Thread: What *is* Camellia Oil?

Mick - Am sending a PM.....

Ian,
found the log, 9 metres long or thereabouts and tapers from about 600/700 dia to about 400. Local "black wattle", most probably brown salwood but hard to tell as there's no leaves, flowers or seed pods. Spoke to the owner and it's mine for the taking. If I can shake this flu I'll collect it this weekend and post some pics.

Mick

Mick - Good-oh - Salwood not quite the windfall a good Blackwood log of that size would have been, but useful stuff. There are plenty of blackwoods around up there, (or there are up near the old home farm) but they rarely get to anything like that sort of size in my experience, so I was wondering......

Hope the flu clears soon,
Cheers,

Ian,
everybody call them "black wattle" hereabouts but they're usually another acacia. Still a really nice timber, dark and hard. I was told by a botanist that Acacia Melanoxylon does grow in the district, but usually in the colder and higher areas like Ravenshoe and Herberton.

Mick

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Acacia Melanoxylon does grow in the district, but usually in the colder and higher areas like Ravenshoe and Herberton.
Mick

Yup - There was a good crop of blackwoods, along with at least 2 other species on "Bergin's Hill" - just near the Atherton/Herberton/Ravenshoe turnoff on the Longman's Gap Rd., a few yrs ago - I think the 'blockies' have cut 'em all down to improve the view, now. But they were only about 300mm diam max, and a couple of metres to the first big branch. Ok for a few turning pieces, but not the sort of stuff you get in Vic. and Taswegia....

Sorry Groggy for all this personal chitchat - you can have your thread back, now.....

Avagooday,