Logs
Plantation

1. Pine
Radiata Pine, Scientific Name: Pinus radiata
Slash Pine, Scientific Name: Pinus elliottii
2. Eucalyptus Plantations
White Gum, Rose Gum, Blue Gum, Spotted Gum, etc.
Native Forest Logs
White Cypress
Scientific Name: Callitris glauca
It is commonly used for flooring, paneling, building frameworks, posts, and small poles.
Brigalow
Scientific Name: Acacia harpophylla
A small hardwood of inland Queensland and northern NewSouth Wales. Heartwood dark reddish brown. Sapwood thin, yellowand quite distinct. Texture very fne and even. Grain relativelystraight. Fancy turnery, handles, fencing, survey pegs, walking sticks, brush backs. Asubstitute for mulga in fancy turnery.
Spotted Gum
Scientific Name: Corymbia maculata
It is used in heavy engineering construction, piles, poles, shipbuilding, agricultural machinery, flooring, and plywood. This wood is also the main Australian species for handles subjected to high-impact forces, such as axe handles. It is relatively common in New South Wales and southern Queensland.
Sandalwood
Scientific Name: Eremophila Mitchelli
Blackbutt
Scientific Name: Eucalyptus pilularis / Eucalyptus andrewsii
This timber is used for poles, sleepers, flooring, and building frameworks. The regrowth material shows potential for structural plywood. It is a major timber for building frameworks and poles in New South Wales and southern Queensland.
Blackwood
Scientific Name: Acacia melanoxylon
This wood is used for furniture, decorative veneer, paneling, carving, turnery, flooring, boat building, and gun stocks.
Lancewood
Scientific Name: Acacia shirleyi
This type of wood is frequently used in furniture manufacturing.
Timber
White Cypress: Posts
Spotted Gum: Flooring, Furniture
Blackbutt: Flooring, Furniture
Cedar: Pickets, Posts (commonly used for fences)
