Climbing for TV show Scope on Network 10

[trevmcrev]

Hey all,

Here's a spot we filmed for a kids science show on Network 10 called SCOPE.

YouTube-TREEGEAR TV-trevmcrevs Channel

It's produced by the CSIRO, and aimed at 5-12 year olds.

This weeks topic was "Things that climb".

They covered elevators, fish, kangaroos and.....arborists!

We spent over 5 hours filming to have it edited down to about 3 minutes!

It was shot at a new tree top obstacle course called Trees Adventure in Belgrave. We had spent about 5 weeks pruning in this section of forest to prepare it. But thats another thread....

Any video of tree work posted usually gets critiqued.... so go for it!
Bear in mind the target audience (kids) so some of the stuff scripted isn't that accurate, but they didn't really want to change stuff much on the day.

And yes safety nazis, i do some one-handed pruning.

 

[sean_freeman]

Ha ha, very well done Trev...and you did that work soooo quickly too!...was that a foot gibbs you had on the vid was not that clear for me (perhaps its my eyes that are shot....)

Wondering if that one going to be another one of Denis Payan's rope courses (Adventure Parc) or some other company?

 

[trevmcrev]

Hey Sean!

Just a Pantin on the foot there. We did a heap of other stuff they didn't show of course....

The park we did this at is amazing, you would love it!

Set in an historic ex-arboretum circa 1870 hidden in the middle of the forest.

Sequioas, Douglas Firs, Oaks, Beech, rare Auracarias, & 2 of what are thought to be the only Japanese Chinquapin Oaks in Australia. All surrounded by some grand Vic Mountain Ash.

Some of the taller trees in there were pushing 200-250 feet.

I dont think there are many places in the world you'll find the 3 tallest tree species all growing together.

A very enjoyable project to work on. When i first visited the site we had to trek through dense bush in the middle of no where. There was not even a walking track in. Amongst the wild, natural forest were these trees you just never would have known were in there.

I need to compile some photos & video from the work itself for another thread.

 

[sean_freeman]

It really does sound like a magnificent place, jobs like that make the daily grind worthwhile and can feel like a re-charge for your batteries.

I love historic tree places like that I'm very envious...well done...you both came across really well in the video