In 1994, a park ranger abseiling into a canyon 150 kilometres northwest of Sydney found a stand of trees with knobbly bark that matched 90-million-year-old fossils, and the Wollemi pine's exact locati

In September 1994, off-duty NSW park ranger David Noble abseiled into a slot canyon 150 kilometres from Sydney and found a stand of trees that matched 90-million-year-old fossils. Fewer than 90 wild Wollemi pines remain, and the Australian government still keeps the grove's coordinates classified. Roughly 150 kilometres northwest of Sydney, in a sandstone canyon whose coordinates the New South Wales government treats as a state secret, fewer than 90 wild Wollemi pines are still standing. Their bark looks like knobbly chocolate bubbles. Their l... [9632 chars]