Gloucester National Park

Gloucester National Park
Gloucester Tree
Coordinates: 34 ° 26 ′ 52 ″  S , 116 ° 3 ′ 27 ″  E
Location:	Western Australia , Australia
Specialty:	Tallest hardwood trees in Australia (Gloucestertree)
Next city:	Pemberton - Perth
Surface:	9 km²
Visitors:	170,000 (2004)

The Gloucester National Park is an Australian national park in the far southwest of the country.

The 9 km² area is located in Western Australia , 281 km south of Perth and 3 km from Pemberton .

In the park is the giant Gloucester Tree , a carribree ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ) that visitors can climb up to a platform at a height of 61 m. The Gloucester Tree is named after the Duke of Gloucester who was visiting Pemberton when the platform was being built. From 1947 this tree was used for fire observation in a network of observation stations in the trees until 1952. The eucalyptus in Australia can be up to 90 meters high. In addition to this giant tree, which is 3 kilometers from Pemberton, there are other giant trees, the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree , which is 11 km south of Pemberton on the Old Vasse Roud and the Diamond Tree , which is 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway lies.

Another natural phenomenon in the park is the Lefroy Brook waterfall , the water of which cascades down over rocky steps. There are numerous hiking trails in the park. There are picnic tables and toilets at Gloucester Tree and Lefroy Waterfall.

Web links

• Official site of Gloucester National Park
• Description of Gloucester Park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Management plan. (pdf) (No longer available online.) DEC , 2005, pp. 2–3 , formerly in the original ; accessed on June 17, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.