Ropes course including 114m flying fox opens at Gloucester Tree in Pemberton

A treetop ropes course located only metres from Gloucester Tree is up and running after six years of planning. Pemberton’s newest tourism attraction opened last month on Boxing Day and includes a 114m-long flying fox, walkways through the Karri canopy and spiral viewing platforms. Aerial Adventure Pemberton operators Adrien and Cecile Leclere said they were delighted to see their hard work come to fruition. “It’s a dream come true,” Cecile said. “The feedback has been really good, the response from everyone has been great, so we can’t complain. We’re very happy, very tired, but very happy,” Adrien said. “We’ve been averaging about 80 customers a day, which is a lot more than what we expected. It’s been hard on the staff because they’ve been thrown in the deep end, they’re doing really well.” The pair said they were grateful to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions for their help in getting the project off the ground. “Anytime we’ve had to ask for help, straight away they were there to help us out,” Adrien said. “They’ve been really approachable,” Cecile said. Gloucester Tree is currently closed to climbers and DBCA has not yet put a timeline on a reopening, with Adrien saying he hoped remediation work on the tree would be swiftly completed. “It’s a unique attraction in the world. We want to see some work done on it so it can be reopened,” he said. The site also includes plans for a cafe, which Cecile said would hopefully be built and operational by Easter.