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The Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, a tall karri tree, was pegged for climbing to celebrate 
The tree was named after local politician Dave Evans.
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
The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1988. It marked 200 years since the arrival of the First Fleet of British convict ships at Sydney in 1788.
History
The bicentennial year marked Captain Arthur Phillip's arrival with the 11 ships ...
in 1988. It is in Warren National Park
Warren National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, south of Perth and south of Pemberton.
The park is dominated by old growth karri trees, some of which are almost in height. Some of these trees were us ...
in southwestern Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. Although it has been used as a fire lookout
A fire lookout (partly 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 a ...
, it is used mainly as a tourist attraction. The lookout platform is 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. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the Chemical stability, chemically stable form of car ...
and Gloucester Tree
The Gloucester Tree is a giant karri tree in the Gloucester National Park of Western Australia.
At 58 metres in height, it is the world's second tallest fire-lookout tree (second only to the nearby Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree), and visitors ...
. Dave Evans and Gloucester remain climbable by tourists, but Diamond Tree was closed in 2019. 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 me ...
.
The tree was named after local politician Dave Evans.
See also
*List of individual trees
The following is a list of notable 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 well as ...
* 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