Gloucester National Park is a national park in

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, 281 km south of

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and about 3 km from Pemberton. This park contains the

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 ...

, a renowned karri tree. Visitors can climb up to a viewing platform 60 m above the ground, using the climbing pegs inserted into the tree. The tree and the park are named after the city of

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in 1946. The tree served as a fire lookout and had the platform, cabin and climbing pegs installed in 1947, it was one of eight lookout trees constructed in the area between 1937 and 1952. By 1963, it was estimated that over 3,000 people had climbed the tree, and in 1973 the original wooden cabin was demolished and replaced with an

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and steel cabin and gallery. Another attraction in the park is The Cascades, a

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in Lefroy Brook.

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Gloucester National Park
- Department of Environment and Conservation National parks of Western Australia Forests of Western Australia Pemberton, Western Australia Warren bioregion Protected areas established in 1993 Sclerophyll forests {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub

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