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    Default Trees of the Amazon - up close and in person


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    Certainly some jaw droppingly gorgeous timbers there, but the grass is always greener .
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    Yah, why not come on a guided tour of the Far North Queensland rainforest and hinterland savannah instead???

    You can see giant trees, and hear them fall.
    You can drive heavy equipment under the supervision of our experienced staff.
    You can get up close and personal with the local wildlife, particularly now that it's summer. Crocs, stingers, leeches that fast they have racing stripes, hell even the Mosquitos are more friendly in summertime.
    You can even tour working local sawmills and learn how it's done... Lift carry and drag all day while up to your ass in sawdust. We'll even let you take a boatload of offcut from the docking valuable pen blanks away as a memento of your week of slave labour.
    All this for the low low price of....

    tourists

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    More good stuphph Runge!!! Thanks for posting!!

    I have seen some of those timbers up close and personal.

    Angelim Pedra ( pronounced angeline pedra ) I have actually worked with I had to repair a bed in Brazil and it required a new headboard so I chose Angelim Pedra.Fellow across the road from where I was had a whole dining suite made from AP. Not bad to work but it can get tough and gnarly.

    Tatajuba I first saw this being unloaded from the back of a truck> It was bright yellow - and I mean bright yellow. I t was used by the local fishermen to build their boats. The colour does not hold for long. Exposure to air turns it to a dull, nondescript colour.

    I have seen huge slabs of Brazilian mahogany up to 30 feet long, 4 feet wide and about 5inches thick.

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