The three-hour adventure ride is the latest in eco-tourism, with participants swinging along high-tension cables up to 50m off the forest floor in order to gain a very different perspective on the breathtaking native wilderness of the region.
“It was really good fun,” Sewell said shortly after climbing out of his safety gear.
“I’m usually not too bad with heights, but when we first got up there, the wind was blowing up a bit and a few of the boys were carrying on pushing each other about – it did get a bit nervy.
“It was a bit hairy the first couple of times we went across up there, but it was good once you got the hang of it; it was great.
“Once you get comfortable up there you can have a bit of a look around and it’s a really nice view of the park.”
But while Sewell admitted to a few nerves, he maintained he was nowhere near as jittery as a couple of his well-known teammates.
“Buddy (Lance Franklin) was shocking, he was the worst. His knees were shaking up there a couple of times,” he said.
“Changer (Chance Bateman) is terrible with heights as well, so they were pretty good amusement value up there.”
The Hawks have been in Tasmania since Monday, but Sewell only joined his teammates on Wednesday night as he stayed back in Melbourne to complete an exam for a sports management course.
The reigning Peter Crimmins medallist was confident he could maintain his career-best form of 2007 thanks to a smooth pre-season campaign and was looking forward to taking part in the intra-club match to be held on Friday at Aurora Stadium.
While he admitted there was an air of confidence in the Hawks’ camp after a return to finals football last season, Sewell would not be drawn on the group’s top-four ambitions this year.
“You guys are certainly probing with those types of questions, but we just need to get out there and do our thing,” he said. “To continue to train well and keep preparing for each game and the results will take care of themselves at the end of the day.
“We’re confident in our own abilities and the way we have been training, but you don’t really know [how the team will perform] until games start; the proof will be in the pudding.
“We’re maturing as a side and will continue to do so and I guess the natural progression will take care of itself.”
