What a difference five minutes can make!
By 4.55pm on 18 August 2025 the skies above Warren National Park had become overcast, whilst the Warren River’s surface remained “glassy”.
The gentler light improved a camera’s ability to capture the subtle beauty of the forest’s understorey – as viewed directly, and as reflected by the river.
The Warren’s never-logged “Karri forest” is indeed dominated by massive, towering Karri trees – Eucalyptus diversicolor.
Its signature species, however, is far from this forest’s only beautiful tree.
The particular beauty of karri forest is also crucially dependent on the “mosaic” of other tree species.
This forest type’s understorey is both “singular” and remarkably diverse; more than 2,000 different plant species have been recorded.
Click here for an illustrated overview.
