Diamond Tree
The Diamond Tree is a giant karri tree located 10 km south of Manjimup, Western Australia on the South Western Highway.
A wooden viewing platform built in 1939 is located 49 metres up, and was the oldest wooden platform fire look-out in use until its closure in 2019.[1][2]
The Diamond Tree was one of three lookout trees in the Southern Forests and was used as a fire lookout every summer from 1941 to 1973. The tower was used by DEC (Department of Environment & Conservation) to support aerial surveillance from time to time.[3][4]
Diamond Tree was permanently closed[5] to climbing in 2019 after expert assessments found rot in the base of the tree and recommended all climbing should cease.
See also
- List of individual trees
- Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree
- Gloucester Tree
- List of named Eucalyptus trees
References
- ^ "Lookout". The West Australian. Vol. 62, no. 18, 810. Western Australia. 26 October 1946. p. 4 (Second edition.). Retrieved 26 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Underwood, Roger (Roger John) (2016), Diamond Tree : celebrating a masterpiece of bush engineering, York Gum Publishing, retrieved 26 January 2022
- ^ Cumming, D.A. (Denis Arthur) (1995), Diamond Tree fire lookout near Manjimup, January 1995, retrieved 26 January 2022
- ^ HRRC (1969), Diamond Tree fire lookout near Manjimup, March 1969, retrieved 26 January 2022
- ^ "Diamond Tree | Explore Parks WA | Parks and Wildlife Service". parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
External links
- Parks and Wildlife Service WA
- Diamond Tree Lookout
- Diamond Tree article - Department of Environment and Conservation
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