Poplar gum in Cook Shire biggest in Australia

Updated May 31 2016 - 9:55pm, first published May 26 2016 - 6:30am
Cook Shire Council parks and gardens manager Jim Doidge stands in front of a 30m high beach almond in the Cooktown Botanic Gardens, one of two entries in the National Register for Big Trees.
Cook Shire Council parks and gardens manager Jim Doidge stands in front of a 30m high beach almond in the Cooktown Botanic Gardens, one of two entries in the National Register for Big Trees.

A 24m high poplar gum near Cooktown is tipped to be the largest of its kind in Australia.

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