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A Gold Coast tree lopper whose harness broke had to be rescued from a tree by firefighters when his pants fallen to his ankles and holding on for dear life.

Having your harness break is one thing, but this is a situation no arborist wants to happen !

The story “Red face, blue undies – man stuck up tree with no pants” comes from the Courier Mail.

A Current Affair recently ran a segment on people being ripped off by door-knocking tree loppers pretending to be professional arborists.

Make sure you do your homework before hiring someone for this sort of thing.

A 400 year-old eucalyptus tree has been discovered in Tasmania, measuring 101 metres tall, with the aid of an airborne laser.

Called Centurian, it is apparently the world’s tallest eucalyptus tree, the tallest hardwood tree, and the tallest flowering plant with a diameter of 405cm.

It was initially reported by News.com.au to be the world’s second tallest, however this is actually not correct.

It is located near Hobart in a state forest.  There are plans to extend the Tahune Airwalk towards it so that tourists can visit.

For the record, the previous tallest in Australia was the Mount Tree/Trident Tree, a Eucalyptus regnans or Mountain Ash.

The Thorpdale Tree, also a mountain ash in Victoria, is listed in the Guiness Book of Records as the tallest discovered in Australia measuring an amazing 114.3 metres. It was felled in 1884.

I wonder if the tallest is out there still growing and waiting to be discovered …