BEARD (tree)

	Grid Reference	-34.461278, 116.388124 (GDA)
	Department	DEC
	Work Centre	?
	District	Pemberton
	Grading	?
	Elevation (ASL)	272m
	Height	58m
	Construction	Timber
	Cabin size	?
	Public access to site	?
	In use since	1952 - 1968

Photo (1969) supplied by Roger Underwood in April 2020
This tower had a short span of use. Serious crown rot was found to have set in and the tree was condemned and felled in 1969.

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This photo was scanned from Dave Evans's book 'Lookouts of the Karri Country' and used with permission from Roger Underwood
who commented: "I am always sorry we did that, but the engineering blokes wanted a good analysis of the extent of the rot,
and also we needed the site for the new tower".

Screenshot of old map supplied by MLC in late 2019

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