Warren National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 (Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

), 287 km (178.3 mi) south of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 and 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Pemberton

Pemberton, Western Australia

Pemberton is a town located in the South West region of Western Australia, named after the early settler Pemberton Walcott. It is the home of the karri tree, the largest tree in Western Australia and the third largest hardwood tree in the world...

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The park is dominated by old growth karri

Karri

Eucalyptus diversicolor, commonly known as the Karri, is a eucalypt which is native to the wetter regions of south west of Western Australia.-Description:...

 trees, some of which are almost 90 m (295.3 ft) in height. Some of these trees were used to act as fire lookout

Fire lookout

A fire lookout is a person assigned the duty to look for fire from atop a building known as a fire lookout tower. These towers are used in remote areas, normally on mountain tops with high elevation and a good view of the surrounding terrain, to spot smoke caused by a wildfire.Once a possible fire...

 towers built during the 1930s and 1940s. The 75 m (246.1 ft) Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree

Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree

Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree originally a fire lookout tree was turned into a climbing tree in 1988. It is located in the Warren National Park in southwestern Australia. The two tonne platform, 75 meters up, is reached by climbing 130 metal spikes hammered into the trunk.-External Link:* -...

 is situated within the park and was pegged in 1988 as part of Australia's bicentennial

Australian Bicentenary

The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1970 on the 200th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing and claiming the land, and again in 1988 to celebrate 200 years of permanent European settlement.-1970:...

 celebrations. This is one of three tress found around Pemberton that tourists are able to climnb.

The Warren River

Warren River

The Warren River is a tidal extension of the Palmer River in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately 6.5 km . There are no dams along the river's length.-Course:...

 flows through the park along with many smaller creeks and gullies. The river is plentiful in trout

Trout

Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...

 and marron

Marron

Marron is a name given to two closely related species of crayfish in Western Australia. Formerly considered a single species, it is now thought to comprise two species, the critically endangered Cherax tenuimanus, and the species which is outcompeting it, Cherax cainii.Marron make excellent eating,...

which can be caught in season.