Centurion, Eucalypt tree in Huon Valley, Tasmania, Australia.
Centurion is a Eucalyptus regnans in the Huon Valley, southern Tasmania, measured at 96 metres in 2025 after losing 4 metres in the 2019 fires. Its single straight trunk, pale grey-brown and smooth over most of its length with rougher bark near the base, rises through a small patch of old forest surrounded by regrowth. The trunk is mostly bare, with lateral branches and dense dark green foliage extending from the upper half to the crown.
Employees of the Tasmanian forestry authority discovered this specimen in August 2008 during a LiDAR survey to map tall trees in state forest. The 2019 fires heavily damaged the surrounding area, but the tree itself survived the blaze.
This specimen received its name because it was registered as the hundredth tall tree documented in Tasmania. The designation also plays on its then-measured height approaching the hundred-meter mark.
Access requires a permit and a guided walk through remote terrain. The exact location is not publicly disclosed to protect the tree and surrounding vegetation.
By 2025 the tree had lost about 4 metres of height to the 2019 Tasmanian fires, measured at 96 metres, and many nearby trees had died. It now ranks sixth among the world's tallest living trees. Its nickname "the Bradman" refers to a measured height of 99.82 metres, close to the Test batting average of cricketer Donald Bradman.
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