Lathamus Keep - Eucalyptus globulus


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Lathamus Keep - Eucalyptus globulus - 100cm Platine Fibre Rag Lathamus Keep - Eucalyptus globulus - 100cm Platine Fibre Rag
$350.00
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After learning that yet another pristine old growth forest was going to be logged by Sustainable Timber Tasmania Tasmanian big tree hunters Jan Corigliano and Carl Hansen decided to take a look.

It was a cold and wet Saturday in August, never the less they persisted. Soaked to the bone and with raindrops covering the lens of their laser rangefinder they were prevented from getting any accurate readings. Their initial enthusiasm for the tree was tampered but the news quickly spread.

Months later in November, a second visit by big tree climbers Shaun Green and Jack O’hare set about to climb and measure the volume of the tree. From their maximum highpoint for the day of 65m they began to measure the stem at regular intervals all the way to ground level.

Later that evening far past any reasonable hour the phone rang, Jack had finalised and just triple-checked the results. His calculations revealed the world had a new champion blue gum at 325 cubic metres in volume.

Sadly the previous champion Strong Girl had been killed in the 2019 bushfires along with another 15 of Australia’s top 25 trees. Finding Lathamus Keep reestablished the entire species as worthy contenders for giant tree protection.

Our journey to bring the tree to you has taken more than a year and we are so happy to share it and its story with you.

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Brand Steven Pearce

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