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The Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, a tall karri tree, was pegged for climbing to celebrate Australia's bicentenary in 1988. It is in Warren National Park in southwestern
The Bicentennial Tree by Graham Evans
Individual eucalypts Forests of Western Australia Individual trees in Western Australia Lookout trees Australian bicentennial commemorations Fire lookout towers in Australia {{WesternAustralia-stub
The Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, a tall karri tree, was pegged for climbing to celebrate Australia's bicentenary in 1988. It is in Warren National Park in southwestern Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
. Although it has been used as a fire lookout
A fire lookout (sometimes also called a fire watcher) is a person assigned the duty to look for fire from atop a building known as a fire lookout tower. These towers are used in remote areas, normally on mountain tops with high elevation and ...
, it is used mainly as a tourist attraction. The lookout platform was reached by climbing 165 metal spikes hammered into the trunk.
The Bicentennial Tree is one of three lookout trees, along with the Diamond
Diamond is a Allotropes of carbon, solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamond is tasteless, odourless, strong, brittle solid, colourless in pure form, a poor conductor of e ...
and Gloucester Trees. Diamond Tree was closed in 2019. The Gloucester Tree and Bicentennial trees were also closed in 2023, citing a need for increased safety measures. It has not been ruled out that all three trees will remain closed permanently.
All three are near Pemberton, Western Australia
Pemberton is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, named after original settler Pemberton Walcott.
History
The region was originally occupied by the Bibbulmun people who knew the area as Wandergarup, which in their language m ...
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The tree was named after local politician Dave Evans.
See also
*List of individual trees
The following is a list of individual trees. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as we ...
* List of named ''Eucalyptus'' trees
References
External links
The Bicentennial Tree by Graham Evans
Individual eucalypts Forests of Western Australia Individual trees in Western Australia Lookout trees Australian bicentennial commemorations Fire lookout towers in Australia {{WesternAustralia-stub