Thread: Is this wood Kauri Pine?

Originally Posted by Bendigo Bob

Oh I love Kauri. I got some lovely boards 12 inches wide and used them as ad-hoc bookcases when young and foolish (hippie days)

I was working up at Foxwood Mareeba those days and it was cheap for staff at least.

Somehow I must have given them away in my travels

I also recall the last time I saw a huge Kauri log come into the mill. Laying down it was way taller than me and the workers had to get their biggest chainsaw and cut it lengthwise from both sides and still had to wedge and hammer it open before they could get it on the saw deck.

Ah, the good old days

There is nothing left of the Foxwood mill in Mareeba. The old circular sorting table was the last to go.

QLD Rail had log dimension limits for rail transport from the tablelands down the Kuranda to Cairns section due to the fifteen tunnels on the range. The tunnels are 16' wide and 17' tall of elliptical section.

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

There is nothing left of the Foxwood mill in Mareeba. The old circular sorting table was the last to go.

QLD Rail had log dimension limits for rail transport from the tablelands down the Kuranda to Cairns section due to the fifteen tunnels on the range. The tunnels are 16' wide and 17' tall of elliptical section.

Yes, and nothing left of the tobacco industry either. A friend told me that it is all sugar cane now.

Mind you, my time there was nearly 50 years ago. Man, I'm getting old.

After Mareeba I went briefly to Maryborough and sought work at the Hynes mill there (and one other one I can't think of the name) Most of that is all gone now too. I'm thankful that the rain forests aren't being cleaned out as they were generations ago, but wow, miss some of that beautiful timber - Black Bean, NSO, Qld Walnut..........