Do you remember doing this?

**cinvala** · 28-12-2009, 11:11am

My wife's father remembers doing this from the same tree!

**Miaow** · 28-12-2009, 11:23am

Good shots - Once or twice did at a camp when a kid but I'm a chicken so not very often at all lol

**Tannin** · 28-12-2009, 11:26am

Yep. But we didn't have sissy wet suits in my day.

**cinvala** · 28-12-2009, 12:48pm

Originally Posted by Tannin

Yep. But we didn't have sissy wet suits in my day.

I'm actually surprised that they had rope in your day

**Jordan Compte** · 28-12-2009, 12:55pm

I still do it today when I have the chance to find them not many going about now days

**Tannin** · 29-12-2009, 10:05pm

Originally Posted by cinvala

I'm actually surprised that they had rope in your day

Oh my lordy yes, we had very good rope.

Every morning we send small boy climb tree. Boy cuttem down vine, makum beaut rope. Only need be sure grab rope swingem water go splash, splash - iffen think rope and grab python, gettum big surprise!

**clm738** · 29-12-2009, 11:17pm

I think I had the same rope as Tannin!!!!

**rookie** · 29-12-2009, 11:32pm

Many many moons ago used one at Windsor into the Hawkesbury River.It was the best fun.

**peterking** · 30-12-2009, 2:17am

Just never with a wetsuit.
Just the shorts you were treking around in.

**Redgum** · 31-12-2009, 4:36pm

Shorts, Hmmm? It feels just like yesterday and it was only last century.

**Experiment626** · 02-01-2010, 12:31am

Hahah, yes I definitely do remember! I nearly hung myself on a rope like that, got tangled in it! Oh, the thigns we did when we were younger heh!

**Mary Anne** · 02-01-2010, 7:46pm

Fantastic Captures..
I never did it that's for sure I was too short to reach the rope there was a similar looking place in Fairfield on the Yarra in Melbourne I remember it was near Kanes Bridge I wonder if that is still there 6 decades later. I waited patiently to grow taller then some young Guy jumped off the rope the wrong way and ended up in the Austin Hospital as a Paraplegic or Quadriplegic cant remember which, turned all of us youngsters off it even the boys.. No wetsuits around in those days either..

**Big Pix** · 02-01-2010, 8:06pm

yep.... just in shorts and hoped your bus fare money home stayed in your pocket..... or it was a long walk

**wazonthehill** · 02-01-2010, 8:15pm

still give it a go now
Just have to make sure the branch the rope is tied to is stronger these days!

**milspec** · 03-01-2010, 10:14am

Anyone else have bad memories of the big knot at the end and the wicked backlash at launch

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