Thread: red cedar trees in Sydney. location

Thanks Glenn

I went looking on the internet after your advice and it seems that each municipality has or is preparing significant tree listings. A number of Kauri in Sydney City area and a few other places. Interesting that so many Hoop Pines, Norfolk Island Pines and even Cook Pines have been planted here but so few Kauri

Got some pictures today of three Kauri (Agathis Robusta, I think) in Rozelle Hospital Grounds.

GregF

Sorry to hijack your thread but I had to cut down a 20 year old Blackbean in the backyard on the weekend and have 50 to 100 seed pods to dispose of.If you want them ping me soon as they have to go.
Also a few small seedlings but not sure how they'll transplant.
I have a Red Cedar I planted about 20 years ago, put it in a shade clothe tube 8ft high for its first few years and then a self seeded Wattle made it keep on going up rather than out. Took the moth about 10 years to find it but they now come back every year so it's just getting more split up at the tips .Used to hit the fuggers with a stream of water from the hose and then jump on em but am not working from home and its hopeless.Also have a Queensland bottle tree and a Cairns Ebony, had the usual top blow out of the Silky and then the top branches kept falling on the next doors garage roof.
We scored a cedar off mine land down the 'gong a few (30) years ago.It had been down a few years in the shade and was dry but not split up. We used a 2 man crosscut saw so we didnt attract atention. Also a wheel barrow to carry it.
Trunk was about 2m x .8m dia. The best was the roots they tore out in one piece and thats how we took em,in the ute this time. Magic colour and figure.
H.

Originally Posted by clear out

Sorry to hijack your thread but I had to cut down a 20 year old Blackbean in the backyard on the weekend and have 50 to 100 seed pods to dispose of.If you want them ping me soon as they have to go.
Also a few small seedlings but not sure how they'll transplant.
I have a Red Cedar I planted about 20 years ago, put it in a shade clothe tube 8ft high for its first few years and then a self seeded Wattle made it keep on going up rather than out. Took the moth about 10 years to find it but they now come back every year so it's just getting more split up at the tips .Used to hit the fuggers with a stream of water from the hose and then jump on em but am not working from home and its hopeless.Also have a Queensland bottle tree and a Cairns Ebony, had the usual top blow out of the Silky and then the top branches kept falling on the next doors garage roof.
We scored a cedar off mine land down the 'gong a few (30) years ago.It had been down a few years in the shade and was dry but not split up. We used a 2 man crosscut saw so we didnt attract atention. Also a wheel barrow to carry it.
Trunk was about 2m x .8m dia. The best was the roots they tore out in one piece and thats how we took em,in the ute this time. Magic colour and figure.
H.

Try crushing about 25g of white cedar (Melia azedarach) fruit in 1 litre of water and spay on tree.

Glenn,

Thanks for the tip. Where can I get this from? I am in inner west suburban Sydney.

H.

Sorry I'm in Melbourne I have heaps here. Do you know what they look like? If not try google images. They are common street trees in Melbourne. The other thing is to buy neam oil same active ingedient as they are a closly related tree but it is expensive. If you can't find any trees get back to me and I will see if I can help
Glenn

Originally Posted by pindimar

So I wonder if anyone can advise where good Kauri trees can be seen (besides the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney) I believe there are a couple in Rozelle Hospital grounds and just going to go looking for those now, but any other ideas?

There are some magnificent ones in Watt Park at Lavender Bay (near North Sydney).

Thanks Tony, I'll have a look!

I did find the Kauri in Rozelle Hospital and there's one in Victoria Park near City Road right next to Sydney Uni. There's also two in Prince Alfred Park on the Chalmers Street side right near Sydney Community College with on in the grounds of the Community College

Apparently there’s also a large Kauri right behind Admiralty House

Thanks again for the tip about Watt Park

GregF
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You're welcome - let me know what you think of them. We'd love to see some photos, too!

Just out of curiosity - what's the project?

BTW, there is also a beautiful stand of various araucarias - bunya pine, hoop pine and (I'm fairly sure) NQ kauri - at Cumberland State Forest in West Pennant Hills. They're easy to find, but in any case the rangers will point you to them if asked. A lovely place to visit.

Thanks for the tip Tony,

I'll try and get to the site on Pennant Hills road sometime soon, then

I'll go to Lavender Bay this weekend and take some pictures.

There's no project concerned, I have developed a fascination with Kauri and apart from the fact that I have used SOME recycled Kauri in a boat that I'm building I just think they are such a great tree that it is a shame that more aren't planted in Sydney. For a tropical / sub-tropical species (Agathis Robusta et al) is amazes me that there are about three or four trees, only, in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, and yet there are 23 in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. There are even some in the RBG in Hobart.

It would also be interesting to know, though, if there are any Agathis Australis (New Zealand Kauri) planted here. Anybody know?

Thanks again Tony, I'll post some pix

GregF

Hi Tony

Well, I got over there today and the Kauri in the park is just magnificent, as you said.



Just one Kauri, but, as you say, a few Hoop Pines and a Cook Pine and some Norfolk Island Pines.

Just great

GregF

Nice picture Greg! I walked down there at lunchtime on Friday and realised that (as so often!) my memory was at fault and there was only the one, although at least I was right about it being magnificent. They really are beautiful trees, quite different in appearance to the Norfolk pines etc. They certainly seem to grow OK, so like you I wonder why there aren't more. Are they difficult to propagate perhaps?

I've used a bit of the timber, I built a sideboard out of it a few years ago. Lovely stuff. I've also used some (recycled) NZ kauri which is wonderful too. The kauri from SE Asia is a bit more variable in quality but the heartwood is usually pretty good in my experience.

What sort of boat are you building?

Hi Tony

The same is true of the Sydney Council's Significant Tree Register where it records that there are Kauri trees in Victoria Park, but I can find but one!

The tree in Lavender Bay, however, is quite special. The colour of the bark is excellent and the shape of the tree is just right. I'll put another couple of pictures up, then.

The boat I'm building is a little odd, to most people, it's recorded in a post in a sub forum on this site, so I'll put in a link:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=85118

So here's another picture of the Kauri in Watt Park, I think the bark looks pink, but I don't know how the experts would describe it:



GregF