Recent measurements between 2000 and 2002 of over 200 of Victoria 's trees found the tallest specimen of mountain ash was inside Melbourne Water 's Wallaby Creek Catchment at Kinglake being over 300 years old and 301 feet ( 91.6 m ) high . The height was accurately determined using a ground-based laser rangefinder and then verified by a tree climber with a tapeline , however it later perished along with 15 other tall trees during the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires
Black Saturday bushfires
Black Saturday bushfires
Forests Commission Victoria