After finally reaching the bottom of the Diamond Tree, my two feet (and still shaking legs) now firmly back on the ground, I vowed never to climb one again. I don’t suppose it was the height that actually scared me as much that there was virtually nothing beneath you to break your fall if you just happened to misplace a foot or hand and slip off one of the steel rods that they ambitiously call a ladder! After doing it for myself, I’m still not entirely sure how the park/wildlife authorities get away with letting the public climb such a tree, still, it’s another thing to tick off my list! Originally used as a fire watch tower, the Diamond Tree is only one of several giant Karri Trees that you can climb in this area. The
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