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Giant tree in a forest.

A man with brown hair wearing a red fleece jacket and looking at the camera.

Man with a blue shirt standing in front of a river

A man in a harness climbs the trunk of a large eucalyptus tree with a colourful beach ball beside him.

A worker in a hardhat and a man dressed as Santa Claus stare up at the sky surrounded by forest.

A photo from the ground of climbers scaling a tall and wide eucalyptus tree.

A person carrying a large red ribbon of fabric in Christmas colours through the forest.

A tall eucalyptus tree at night covered in fairy lights and a star made of lights at the top.

A group of people holding a white sign that reads 'World's biggest Xmas tree 1999 to be trashed 2000' in front of a forest.

"This was a joyous moment for us. It was a sense of huge relief, because there had been some doubt over whether this outcome would be realised. So much time, energy and angst over so many decades."

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