Exploring the Southern Forests and Valleys in Western Australia (WA), one can only be humbled by the size and the age of the trees.
Warren National park is a Karri forest (type of Eucalyptus tree) with trees more than 400 years old and up to 90m high. Impossible to capture the enormity.
The Heartbreak Trail is a drive that winds through the magnificent karri forest and along the Warren River. The track was originally built to clear a path for firefighters and got its name recognising the hard manual labour to build the track.
There are other magnificent monuments linked to the fighting of bushfires … fire lookout trees
The lookout platform is reached by climbing 165 metal spikes hammered into the trunk, 65m above ground.
Not brave enough to try it …
Maybe tomorrow when we go to see the other one – Gloucester tree 🤔
The Travels of Birgit 