Walpole. Valley of Giants and looking down from the Tree Top Walk which climbs to 40 metres high.Tingles are Eucalyptus jacksonii wich grow to 75 metres or 250 feet..
Dr. Denmark was the physician on the voyage that discovered a river here in December 1829 which the naval leader named Denmark River. A timber mill was established here in 1894 to capitalise on the giant timber of the district but the town was not gazetted and established until 1909. The Walpole River was named in 1831 and gave its name to that town. Walpole was not surveyed and selected until 1933 but from 1910 the forests near Walpole were set aside as a National Park – the Walpole-Nornalup Park. Walpole has just 400 residents. 14kms east of Walpole is an area of very slow growing giant trees called Tingles. We see them at the Valley of the Giants where the tree top walk stretches over 600 metres and rises at a very gradual gradient. Eucalyptus jacksonii can live for around 400 years, grow to a height of 75 metres and have a girth of around 24 metres. The wood has a deep pink reddish colour hence the common name of Red Tingle trees. The trees are often burn out but the buttress edges remain and continue to support the living tree. There are other species of smaller tingle trees but all are endemic to the area near Walpole. Yellow Tingle trees are much lower growing, to about 35 metres and botanically they are Eucalyptus guilfoylei. The name Tingle comes from an Aboriginal or Noongar word for the trees. The Tingle trees tend to grow near granite outcrops as water drains from them to dales and hollows below. They like good rich soils.
Walpole. Valley of Giants and looking down from the Tree Top Walk which climbs to 40 metres high.Tingles are Eucalyptus jacksonii wich grow to 75 metres or 250 feet..
Dr. Denmark was the physician on the voyage that discovered a river here in December 1829 which the naval leader named Denmark River. A timber mill was established here in 1894 to capitalise on the giant timber of the district but the town was not gazetted and established until 1909. The Walpole River was named in 1831 and gave its name to that town. Walpole was not surveyed and selected until 1933 but from 1910 the forests near Walpole were set aside as a National Park – the Walpole-Nornalup Park. Walpole has just 400 residents. 14kms east of Walpole is an area of very slow growing giant trees called Tingles. We see them at the Valley of the Giants where the tree top walk stretches over 600 metres and rises at a very gradual gradient. Eucalyptus jacksonii can live for around 400 years, grow to a height of 75 metres and have a girth of around 24 metres. The wood has a deep pink reddish colour hence the common name of Red Tingle trees. The trees are often burn out but the buttress edges remain and continue to support the living tree. There are other species of smaller tingle trees but all are endemic to the area near Walpole. Yellow Tingle trees are much lower growing, to about 35 metres and botanically they are Eucalyptus guilfoylei. The name Tingle comes from an Aboriginal or Noongar word for the trees. The Tingle trees tend to grow near granite outcrops as water drains from them to dales and hollows below. They like good rich soils.