Southern forests
The Southern Forests of Tasmania are home to both the tallest and the biggest individual trees in the Southern Hemisphere. Centurion is the tallest at 100.5m tall with the biggest by volume still under some contention following the destruction wrought by the January 2019 bushfires. These bushfires killed 14 registered giants and countless other organisms of all size. This was the inspiration for collating and releasing this information to the public. As of writing this in April 2020 much of the Southern Forests are showing the initial stages of their centuries-long recovery.
NOTE: we have not excluded dead or fallen giants from this list.
Most of the Southern Forests of Tasmania are managed by Sustainable Timber Tasmania as part of the Permanent Timber Production Zone. As such the conservation status of giant trees is dubious as the trees are only protected as informal reserves or non-production forest: both of which do not inspire great confidence given the forestry industry’s track record.
Your Responsibilities, Don’t mess it up.
Be respectful to the forest and the trees, you are responsible for helping to protect them. these trees are hundreds of years old and many are in the later stages of their lives. Every person has an impact, minimise it.
All information is provided in good faith “as is” without guarantee of accuracy. The Tree Projects accepts no responsibility for how individuals choose to interpret this public and freely available information. Navigating off-track in the Tasmanian wilderness is treacherous and exposure to wild weather and the elements should be expected if you choose to look for trees.