Cecille's Creativity

Look up to the tops of the splendid karri trees and see how majestically they tower to the sky. One of the biggest trees in the world, and certainly the largest in Western Australia, the karri may take up to two centuries to reach its full height, after which only its girth will fatten. Rarely will it life for more than 500 years. Blossoming every four years and growing only in the south-west of the state where rainfall exceeds 1016 millimetres (40 in.) a year, the hard and heavy karri timber has proved to be exceptionally durable. Many forests preserved in national parks around Pemberton. This tree is one of the tallest, soaring to around seventy-five metres (265 feet).