Tingle Tree has a huge base

old growth forests

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December 13th 2012
I did not realize that such huge trees grew in Australia! In southern Western Australia there are major national parks dedicated to preserving these giant old growth eucalyptus trees which grow to 70 or 80 meters tall and can compare with the Californian Redwoods. We toured forests of tingle trees, jarrah trees and the karri trees. We walked on the Tree Top Walk in Denmark which is an en ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Albany

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more