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A giant redwood tree in Australia's Otway rainforest. California Redwoods were planted in Australia in 1936 and have managed to thrive.

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Photo shows the base of a giant redwood tree in Otway Forest, Australia. The trunk fills the frame and has moss and lichen growing on it. A giant sword fern backlit by the sun is next to the tree. A fallen tree trunk lies at the base of the redwood tree.
June 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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I'm biased because it's my favourite part of the world full of happy memories, but what's unfolding with fire in #Otways #OtwayForest is so, so sad

High 40° temps expected tomorrow

There is ancient, temperate rainforest, filled with trees centuries old. Beautiful towns, people & creatures
Looking south west from Teddy's Lookout above Lorne, across the mouth of the St George's river with the dense forests of the hills receding into the background. A big section of those forests is currently burning in Jan 2026 As an experimental crop idea in the early 1900's, California Redwood trees were planted near Beech's Forest, in the Otways forests. To walk among these giants of nature is akin to something spiritual. Their shade, sounds, and immense presence are somehow at home in the Australian climate, and the local bird life thrive among them. These trees are potentially in peril from fires burning through the area in Jan 2026 A juvenile male King Parrot, just one of the thousands of species of birds that call the Otways Ranges home This younger boy hasn't fully grown his plumage, with some dull green where in a year or two he'll be bright red. His chest is puffed out looking rather happy with himself having found a couple of friendly humans who have seed to share A giant stringybark towers towards the crystal blue sky above, strands of bark hanging from its central fork. I'd suggest you'd need four or five humans with outstretched hands to circle the trunk of this beauty. There are literally hundreds of thousands of these trees throughout the Otways Ranges, which in Jan 2026 is suffering significant fires
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 AM