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17 January 2025
Tarrawingee claims world’s tallest olive tree title

TARRAWINGEE’S historic Plough Inn has lain claim to the world’s tallest olive tree (Olea europaea).

According to the Victorian Heritage Database, the olive tree stands at 17.3m tall which owner of the Plough Inn, Phil Lithgow, said is the tallest in the world.

It has not been pruned for most of its life and so retains a wild form, growing to an exceptional height, it is the tallest specimen in ...

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