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Deep in Tasmania's remote valleys and mountains grow trees whose direct ancestors lived with dinosaurs. Many are thousands of years old, some over ten millennia. Prize-winning nature writer Andrew Darby takes us on an island odyssey to discover these ancient survivors: the mysterious King's Lomatia, perhaps the oldest single tree alive; the primeval King Billy, Pencil and Huon pines with their stories of human admiration and destruction; and the majestic giant eucalypts. He shares tales of the scientists and nature-lovers who identified these ancients and now work to protect them from climate change and fire, offering hope for their future.
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ONE Camouflage King's Lomatia
TWO Dinosaur King Billy Pine
THREE Pine of Olympus Pencil Pine
FOUR Water Tree Huon Pine
FIVE Overshadow Giant Eucalypts
SIX The Green Myrtle Beech
SEVEN The Gold Fagus
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