For those who dare to strap in, the centrepiece of this year's Melbourne Fringe Festival is a swing eight metres high.
"You are winched back and then set off on this huge, terrifying, exhilarating swing to look out over Melbourne," said creative director Simon Abrahams.
The annual festival hopes to turn the city into a giant adventure playground, with the huge yellow swing installed outside the State Library.
The swing structure is still being built, but when installed the experience will be hosted by children (and checked over by adults), with a live choir providing sound effects.
This year's festival boasts the biggest program in the event's 41 years, with about 490 shows, 80 per cent of them from Victorian artists.
"That wasn't necessarily our aim, but it's clear the demand for independent artists continues to grow," Mr Abrahams said.
There is some classic Fringe fare on the bill.
A drag show with dumplings? Check.
Norse mythology dance wrestling in purple spandex? Of course.
A Streetcar Named Desire staged on a dodgeball court? Why on earth not?
The Fringe ethos that performances can be staged absolutely anywhere is certainly getting a workout, with other shows set on a treadmill and at a swimming pool.
There's even a fleet of performances staged in cars.
Singer-songwriter James Marples will drive audience members from their homes into the city, Uber-style, for his performance Cruising In Third.
They're not heading to a show, because the ride itself is the show: Marples will be crooning the songs from his latest album of Americana along the way.
Another offering, Joyride, is staged in a car park, as well as on the front seat of a 1985 BMW.
The physical theatre/comedy performance is billed as the love-child of Thelma and Louise and Wild at Heart, plus a test-drive of using cars as a stage.
Then there's The Vegabus: Tales of an Uber Driver - the comedic adventures of a queer/trans Uber driver who has driven more than 16,000 trips in six years.
Performer Tea Lily Vega considers herself to be not only a driver, but also a counsellor, relationship therapist and party facilitator.
Abrahams said there was a large contingent of circus and cabaret in this year's festival, and a balance of fun and frothy fare with shows that are impactful and serious.
More than half of the artists participating this year identify as LGBTQI. There has also been a four-fold increase in artists who are deaf or have a disability.
The Melbourne Fringe Festival will be held from October 3 to 22.
