One of the world's oldest and rarest trees has found a new home in Alex Goudie Park in Drouin.
The Wollemi Pine was planted during a special event hosted by the Friends of Drouin's Trees.
With less than 100 mature trees in the wild and the only group being in a rainforest gorge in the Blue Mountains, this Wollemi Pine will no doubt grow to be a feature of the park.
Wollemi is an Indigenous word meaning, "look around you, keep your eyes open and watch out".
Local residents Jamie Grey and Sarah Holt were given the Wollemi Pine about five years ago. It was a young tree and came from a nursery in the Dandenongs.
During recent years, the tree was re-potted to larger pots several times. It has continued to grow and, now at nearly two metres tall, was too big to be planted in their small garden in Drouin and too heavy to be moved around in its pot.Regular visitors to Alex Goudie Park with their young son Maverick, they contacted Friends of Drouin's Trees to ask if the tree could be donated to the park for all to enjoy.
After obtaining Baw Baw Shire permission and finding an appropriate site, Friends of Drouin's Trees together with Jamie, Sarah and Maverick planted the tree last weekend.
The family are looking forward to watching how Maverick and the Wollemi Pine both grow and mature. By the time Maverick is 60-years-old, the Wollemi Pine might be 30 metres high.