Thread: Timber ID please

looks a bit light. in colour but it could be. Gidgee has a LPG smell when working it.

Originally Posted by Pagie

looks a bit light. in colour but it could be. Gidgee has a LPG smell when working it.

also known as "stinking wattle" for a reason - in wet weather it stinks! The first certainly looks like Gidgee.

Read the notes section here - Factsheet - Acacia cambagei (lucidcentral.org).

Gidgee (A. cambagei) is known to hybridize (putatively hybridizes) with A. tephrina SW of Longreach, Qld.

Gidgee is also closely related to A. georginae. An important biochemical difference is that the foliage of A. georginae is highly toxic to livestock, whereas that of A. cambagei is used commonly as forage in some regions under drought conditions.

Have a look at Vern's site TTIT - Gidgee (ttit.id.au) - 13.JPG (987×1200) (ttit.id.au)

Originally Posted by Pagie

looks a bit light. in colour but it could be. Gidgee has a LPG smell when working it.

How about possible burnt electrical smell? And there I was thinking it was my light with a new globe in it.

I cut some Pink Gidgee yesterday and it smelled like raspberry jam.

Looks a lot like the Gidgee we get over here in the west. Acacia Pruinocarpa or Western Gidgee, common to the Goldfields and Pilbara regions of WA.

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Makes very nice pepper grinding mills.

Originally Posted by Fumbler

and then there’s this piece which I forgot, is it lancewood?

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I’m not familiar with lancewood but I’ll say it looks like some of the Mulga I’ve turned.

Originally Posted by Pagie

Gidgee has a LPG smell when working it.

To my nose it smell rich in fruit like prunes.

Originally Posted by double.d

To my nose it smell rich in fruit like prunes.

Hmmm ... perhaps Raspberry Jam???

Raspberry jam | The Wood Database (Hardwood) (wood-database.com)