Pemberton, Western Australia

Pemberton is a town of about 750 inhabitants in the south west of Western Australia. The small town is located 351 kilometers south of Perth on the Vasse Highway. The place is named after a settler Pemberton Pemberton Walcott, and the town is known mainly because of their high hardwood trees.

The region around Pemberton was of Bibbulmum, a tribe of Aborigines, colonized and. As developed by European settlers from 1880 the timber industry in place as of 1912, the city country grew, as well as further than it free from the 1920 was. The timber industry, but also with the vegetable and flower cultivation, the site, which opened in 1980 opposite the tourist developed. So there are places to stay, restaurants, craft shops and wineries. Beginning in 1979, was started on the farm land to cultivate wine. Desirability is primarily the local Chardonnay.

In the vicinity of the place in the Gloucester National Park grow Karribäume (Eucalyptus diversicolor ). The three largest trees around Pemberton are the Gloucester Tree, the Diamond Tree and the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree. The tallest tree in Australia reaches a height of 71 meters. The three trees can be climbed on stage as embedded in the tree metal rods. You have lookout platforms at about 60 meters in height, which were used for fire observation earlier. The timber industry as a source of income in this region decreased as the Australian government forbade the felling of hardwood trees. There were, however, numerous protests, the wood mills were based then on other tree species around.

For the tourists who come to the village, there is the Pemberton Tramway, which offers a ride through the woods, and the Bibbulmun Trail. It will be offered with all-wheel drive vehicles, river trips, canoe rentals and tours. In the immediate vicinity of the place are five national parks (such as Warren National Park, Beedelup National Park ), which can be visited. Since 2008, wine festivals in this place annually in January.