Imagine floating down the Murrumbidgee River, taking a hike in Namadgi National Park or hitting one of the ACT's mountain bike trails - all without leaving home.
A new series of virtual reality journeys produced by ACT Parks and Conservation will help bring the outdoors in for people who are less able to explore the region's natural environment.
Instead of sweeping drone shots, these down-to-earth trips have been produced with input from the disability support sector and include a meet-and-greet with some very lively koalas.
Launched on Friday at Cerebral Palsy Alliance in Scullin, ParksVR recordings allow people with limited mobility to experience the outdoors in ways they might otherwise miss out on.
Parks and Conservation's Alison McLeod said the project, which has been in development for a year, worked to film local and familiar experiences.
"The problem was you can't see yourself in a drone. It's not realistic to people. Whereas, if you hear the huffing and puffing and if you look down and see the legs pumping on the bike below you, then it is more believable, you do feel like you're there," she said.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance therapy services manager Wendy Toupas said it was important for the alliance's clients to experience the outdoors.
"It is about the enjoyment of the clients and it's really about everyone recognising their strengths and abilities, and the community recognising these people matter ... and this program is an amazing way of helping that," she said.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance's Natasha Liversidge said therapists had filmed some of the virtual reality videos.
"One of the children that came in for a trial of VR last week was really hesitant and then he saw his therapist in the video. [He was] so excited ... it makes all the difference. They're so much more comfortable to see someone they know," she said.
