DIAMOND TREE LOOKOUT


Grid Reference -34.320192, 116.120684 (GDA)
Department DEC
Work Centre ?
District Manjimup
Grading ?
Elevation (ASL) 237m
Height 50m
Construction Tree
Cabin size ?
Public access to site Yes
In use since 1941 -

Photo, taken in 1999-2000 during a holiday, was supplied by Shannon and Joey Hodgson from the USA. They have been interested in Lookouts for many years and are just on the tail end of their 12th season (Oct. 2008) as fire lookouts in Oregon, USA. Shannon and Joey are also members of the FFLA.

The tree was pegged by George Reynolds and the major limbs were lopped by Dick Sproge.
The tower was condemned in 1978 but major structural work was undertaken in 1991, including the removal of 3m section and re-building of the cabin.

Diamond Tree tower is registered with the in the USA.

Please click on thumbnails for enlargements

Renovations 1990
supplied by John Evans 		Renovations 1990
supplied by John Evans 		1997 - supplied by
John Evans 		Warning sign
supplied by John Evans 		2009 - supplied by
Paul Jones


Please click on thumbnails for enlargements

The above photos, were supplied by Andre Belterman. They were taken during Andre's visit to WA in 2012

In 2016, the Diamond Tree celebrated its 75th birthday. Roger Underwood, an ex Forester-In-Charge in the Karri Forest area, has written a booklet called:
Diamond Tree - Celebrating a masterpiece of bush engineering. It details the construction of tree towers and also covers the extensive renovation of the Dimond tree tower in the early 90's. A very intersting read and for information about the booklet, please contact Roger via his email address

The Diamond Tree, with it's 130 pegs, was closed for climbing by the public in mid 2019 due to safety concerns. Ultrasounds by an arborist showed that the internal hardwood was affected by fungus, which takes it from solid hardwood to being softer and less structually sound.

Screenshot of old map supplied by MLC in late 2019 Photos (Jul 2019) taken & supplied by Jack Bradshaw

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