The 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

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Underwood, Roger (Roger John) (2016), Diamond Tree : celebrating a masterpiece of bush engineering, York Gum Publishing, retrieved 26 January 2022
  3. ↑ Cumming, D.A. (Denis Arthur) (1995), Diamond Tree fire lookout near Manjimup, January 1995, retrieved 26 January 2022
  4. ↑ HRRC (1969), Diamond Tree fire lookout near Manjimup, March 1969, retrieved 26 January 2022
  5. ↑ "Diamond Tree | Explore Parks WA | Parks and Wildlife Service". parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
Sign suggesting caution near the top platform of the Diamond Tree

34°20′07″S 116°08′20″E / 34.335389°S 116.139000°E / -34.335389; 116.139000


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