Top five adrenaline-junkie activities to do this weekend
If a nice drive in the countryside isn’t quite enough to get the heart pumping, don’t worry: there are plenty of crazy people out there with the tools to fuel your adrenaline fix.Feel like getting down and getting dirty for some real excitement? Here are our top suggestions for you adrenaline seekers.
Rally School Australia, Werribee, Victoria
If you’ve always wondered how top rally drivers manage to maintain speed and plenty of sideways drift on some pretty ordinary roads, here’s your chance to learn. The school has a variety of packages ranging from rides with the professional drivers, one-on-one tuition with a rally-driving instructor, or a full-blown corporate day out. The cars are proper rallying machinery, the guys all know what they’re doing, safety is the byword and all-in-all it’s an absolute gas. And who knows, you might be a better rally driver than you thought.
Wine Escape Room, Hunter Valley, NSW
The idea of actually wanting to escape a wine-tasting room might sound puzzling, but that’s the whole idea of this hilarious group activity hosted by Sutton Estate. The basic idea is you and your friends are locked in a room and have 60 minutes to solve a series of wine-based puzzles (and survive a few scares from the nefarious Dr Wealdo) to get out. Once completed, a restorative glass of Hunter Valley Semillon is highly recommended.
Major Dirtbox, Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast has plenty of theme parks for adrenaline junkies, but here’s one you should definitely tick off the bucket list. Major Dirtbox fulfils the dreams of every grown-up kid who played with Tonka Toys in the sandpit – only here, the equipment weighs up to 70 tonnes. Choose how long you can afford to ‘play’, then start digging holes and building huge dirt-castles with a digger, bulldozer, skid-steer Bobcat or the humungous dump truck. Don’t forget: it’s a dirty job but someone has to do it.
Fleurieu Gyroplanes, Goolwa, South Australia
If you want to see the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula from the air you could take a joy flight, or how about flying yourself? This company based out of Goolwa Airport operates a number of dual-control gyrocopters – they fly via a propeller giving forward thrust with an unpowered rotor for lift – and gives visitors the chance to go up in the air and take over the controls themselves. The combination of a bubble canopy, low altitudes and total control are totally invigorating. Once hooked, you might want to continue lessons with an advanced pilot training course.
TreeTop Crazy Rider, NSW
The name kind of says it all, but nothing can prepare you for this part zipline, part roller coaster ride through the forest in a number of NSW locations. Think of a twisting, turning cable snaking through the trees with you firmly secured into a sliding harness, then gravity provides the power for the ride of a lifetime. Choose between the 330 metre or full one kilometre ride and don’t forget the GoPro. Better still, if you’re normally stuck in a wheelchair the Crazy Rider can set you free.
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