Fine Cabernet Timbers of Central Victoria

Timber is one of the last refuges of the Great Australian Cultural cringe

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Fine Cabernet Timbers of Central Victoria

Most Australian know next to nothing about native timber species, preferring to purchase overseas imports from the venerable Oak to the environmentally unsound Teak or Merbu. Yet we have literally thousands of species of eucalypts, wattles, she-oaks or native pines that for beauty, strength and durability are the equal of any exotic imported timber.

Lack of marketing by sawmillers and hardware stores hasn't exactly helped our native timbers strut their stuff. Native hardwoods are generally lumped under the unappealing acronym of KDH - a term that stands for Kiln Dried Hardwood, and lazily serves to cover a vast range of species that differ enormously in colour, grain appearance and woodworking characteristics.

Once upon a time the wine and cheese industries were similarly represented by their own monocultures of claret and cheddar. But thar was 4o years ago. Now they've moved on to positively revel in regional and varietal difference.

That's exactly what we need to do with native timber. So with our brochure of fine cabinet (cabernet!) and furniture timbers of central Victoria, we're taking a leaf out of the wine marketing handbook to highlight the range and beauty of timber found within our own patch - from Massmate and Blackwood in the ranges to Sugar Gum and Ironbark down on the plains.

Varieties covered in the brochure are:

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