 am

    I love this shot and I'd love to do a climb like this!!

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  4. UnknownJune 06, 2010 1:53 am

    This is clearly no place for someone with acrophobia. I'm with you kid.

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  5. brattcatJune 06, 2010 4:18 am

    No fear of heights here but not certain I'd be game for this part of the adventure.

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  6. AnonymousJune 06, 2010 12:36 pm

    And for all that money you would not even be allowed to take a camera with you!

    I like this shot.

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  7. AnnJune 06, 2010 2:01 pm

    I'd like to do the bridge climb one day but don't know if my knees could take it. Must get up the pylon as well, have never done it. Great perspective on the climb.

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  8. PeterJune 06, 2010 3:19 pm

    I have done the climb to the top - although not with a tour, just a good a view from the pylon, a great bargain - not many left.

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  9. Basir SeeratJune 06, 2010 4:41 pm

    A beautiful blog with a lot of wonderful photos.
    Nice to found this blog.

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  10. Joan ElizabethJune 06, 2010 4:58 pm

    I've done the climb (it was a work team building gig so I didn't have to pay). You don't need to worry about your knees or anything ... it's more like an easy stroll. People told me that before I went and I didn't believe them but it's true. In fact a bit of an anticlimax but perhaps more of a triumph for people who don't care for heights.

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  11. ClytieJune 07, 2010 3:57 am

    Nope, huh uh, couldn't catch me up there - give me the binoculars any day!!!

    A great shot though. Love the angles.

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  12. bitingmidgeJune 07, 2010 2:45 pm

    So did you stand on tippy toes to get the shot then?

    Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia

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  13. JulieJune 07, 2010 5:15 pm

    *grin* ... absolutely ... and they have sheets of perspex to further confound the height-challenged!

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  14. diane bJune 11, 2010 7:36 pm

    fabulous view from up there. I bet that took some plaque off your arteries.

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  15. JulieJune 11, 2010 8:44 pm

    Ahha ... but they have thought of that. It is 200 steps, right. And about every 50 steps they have either a landing or at the least an exhibition of photographs.

    But I was with my little brother who has a leaking valve, so we took it steady.

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