The world’s highest cliff camping, Australia

Who remembers the nursery rhyme “Ten in the bed”? Where the little one says, “roll over” and someone hilariously falls out. Yeah, you don’t want to do that on the world’s highest cliff-edge bed. On little more than a 2m-by-2m portaledge suspended over a 300m-high cliff face, spend the night sleeping in Mount Buffalo National Park, Victoria courtesy of Beyond the Edge by Unleashed-Unlimited. You’ll first spend the afternoon perfecting your abseiling skills, as this is the only way in and out of the two-person campsite. Then, once your guides are satisfied you have the knack, you’ll teeter off the edge and rappel 30m down to the no-frills camp ledge. There are no walls or even barriers for that matter, this is quite literally an aluminium frame with some fabric flooring. Dinner and breakfast are included, lowered from the gods above, and both the starlit sky and sunrise are said to be spectacular. Extreme daredevils can opt to spend the night on the cliff edge alone, which might be better than the “little one” pushing you off mid-sleep.

Read the full story in NZ Herald.