We left Perth at 9.30 am. I picked Val up at Leederville Station and we were soon on our way. We stopped at Manjimup to visit the State Timber Museum, a magnificent new building with a nice cafeteria:
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| Giant jarrah:transported here in two sections. |
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| How to cut logs efficiently. |
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| Tree ring window looking at the giant jarrah outside. |
The following interactive board allowed visitors to see the decline of the industry, There is now only one working timber mill in WA. (shown in a green light). The other faint dots of light show how many there were originally - over 100, I think:
We saw lots of timber trucks coming north on the road, but mainly carrying pine logs.
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| Our home for the night: Forest Lodge Pemberton. |
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| View from our cabin. |
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