I had some more spare time due to a delay with the run up of the turbine project I am currently involved with, so decided to head back South of Bunbury in Western Australia, to the fine old Karri forests located near Manjimup.
We visited the 'King Jarrah' tree - a fine old growth Jarrah tree which was saved from the early timber cutters. Two well known cutters had earmarked the tree for felling, and were due to begin cutting the tree the following morning. A conservationist had heard of the big tree's fate, and made the necessary arrangements (overnight) to have the tree marked as the property of the crown - thereby making its destruction illegal. It is an amazing old tree, nice and straight - you can easily see why it was marked for felling.
Here is a pic of the big Jarrah tree as it stands today.
The next lot of trees we visited were the 'Four Aces', which are a magnificent stand of Karri trees. These trees can stand up to 90m in height, with trunks that are very straight and free of limbs and growth. They are amazing trees, and I have included a pic of me standing beside the base of one of these big Karri trees to give an indication of size.
After seeing the 'Four Aces', we called into the Timber Museum at Manjimup, which gave the history of the pioneer logging in the area, as well as a fine display of logging equipment and its development throughout the years. Here is a pic of an old IEL two man saw displayed in the museum - made under licence by CC Engineering in Australia.
I also managed to pick up some old Stihl Lightning parts along the way - a couple of the really hard to find cylinder shrouds, and a red bonnet in great condition.
It was another nice day spent in the wonderful old forests of South Western Australia.
Regards,
Chris.
We visited the 'King Jarrah' tree - a fine old growth Jarrah tree which was saved from the early timber cutters. Two well known cutters had earmarked the tree for felling, and were due to begin cutting the tree the following morning. A conservationist had heard of the big tree's fate, and made the necessary arrangements (overnight) to have the tree marked as the property of the crown - thereby making its destruction illegal. It is an amazing old tree, nice and straight - you can easily see why it was marked for felling.
Here is a pic of the big Jarrah tree as it stands today.
The next lot of trees we visited were the 'Four Aces', which are a magnificent stand of Karri trees. These trees can stand up to 90m in height, with trunks that are very straight and free of limbs and growth. They are amazing trees, and I have included a pic of me standing beside the base of one of these big Karri trees to give an indication of size.
After seeing the 'Four Aces', we called into the Timber Museum at Manjimup, which gave the history of the pioneer logging in the area, as well as a fine display of logging equipment and its development throughout the years. Here is a pic of an old IEL two man saw displayed in the museum - made under licence by CC Engineering in Australia.
I also managed to pick up some old Stihl Lightning parts along the way - a couple of the really hard to find cylinder shrouds, and a red bonnet in great condition.
It was another nice day spent in the wonderful old forests of South Western Australia.
Regards,
Chris.
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