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Research crippled

Forest scientists among walking wounded as CSIRO’s band-aid methods fail industry A DECISION by CSIRO to shutter all forest products research and close related operations at the Clayton laboratories, the respected research hub in Melbourne, has shocked industry leaders.

Under the guise of “portfolio restructuring”, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering management has sent letters of redundancies to the remaining 28 staff of what was called the Forest Fibre Science Group.

They are the surviving remnants of the last big cull of forest products research activities in 2008-9.

That cull took place after a decade of struggling and shrinking activities following the merger shake-up of Forestry and Forest Products in 19992000.

On the dangerously ill list .. forest research in Australia.

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CSIRO’s forestry research activities ranged from quantative genetics and precision plantation management to smart paper and wood products of the future. On a global scale, CSIRO has always played a significant role in the application of Australian forestry knowledge and expertise.

The demise just under two years ago of the CSIRO Forest Biosciences Division, which researched key issues such as the role of forest and wood products in climate change and the production and use of bioenergy, was extremely disappointing to the whole of the industry.

Earlier in 2008, the federal Cont Page 2

This Issue • NAFI’s ‘green credentials’ on forest products • Coal seam gas water has big role in irrigated plantations

about trees celebrates World Forestry Day • New secretary of Gottstein Trust • Alex Demby .. timber industry icon • Hoo-Hoo chief and hardwoods potent mix at Sydney meeting

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Division gained Making world recognition an for excellence impact ..

Representing the interests of the forest industries nationally at the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

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across Australia’s forest and forest products industry .. since 1940

From Page 1

government announced in the Budget a reduction of $63.4 million in direct funding to CSIRO over the following four years.

Over the years the Division of Forest Products achieved a remarkable international reputation for excellence in research and industrial innovation; at the height of its activities, there were some 300 personnel working on scientific and industrial research, as espoused by CSIRO’s charter at the time.

“The division’s contributions to the basic understanding of forest products and to the operations and processes of the current forest products industries will long remain a testimony to its achievements even after its death,” industry consultant and former CSIRO scientist Dr Harry Greaves said.

In a report to Timber&Forestry enews, describing the CSIRO decision as deplorable with huge ramifications for industry now and in the future, Dr Greaves commented: “It was a little over 90 years ago that the Institute of Science and Industry, the forerunner of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, later called the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation or CSIRO, established a national forest products laboratory jointly with the Western Australia government.

“The laboratory was located at the University of Western Australia. Prior to that time forest products research was carried out in a number of states, including New South Wales in the Museum of Technology.

Dr Harry Greaves .. huge ramifications for industry.

“The CSIRO Division of Forest Products (DFP) came into being as an independent governmentfunded entity in May 1928 with its research activities undertaken at different locations.

Eventually the division was relocated to a site on the banks of the Yarra River where the once-familiar red brick building was erected.

“The South Melbourne site was deemed to be an ideal location close to transport, government and, most importantly (even then) the forest products industry. Over the years the original four-storey building acquired another floor and roof-top green houses and, much later, a modern cement block wing.

[The once familiar site is now home to Melbourne’s Crown Casino complex].

“The early research activities at Yarra Bank Road included preservation, seasoning, wood chemistry, and wood structure, and developed over the years to also include timber physics and timber mechanics (later known as engineering), utilisation, and gluing and Cont Page 3

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‘In truth, the forest products industry did little to halt this slide in research’ From Page 2

veneering (forerunner of the timber conversion section).

“The section names evolved along with the division’s work with research in the late 1960s being organised into sections like physiology and microstructure, physics, preservation (a name that was retained until the late 1970s when it became conservation and biodegradation), engineering, and timber conversion.

“Along the way, pulp and paper research (in the guise of paper science) was added to the portfolio, and statistics and photography completed the broad endeavours of what had become a world renowned forest products research laboratory.

Remember when? CSIRO forest research has a proud record.

“The bulk of the work was funded by the government but there was also some support, particularly in the later years of its existence, from the forest products industry. (It is tempting to remark, with the benefit of hindsight, that the industry’s support for forest products research was too little and too late).

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“During the 1970s, DFP began its slow downward spiral as decision after decision by the hierarchy of CSIRO fragmented its work over the next three decades, re-aligning its activities on a discipline basis rather than an end-user orientation.

“CSIRO argued that if DFP research was worthwhile from the industry’s viewpoint (we had almost ceased to work on purely fundamental issues) then the industry should pay for it! In truth, the forest products industry did little to halt this slide, even as the mainstream efforts like preservation, seasoning, sawmilling and composite products research were being touted as endeavours for and in collaboration with the industry.

“Over the years the Division of Forest Products achieved a remarkable international reputation for excellence in research and industrial innovation; at the height of its activities there were some 300 personnel working on scientific and industrial research, as espoused by CSIRO’s charter at the time. The division’s contributions to the basic understanding of forest products and to the operations and processes of the current forest products industries will long remain a testimony to its achievements even after its death,” Dr Greaves concluded.

Make no mistake .. the lack of a single focused group dedicated

to forestry and forest products is going to have a major impact on future forestry research in Australia.

The forestry and forest products industries are worth over $19 billion and directly employ more than 120,000 people across the country.

The supply of timber from 1.3 million ha of plantations is expected to rapidly increase over the next decade, making Australia one of perhaps four or five countries in the Pacific Rim region that has the potential to increase sustained harvest levels in the future. Emerging shortfalls in the world supply of timber are expected to provide Australian producers with attractive import replacement and export opportunities.

At the height of its activities, there were some 300 personnel working on scientific and industrial research, as espoused by CSIRO’s charter at the time Cutbacks and changed structures by CSIRO are going to frustrate any coordinated research efforts and must surely cripple chances of any buy-in from industry to future research initiatives.

It is believed the minister responsible for CSIRO, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, is aware of the forest industry’s concerns. In an election year, he will surely be pressed to find a way to provide an ongoing focal point for forest and wood product industry research within CSIRO. The CSIRO Clayton laboratories are located adjacent to Monash University and the Australian Synchrotron, about 25 km southeast of the centre of Melbourne.

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appointments

Silvia Pongracic new secretary of Gottstein Trust

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A WOMAN with wide experience in the forestry and forest products industries has been appointed new secretary of the J.W. Gottstein Memorial Trust.

Dr Silvia Pongracic takes up the position in Melbourne following the retirement of Dr Adrian Wallis who has acted as trust secretary for nine years.

The appointment was announced this week by chairman of the trust fund Peter Gunnersen.

Dr Pongracic is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and the University of New South Wales (PhD, 1994).

She has held positions with APM Forests, the Forests and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, and for the past 10 years with CSIRO. She was awarded a Gottstein Fellowship in 1997.

“Silvia’s aim in taking on the new role is to promote the interests of the trust in the most effective way possible,” Mr Gunnersen said.

Speaking about the appointment, Dr Pongracic said: “As a prior Gottstein fellow, I truly appreciated the opportunity the fellowship provided to further both my personal interests in forestry and those relevant to my employer at the time. I would like to encourage all interested parties to apply for the awards provided by the trust in order to further enhance their careers in our industry.”

Dr Wallis said he was pleased to have been involved with the trust over the past nine years and to see the many benefits that flowed through from the trust’s programs.

“I am proud of the trust’s record during that time of awarding

Dr Silvia Pongracic

Dr Adrian Wallis

37 Gottstein fellowships, eight Gottstein Skill Advancement Awards, assisting the FWPA in awarding eight fellowships to the World Forest Institute in Portland, Oregon, and lately, in awarding two Gottstein Forest Industry Scholarships,” Dr Wallis said.

“I am gratified at the success of the five wood science courses held in the past nine years, designed for those new to the forest industries.”

Dr Wallis said other achievements had included the setting up and maintenance of the trust’s new website.

“I thank the trustees for their support, and I am sure the trust will continue to prosper with Silvia as the new secretary.”

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events

WHAT’S ON? 31: International wood composites symposium and technical workshop 2010 Seattle, Washington, USA. www. woodsymposium.wsu.edu

APRIL 2010 7-10: Australian Trucking Convention. Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Tel: (02) 6253 6900. Email: ata@ atatruck.net.au Download full program from www.ataevents.net.au 8: TABMA NSW Chain of Custody Breakfast. 7.15 am for 7.30 am.

Rydges Hotel, Parramatta, Sydney.

Guest speakers from AFS (Kayt Watts). FSC (Michael Spencer), EWPAA (Simon Dorries), Green Building Council of Australia (Robin Mellon). Already the number of attendees is approaching 70 with acceptances from Queensland, Paddy Manning of the Sydney Morning Herald, representatives of Woolworths/Lowes, TDA NSW, Hudsons Building Supplies, Western Forest Products, Boral, Gunnersen, Tilling Timber, Swan Le Messurier and Oceania. Cost: $50 pp (includes full breakfast). Contact Melanie on (02) 9277 3177.

15-18: 40th annual J1V HooHoo Convention – The Next Decade: A Vision for Hoo-Hoo. Rydges Melbourne Hotel. HooHoo business day, industry tour, sponsors’ dinner, convention dinner and entertainment, farewell breakfast. Convention program and registration details: www.hoo-hoojiv.org.au 15: Dubai International Wood and Wood Machinery Show Dubai. www.dubaiwoodshow.com

16: National Carpenters Day. Celebration of carpenters and their work throughout Australia.

Highlights include presentations, barbecues, entertainment, Carpenter of the Year Award and Apprentice Carpenter of the Year competition.

Entries close March 24.

Visit www.carpentersday.com.au 18-21: APPITA Annual Conference and Exhibition/Pan Pacific Conference Melbourne. www.appita.com.au 22-24:designEX. Australia’s premier trade-only design and architecture event, showcasing more than 300 local and international brands and boutique suppliers. Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Contact: designEX (02) 9267 0834. Email: designex@divexhibitions.com. au or Selena O’Hare, Whispr Communications (03) 9534 8600.

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MAY 2010 18: Victorian Timber Industry Supply Chain Seminar: Connecting the Pieces for Business Success. Radisson Hotel, 380 William Street, Melbourne.

Contact: Peter Roberts, Timber Merchants Association on (03) 9875 5000 or John Halkett, Australian Timber Importers Federation on (02) 9356 3826.

19-20: Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010. Bayview Eden Melbourne. Technical seminar details successful strategies that have been adopted to improve planning, logistics and operations through the wood supply chain.

Contact FIEA +64 3 470 1902. www.woodsupplychain.com

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21-23: Timber and Working with Wood Expo, Brisbane Showgrounds, Fortitude Valley.

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24-25: Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010, Rotorua, NZ. www.vafi.org.au

JUNE 2010

The National The National Association of of Forest Association Industries (NAFI) Forest Industries (NAFI) represents is striving for an Australian companies, ecologically sustainable individualssociety and Australian organisations involved achieved through in thedynamic, forestry and forest products internationally industries. competitive forest industries.

NAFI works with state and

3-4: AFCA Conference and Trade Expo, Novotel Resort, Coffs Harbor, NSW. www.afca.asn.au 18-20: Timber and Working with Wood Expo, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney.

June 28-July 2: 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland. www.cfc2010.org

JULY 2010 14-18: Interforest 2010 Trade Fair for Forestry Technology Munich, Germany. www.interfrost.de 21-22: Wood Energy 2010 reducing energy costs and improving energy efficiencies.

Rotorua, NZ. 26-27: Wood Energy 2010 (World Reducing Energy Costs & Improving Energy Efficiencies) Melbourne.

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25-28: International Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Supply Fair (IWF) 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. www.iwfatlanta.com

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3-5: Canberra Timber & Working With Wood Expo, Exhibition Park in Canberra.

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Book focuses on forest dynamics in S. Hemisphere THE latest edition of the only complete compendium of forestry and the forest industries in the Southern Hemisphere is now available.

The Southern Hemisphere Forest Industry Yearbook 2010 is an essential reference for those with an interest in what we like to describe as “the world’s most dynamic forestry countries�.

The countries and their forest industries have had to face up to the twin challenges of the disastrous worldwide economic recession and pressures and opportunities resulting from climate change. Forest industry exports provide on average $US30 billion worth of revenue for the countries of the South,

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and the importance of these industries to the economies is reflected in this edition of the yearbook.

Each country is reviewed on a Southern Hemisphere basis, with layers of background building a picture of their geography, politics and economics referencing forestry and forest industry developments along with the trade in forest products.

The countries examined in the 280-plus pages include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa, and Uruguay.

The yearbook will be attractive to a wide range of users.

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IFA WORLD FORESTRY DAY MEETING

Coal-gas water plays big, new role in irrigated tree plantations

By JIM BOWDEN

THE world’s first industrial scale approach to management of coal seam gas water using irrigated plantations is shaping as the new frontier for forestry development in Australia.

This exciting concept was outlined by two representatives of forest management group Tree Crop Technologies Pty Ltd at a World Forestry Day meeting of Queensland division members of the Institute of Foresters of Australia in Brisbane.

Managing director Dr Glen Dale and general manager Ian Robb explained how forestry is playing a pivotal role in the resources boom, with irrigated plantations providing a key technology underpinning the sustainable development of Queensland’s booming coal seam gas Industry.

With a carbon emissions intensity around half that of coal, coal seam gas is increasingly being used around the world as an environmentallyfriendly energy source. Santos Gladstone Liquid Natural Gas (GLNG) is the first project in the world to convert coal seam gas to liquefied natural gas, and plans to do so on a massive scale.

[Australia has established a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 60% of year 2000 levels by 2050. In December 2007, Australia became a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol. This will allow international trade of carbon reduction credits. This market was worth $30 billion in 2006. The Government has

Dr Glen Dale

Ian Robb

foreshadowed the introduction of an Australian Emissions Trading Scheme (AETS) from 2010. Forest sequestration is expected to be a key platform in the proposed AETS].

Liquefied natural gas is a new export industry with the potential to bring significant growth to Queensland and the Australian economy. The Santos coal seam gas (CSG) project involves extracting gas from the Surat and Bowen Basins in southeast Queensland. With more than 150 wells in operation and considerable expansion

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planned, the Santos-owned Fairview and Springwater stations were identified as potential sites for irrigated native eucalypt plantations.

The challenge for Tree Crop Technologies was to design a plantation solution to cope with initial outflows of about 6 megalitres of water a day, increasing to around 24 megalitres a day at peak production.

“Beneficial use of coal steam gas water to irrigate trees is an innovative new approach,” Dr Dale said.

“The production of CSG produces large volumes of waste water. Beneficial use of CSG produced water to irrigate trees addresses the twin problems of waste water salinity and volume.

“Trees are an attractive proposition. Plantations are scalable and can be established within close proximity to gas fields.”

Typically, CSG water is mildly saline, highly sodic and high in carbonates, making it unsuitable for irrigation in its

raw form. In addition, water production varies over time; it starts out high when the gas wells are brought on line and declines over time.

Tree Crop Technologies identified western white gum (E. argophloia) as the most suitable species for the site and about 1500 ha of trees are under irrigation. This is a high value timber species adapted to a wide range of soil types. It is native to the region and tolerant to drought, frost, salinity, insect pests and disease.

“A significant consideration is the fact that the drought tolerance of this species ensures the plantations will continue to grow when CSG water volumes decline in 10 to 15 years,” Dr Dale said.

The Queensland Government has declared GLNG a “significant project requiring an Environmental Impact Statement” to ensure the project was economically, socially and environmentally sound.

Large volumes of brackish Cont Page 8

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Plantations will grow as water volumes decline From Page 7

water are a by-product of CSG mining. Storage ponds and desalination plants are typically used to manage CSG water, but with their GLNG development plans subject to rigorous environmental controls, Santos needed to examine alternatives to traditional CSG water management methods.

Tree Crop’s core areas of technical expertise are in genetic improvement of tree species and in irrigated plantations for effluent and byproduct water re-use.

Staff at the Brisbane-based company have more than 90 years’ accumulated forest management experience and have pioneered development of species for salt and drought tolerance, and management practices for medium rainfall regions.

Dr Glenn Dale holds a BSc with

IFA Queensland division members Peter Forster (left) and Alan Don, Queensland’s Department of Environment and Resource Management ( right), chat with veteran forester Tim Yorkston who served Queensland Forestry for 38 years from 1945 to 1983.

Honours in Forestry (ANU), a BSc in Biochemistry from the Australian National University and a PhD in molecular and quantitative genetics of forest trees from the University of Queensland, and a MBA from Queensland University of Technology and has more than 20 years’ experience in forestry.

Ian Robb holds a BSc Forestry from the ANU and has 27 years’

experience in Queensland commercial plantation and native forest management.

Late news In what is Australia’s largest trade deal, a Chinese company has signed off on the purchase of about $60 billion worth of Queensland liquified natural gas.

This is the world’s first fully termed sales contract for LNG

sourced from coal seam gas.

The deal was between Britain’s BG Group, which owns the CSG fields, and the stateowned China National Offshore Oil Corp.

The Queensland Gas Co will pipe gas from the Surat Basin in the state’s south to Gladstone in the central region, and then ship to China from 2014. The deal is hailed by the federal government as the biggest liquefied natural gas contract in Australian history, with 72 million tonnes of gas to be exported to Asia over the next 20 years.

The State Government says it will generate $200 million a year in royalties. But the government is seeking public comment on a discussion paper aimed at balancing the use of land by agriculture and mining.

More pictures, Page 17.

Turning hardwood thinnings into plywood and profits A NEW TIMBER RESEARCH FACILITY IN QUEENSLAND IS EXPLORING WAYS TO TURN PLANTATION THINNINGS INTO SALEABLE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS The FWPA funded project will solve challenges such as those associated with processing the more dense, durable subtropical and tropical species suitable for Queensland plantations.

www.fwpa.com.au for more information

Email: info@fwpa.com.au

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NAFI delivers the ‘green credentials’ on forest products Message for young architects

The good wood message .. NAFI chief executive Allan Hansard addresses architectural students at Forest Industries House.

AUSTRALIAN-grown timber is an environmentally friendly building product, as University of Canberra architecture students recently found out at a series of information sessions at the National Association of Forest Industries.

About 80 budding architects and building designers of the future, including senior lecturer David Flannery, had an open day at Forest Industries House to talk first-hand with forest industry representatives involved – NAFI chief executive Allan Hansard, deputy CEO Mick Stephens and public affairs manager James Gray.

NAFI provided information sessions on such topics as sustainable forest management practices, the carbon footprint of timber compared to alternative materials such as steel and the full life cycle of wood products from the forest to the consumer.

‘The sessions were part of an initiative for students to learn more about the environmental strengths of wood products as a natural and decorative

product for use in modern housing and building design,” Mick Stephens said.

“The students showed a great deal of enthusiasm and interest in the various aspects of timber products in building design and the sustainable management of forests.”

Hot topics for the architecture students included green building rating schemes, voluntary based third party certification and the regulatory and legislative framework that underpins sustainable forest management. The capture and storage of carbon in the forestry and wood product supply chain was also a keenly explored subject, as was the issue of illegal logging overseas.

These sessions provide an important link between the forest industry and building designers of the future on the various benefits of Australian grown wood products, consistent with broader initiatives such as the Wood. Naturally Better program.

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Chief of Hoo-Hoo .. and hardwoods a potent mix at Sydney club meeting INTERNATIONAL dignitaries together with hardwood timber supplies were a potent mix at a lively full-house meeting of Sydney Hoo-Hoo Club 215 last week.

Hoo-Hoo world president and Snark of the Universe Jim Spiers, a retired log supplier from British Columbia and longtime director of Vancouver HooHoo Club, and his wife Judi attended the meeting with HHI vice-president Ron Gattone.

Mr Spiers is in Australia for the Hoo-Hoo J1V convention in Melbourne next month.

Keynote speaker was Peter Sykes of Forests NSW’s hardwood timber supplies and flooring services.

Sydney Club president Chris White echoed the sentiments of many: “How do we find the stuff? There are real problems with supply”.

In a brave display, Peter Sykes covered the current situation with hardwood log supplies.

He outlined the likely future changes in log availability and therefore hardwood timber supplies.

“Yes, it will be shorter and smaller logs and less favoured highland, rather than the popular coastal species, such

Hoo-Hoo dignitaries Ron Gattone, HHI international vice-president, Jim Spiers, Snark of the Universe and Chris White, president Sydney Club 215, with Forests NSW Timber Inspector Peter Sykes (right).

Judi Spiers, British Columbia, Yen Chin, Malaysian Hoo-Hoo representative and his hosts from Swan Le Messurier, Mike Heighway and Kerry Kneller.

as blackbutt and spotted gum,” he said.

His presentation on the future

prospects for hardwood supplies found little favour with the audience; many were

concerned that the popular species were already in very short supply.

However, it was acknowledged that solutions to present and future hardwood timber shortages were really in the hands of politicians and it was not forestry practices by themselves that were the real problem.

“There’s no point in shooting the messenger – that isn’t going to help,” was one remark from the audience.

Mr Sykes moved to more secure ground when he outlined issues related to hardwood floor manufacturing and installation.

He said that shrinkage and expansion of timber flooring was a natural and cyclical process.

“The degree of movement depends on the surrounding changes in atmospheric moisture content and is generally a function of seasonal weather conditions,” he said.

“Dimensional changes were most evident during long periods of either dry or wet conditions, although local conditions also had considerable influence.

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Is pine decking failing in the market .. or is it just a marketing failure?

A SERIES of market research surveys has been conducted with consumers, builders, architects, building designers and timber merchants regarding their attitude to timber and WPC decking and the alteration and additions market.

Is pine decking failing in the market .. or is it just a marketing failure?

Do specifiers and builders need special resources for the alterations and additions markets?

What is the attitude of consumers to the use of wood?

You have probably thought about these questions, and many others, over the years.

Now, real answers to these pressing questions will be given at a series of timber industry forums in four states next month.

The forums – in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth – will present the findings of market research undertaken by the Timber Development Association (NSW).

Additional consumer market

research from Australia and overseas will also be presented and discussed at the forums and together we can develop an understanding of whether these findings are local or an international trend.

Register now for the two-hour industry forums: Brisbane: April 8 – 2 pm: Venue: The Greek Club, South Brisbane.

Sydney: April 13 – 2 pm: Venue: The Home Ideas Centre, Alexandria.

Melbourne: April 14 – 7.30 am. Venue: Hotel Bruce County, Mount Waverley.

Perth: April 15 – 10 am. Venue The Home Ideas Centre, West Perth.

Early bookings are essential.

Contact Nicollette at the Timber Development Association (NSW) on (02) 8424 3700 or email info@ tdansw.asn.au The Timber Development Association wishes to thank Forest and Wood Products Australia for the support of this project.

Book about trees celebrates World Forestry Day

A good read .. Timber Queensland administrator Telia Duff with a copy of ‘Trees that Call Australia Home’.

BORROW the book ‘Trees that Call Australia Home’ from your local library and get planting, says Timber Queensland.

“Recent wet weather has softened the ground, so it’s the perfect time to plant a tree to celebrate World Forestry Day,” says chief executive Rod McInnes.

World Forestry Day on March 21 has been celebrated around the world for nearly 40 years to remind communities of the importance and benefits of forests.

To mark this international event,

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Timber Queensland donated 14 copies of ‘Trees that Call Australia Home’” to the Brisbane City Council Library Service. The book, by John Halkett, is a spiritual, cultural, environmental and economic celebration of Australian trees.

The books are on library shelves at Annerley, Ashgrove, Banyo, Bracken Ridge, Brisbane Square, Banyo, Bulimba, Chermside, Carindale, Coopers Plains, Carina, Everton Park, Fairfield, Garden City and Mt Coot-tha Botancial Gardens.

Mr McInnes said that on World

Forestry Day people should remember an important climate change message – trees are nothing but solidified carbon.

“The other important fact that people are often surprised and excited to learn is that when a tree gets made into something else like a wooden table or chair, most of thecarbon stays inside the timber,” he said.

“Simply by choosing timber products over alternatives such as steel or aluminium people are doing their bit for the environment.”

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industry news

Go wood! Exciting promotion hots up THE year ahead promises to be the biggest yet for the Wood.

Naturally Better campaign.

Building on the foundations laid by promotional activity that began in 2008, forthcoming activity in 2010 will see print advertising extended into broad consumer markets as well as expanded activity in the architect, designer and specifier markets.

As well as a fresh new look for print advertising, an online industry information resource is being developed and new events aimed at industry professionals are being arranged across Australia. These will bring together architects, engineers and building designers with keynote speakers from across the world.

The campaign, which promotes

the benefits of wood and the positive effects its use has on climate change, is also continuing to build the successful Partner Program.

This already has hundreds of industry members who are using the Wood. Naturally Better brand in their communications and benefiting from access to branded and co-branded promotional material.

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a critical factor in a successful timber floor installation.

Excessive humidity in the subfloor area can be caused by the lack of sufficient crossventilation or from damp soil conditions caused by poor drainage.”

Mr Sykes said the current fashion towards full length windows, large glass areas

and skylights could create high temperature and low moisture conditions that might cause flooring to shrink.

“Direct sunlight will also cause colour changes in the timber, so it is a good idea to move rugs occasionally and to use curtains or blinds.”

He also pointed to problems with polyurethane coatings. It was important that the finishing

coating or lacquer should be of a type that would allow free movement between dry jointed timbers.

“A sealant that gets between the dry joints and effectively bonds the boards together does not allow free movement.

The result is often a ‘clumping’ of boards with irregular, larger, more noticeable gaps between every fifth or sixth board.”

Since its inception, the campaign has used consumer print advertising to reinforce the perception that wood is beautiful and fashionable as well as introducing the fact that, by storing carbon, wood helps tackle climate change. The campaign was also designed to be non-confrontational and avoid contentious issues, even though this did not stop the green movement instigating an ultimately unsuccessful ACCC challenge.

Events such as National Carpenters Day (this year on April 16) have also helped get the message to the wider public.

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Northern Rivers industry bus tour real eye-opener for all participants AS the timber industry bus rolled into Hyne’s Acacia Ridge plant in Brisbane on St Patrick’s Day March 17 after a successful three-day visit to Northern New South Wales, the question asked among the 47 participants was: “When and where is the next tour?”

Both the 2009 industry tour of southeast Queensland and this year’s visit to the NSW Northern Rivers were voted outstanding successes – great opportunities for a diverse group to inspect first hand sawmilling, engineered wood processing, timber treatment and forestry operations.

Starting with a 6 am roll-call at Gunnersen’s distribution centre in Brisbane, this year’s bus tour set off on March 15 for a threeday visit south of the border.

Almost every sector of the industry was represented by participants from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, Germany and Sweden.

One of the driving forces behind the tour, Karen Johnston, chief executive of TABMA Queensland, provided some tour highlights for Timber&Forestry enews: Tarmac Group at Wyan: General manger Andrew Salgado was onsite to welcome the group. The site was purchased by Tarmac in November 2007 but has operated since the 1950s as Richards Milling. Predominantly a green landscape mill, the acquisition was the key to securing resource for the group to value-add its product and distribute to markets via its five companies throughout Australia.

Across these sites in South Australia and Queensland, Tarmac operates CCA, ACQ and LOSP treatment facilities, run moulders, kilns and a frame

Coach ‘captain’ Bill Kranenburg (left), Norm Agnew, Jaymor Industries and Hans Jansson, UJ Trading, Sweden, look over the Tarmac docking line.

Among the plantation trees .. industry bus tour ‘captains’ John McGregor-Skinner, Norm Forbes and John Muller.

and truss line.

The Wyan site processes about 60,000 cub m of logs a year and has just secured a 75,000 cub m contract from local forestry.

About 700 tonnes of sawdust and chip are sent each week to either the local sugar mill to use as energy or for export to Japan.

The site is equipped to process 200, 225 and 250 mm logs, which are processed into 4.8, 5.4 and 6 m lengths before kiln drying or treatment.

Big River Timbers, Grafton: Managing director Jim Bindon welcomed the group at head office in Grafton, a site with 160 staff members producing flooring, formply and formwork.

Up until the early 1980s, the plant only produced scrub wood veneers but with a

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change in resource Big River has combined this with plywood and hardwoods to value-add product for a wide market.

Processing about 43,000 cub m of logs a year, Big River uses a lot of labour per cubic metre but with a focus on value adding they feel this is justified by the quality produced.

Local timber supply is limited so logs are sourced from the Tumbarumba mill. Hardwood logs are steamed prior to peeling for a better peel and to avoid snapping the log in the process. The mill has 4ft and 8ft lathes for cross and long band veneer. The newer lathe can do 100,000 cuts before resharpening.

Big River extracts as much appearance grade as possible, while other grades are utilised in

formply or central sheets of the plywood so waste is minimal.

This mill is the only plant in Australia that is peeling hardwood. They apply 3 mm hardwood veneer sheets to 5 mm plywood. The veneered stair treads produced are suitable for internal application only due to the bond used, although Big River is keeping tabs on research into an alternative glue that can be used for external application.

The site offsets its own energy usage by about 40% thanks to a boiler and co-generation plant that uses wood chipped waste.

Koppers, Grafton: The procurement and production managers took the entire group through the pole plant at Grafton. Koppers has about $8 million of stock on site with the value of an average pole between $500-$1000.

The Grafton site supplies Australia, New Zealand, parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands.

The largest pole operation in Australia, about 50% of timber is sourced from state forest allocation and 50% from private property.

Blackbutt is the main species (about 70%) received from their state forest allocation, while the private source usually has greater species variety but this tends to provide smaller logs.

Koppers produces about 30,000 poles a year and has supply agreements in place until 2023. Utility contracts are the primary application for the poles produced. Project work (road foundations, jetties, wharves etc.) seems to have dropped off during the recent market slowdown.

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TIMBER INDUSTRY BUS TOUR Gordon Ford of Ford Timbers, Paul Deakin of Howard Sawmill and Mark Gillies of Brims Builders Hardware watch the sawing operations at Coffs Harbour Hardwoods.

Arriving in Brisbane for the big industry tour ..Greg Jacob, NSW, Norm Agnew, Jaymor Industries, Hamilton, NZ, Evan Pashalis, operations manager, Timbersmart, Altona, Vic, and Alan Rainbow Australian Solar Timbers, West Kempsey, NSW.

The operator at Tarmac explains the process of cutting boards through the line. Looking on are Andrew Salgado, Tarmac, Rod Schiefelbein. Simmonds Lumber, Alan Jones. Austbrokers Premier, Hans Jansson, UJ Trading, Ben Lucy, Kennedy’s Classic Aged Timbers and Danielle Shave of Thora Wholesale Timbers.

Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 and TABMA Queensland express their appreciation to companies that made the industry tour of Northern NSW such a great success

The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is one of the world’s oldest service organisations, founded in 1892 The industry bus tours initiated by Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 in 2009 and 2010 provide funds for the club’s children’s charities projects.

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layer would be compromised.

Once accepted, the poles are dipped, separated by species and size and air dried for about four months.

Koppers has a CCA treatment facility on site and periodically performs strength tests on poles. Untreated offcuts are sold as firewood.

Concrete and steel are the largest competitors and they claim these materials will last longer. Tests have verified timber poles up to 70 years old (in use prior to treatment), while concrete/steel have only been used in the past 30 years and evidence suggests they may not last 50 years. Comparison between steel/concrete and timber with respect to carbon usage in production is about 30:1 for non treated, and about 20:1 for treated poles.

Coffs Harbour Hardwoods, Glenreagh: Established in 1961, Gary McCarthy is the second generation of this sawmillling family business, which now has third generation family members working at the mill.

The present site covers 122 ha and includes two desap lines, two treatment facilities, a complete workshop and boiler waste disposal system.

Specialising in large logs sourced primarily from state forest allocation, Coffs Harbour Hardwoods produces large treated power poles (about 15,000 cub m a year), bridge beams and girders, cross arms and overlay and strip flooring product.

Forest Enterprises Australia: The plantation is primarily Dunn’s white gum (Eucalyptus dunnii) which is quick growing, ideal for paper and pulp and can handle colder temperatures but is not suitable for structural use.

Some Sydney blue gum has

Along the walkways at Boral’s Koolkhan operation .. Greg Jacob, NSW, Rachel Fisher Disprax and Alan Jones, Austbrokers Premier.

Impressive log size at Koppers .. Mitchell Ford of Ford Timbers and Paul Deakin of Howard Sawmill, Maryborough, Qld.

been planted and so far this is growing well with respect to quality and size, but they are mindful of cosset moth which can affect timber quality.

There are growth rate variations in different locations and most species seem to do better closer to the coast with better rainfall and suitable soil. This area is troubled by distance to Brisbane or Newcastle ports therefore making transportation of low value chip expensive.

FEA is looking to value-add rather than just export its product. Maintenance of the plantation includes monitoring for disease/bugs, fuel reduction burning and keeping weeds to a minimum.

In conjunction with FEA Tasmania, the company has

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had successful trials of ecoash which performs better than pine but not as good as native hardwood in structural tests.

The earliest trials are available at 10 years.

Boral, Murwillumbah: Brian Mussared gave the group a general site induction before touring the engineered timber flooring facility. An empty site only five years ago, this operation was very impressive with respect to cleanliness (quality extraction fans in use), the safety of equipment (cages, guards etc), minimisation of manual handling of product and the layout to suit work flow.

Supplied with stripped board from local Boral mills, the product is dried in the seven Mahild kilns on site to very

low levels (about 9%) with the process from green to dry taking three months. As large defects can cause mechanical damage to the frame saw, the thick board is first sized to fit the frame saw to produce 38 mm and 43 mm thick boards with a precise +/- 0.2 mm variation. From the frame saw, thin floor veneer boards are graded, docked, stacked and arranged onto pallets.

Three sizes of strip flooring are produced onsite – 150 mm one strip, 200 mm one strip and 200 mm 2 strip. Shorts are buttglued to form long length board to achieve 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4 m flooring boards.

Boral does not attempt to colour-match the timber; the organisations’ philosophy being that timber in its natural form has colour variation and they prefer to keep it that way.

The strip boards then go through the press and lacquer line during which radiata plywood backing is applied with a double glue bond. Knot holes, splits etc. are puttied by hand then go under a UV scan which sets the putty. The product is allowed to stand for 24 hours then finishing is applied. The line is currently running every second day, which is meeting current market demand with a slight excess of stock.

Producing an average of 6000 boards a day, species used include blackbutt, spotted gum, blue gum, red mahogany, stringy bark, tallowwood and brush box; with a smaller amount of jarrah and Tasmanian oak.

As the product has been engineered for Australian conditions, only a limited portion is exported due to the different humidity/temperatures of different geographic regions.

The product is primarily distributed through flooring retailers, including the Harvey Norman chain and others.

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Alex Demby … timber industry icon, industry entrepreneur and showman THE year 1922 was the year that Insulin was first used to treat diabetes, Fitzroy beat Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 9.14 (68) to win the VFL premiership, King Ingoda won the Melbourne Cup, and Johnny Weissmuller swam 100 m in 58.6 seconds to break the minute barrier for the first time.

More importantly for Victoria’s timber industry, in the Healesville Hospital on January 30 that year Charles (Alex) Demby was born to Gladys and Charlie Demby of Toolangi.

Family and friends of this timber icon, industry entrepreneur and showman gathered at a memorial service in Woori Yallock on March 24 to celebrate the life of Alex Demby who passed away on March 14, aged 88.

Healesville was the centre of the Black Saturday bushfires last year and for the Demby family it brought back tragic memories of the 1939 Black Friday wild fires. Alex’s father Charles was killed just before the fires while working as the officer in charge for the Forestry Commission of Victoria. He was trying to save his superior officer from a fire which had changed direction.

Son Alex was just about to turn 17 and he became the only living male Demby in Australia.

When World War 2 broke out in 1939, things were tough in the family’s Toolangi home so they moved to Hartwell. Alex had left school and took up as a carpenter’s apprentice with D&J Evans in Camberwell.

With war raging in Europe and Japan bombing Pearl Harbour, Alex decided not to finish his apprenticeship.

At the age of 19 and against his mother’s will, he joined the Royal Australian Air Force. He didn’t qualify as a pilot, probably due to a lack of attention at school, but he worked in

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Alex Demby .. his time in the timber industry remembered and cherished by his family and friends.

communications and advanced to the rank of sergeant. He was posted in Townsville and Cooktown in north Queensland and Nadang in New Guinea where he contracted malaria and was discharged in 1944.

After the war Alex returned to Toolangi and worked at the Potato Research Station where some of his time was spent clearing the paddocks below Mount Saint Leonard.

Alex was a bit of a showman and entrepreneur. When he was 19 he owned a beautiful hand-made red Morgan sports car with a timber chassis. Much to Alex’s horror his mother sold the Morgan just before his 21st birthday.

In 1946, Essendon beat Carlton to win the flag and the war was over. Things were looking up for Alex because at Doug Lawson’s 21st birthday celebrations in Glenburn, he caught the eye of Doug’s cousin Beryl Bett from Yea, the reigning Miss Sport Queen of Molesworth.

They were soon wed and Alex left the steady job at the potato station to work as a logging contractor using draught horses – quite surprising as Alex didn’t like horses while his wife loved them.

Alex soon progressed to a small Caterpillar bulldozer and

Timber icon .. Alex Demby.

while working on a private block as a logging contractor it was suggested he become a sawmiller.

Beryl and Alex were refused a loan at the National Bank but luckily the Commonwealth Bank manager loaned them 300 pounds to buy a saw bench and motor. Alex remained loyal to the CBA for the rest of his life.

In February 1949, Alex, Fred Lee and Dick Watson started sawmilling on the site of what was to become Alex Demby Timber Company. Things were very hard as the mill didn’t even have a roof over it.

With the help of his wife and a lot of very hard work the mill prospered and Alex was able to build and grow the business.

In 1952, first son Ross Alexander arrived, followed by Gary Arthur in 1953 and Robyn Louise in 1954.

Alex was a very passionate oneeyed Collingwood supporter and loved going to Victoria Park, listening on the radio or watching matches on TV as his beloved Magpies went into battle.

He was the founding captain of the Toolangi CFA, a position he held for 25 years. He was a life member and received a 60year service medal.

He loved cricket and was opening bat for the Toolangi B Grade side and the Healesville RSL team, winning many batting average awards.

Alex was lucky to survive for 88 years and he certainly used many of his nine lives working in the timber industry as a logger and sawmiller. On one occasion, while felling trees in the Wee Creek area of Glenburn, he felled a tree with a bee hive in it. The bees drove him into a small creek.

His bottom teeth were knocked out by a piece of wood that flew of the back of the saw while he was working on the three-man bench.

At Kinglake, he fell through a mill roof and hit his head on a concrete block knocking him out. Again in Kinglake, while logging, he tipped the Cat Traxcavator over and survived without injury.

There is no shortage of pens in the Demby house; Alex was a keen wood turner and loved to make them. He was still making them by feel when his eye sight began to fail. It was amazing he still had 10 fingers!

Alex was a loving husband, brother to Alice, father, father in law, grand father, great grand father, uncle and a good honest reliable friend to many.

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Power, style: Calais c’est magnifique

Good manners, too. Holden’s new sedan sips, not gulps THE 1.5m brightly-coloured poulet eyed us with suspicion as we swept up the gravel driveway to Le Relais Bressan, a delightful French restaurant at Flaxton on the Blackall Range above the Sunshine Coast.

We parked the Holden Calais V sedan alongside the imposing metal sculpture of the cockerel, and rushed through a cloud burst to catch up once again with owner and chef de cuisine Thierry Clerc.

“Mon Dieu! A Calais! But the name is as close to France as it will get,” exclaimed this ardent collector of French classic cars.

His mini-museum adjoining the dining room houses a collection of prized classic Citroens and Renaults from the 1920s, 50s and 60s – but in the centre of the floor is a magnificent 1974 4-plus-4 Morgan.

But the new Calais V looked right at home in these prestigious surroundings.

So after an authentic, fullflavoured three-course lunch, our thoughts turned to Holden’s luxury machine.

Holden’s Calais has been around for more than 20 years and has notched up an impressive record as a homebuilt luxury car well equipped to match far more expensive imports. As the names suggests, the Calais is aimed straight at the heart of the Europeans.

With good handling, ‘muscular’ performance, durability and plenty of space for a family, the Calais has stood the test of time as a roomy, comfortable conveyance, well able to carve a decent slice of the luxury market at a price few comparable imports have been able to match – around $54,000 (rrp) for the V6 and $62,000 for the V8 sedan.

Thanks to a direct-injected V6, six-speed automatic transmission and serious interior refinement, our Calais

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produced both the power and luxury demanded of a rangetopping model. On the Calais and Calais V there’s additional chrome work framing the windows, a smoother front end with a chrome-topped grille and single-frame lower air-intake in the bumper.

At the rear, there’s a set of lightly smoked ridged tail-lights and on the Calais V a subtle lip-spoiler on the boot lid and chrome number-plate garnish.

The pumped-up guards sit over machined 10-spoke 18 in. alloy wheels, which, in concert with the twin chrome exhaust outlets, add a slight edge of quiet menace to an otherwise stylish, if restrained, package.

As the range topper of the Commodore range, the Calais comes smartly trimmed with perforated leather seats teamed with alcantara on the door trims and lower dash.

Seating five as it did on this visit, the Calais provides ample shoulder room in the rear and plenty of head and leg room for all. Gearshift, steering wheel and seats are leather trimmed and the steering wheel features audio and trip computer controls.

Front seats are electrically adjustable and headlights and wipers are automatic. Bluetooth connectivity comes standard, as does cruise control.

For rear seat occupants there’s a roof mounted DVD player

Calais V .. fuel-frugal and big on style and power.

with wireless headphones and we made good use of the six-disc MP3 compatible Blaupunkt CD changer, which drives 11 speakers including two subwoofers.

Charles Aznavour never sounded so good. (Remember him?).

Cabin comfort comes courtesy of dual-zone climate control, with rear outlets.

The Calais VE range scores 5-stars in the ANCAP safety ratings and boasts electronic stability control, ABS brakes with brake assist and electronic brakeforce distribution, dual front and side airbags, plus

The writer’s daughter Jeannie and partner Rowan check out the ’74 4+4 Morgan at the Le Relais Bressan Restaurant.

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And Holden says the spark ignition direct injection is one of the most important new technologies in the Commodore’s history.

The addition of direct injection to the 3.6 litre version of Holden’s 60 deg. dual cam V6 brings power outputs up to 210kW @ 6400 rpm and lifts torque to 350Nm @2 900 rpm. That’s a gain of 15 kW and 10 Nm over the previous port injected highoutput 3.6 litre engine.

On the road from Brisbane and alongside the state forests at Beerburrum up to Flaxton, the Calais V returned 7.7 l/100 km.

CO2 emissions have also sharpened to just 241 grams per kilometre, bettering the old engine’s output by some 29 grams, or, again, 11 per cent.

The government combined GVG (Green Vehicle Guide) score is now 3.5 from a possible 5.

If you like your sedans big, your power keen and your fuel bills frugal, then the Holden Calais V is, to quote chef Thierry, bonne bouche.

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This is a very neat system. It will reduce your waste by 90% of original size.

We have spent a lot of time to develop this machine and are selling due to a change in business model.

Machines have done +&- 100hrs Come and look .. you won’t be disappointed!

Timber & Lattice, Port Adelaide SA 5015 Contact:

Mark Tucker 0412 698 956

for sale reach your market weekly s direct delivery s very affordable Advertising: Tel +61 7 3256 1779 Email: cancon@bigpond.net.au

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Timber & Forestry e news is published

by Custom Publishing Group.

Timber & Forestry e news is a full colour e magazine emailed every Monday to Decision Makers within the Australian and New Zealand Timber and Forestry sectors.

Advertising is booked with a minimum 4 week booking with discounts for 12, 24 and 48 week bookings.

RATES

12 week- 7.5% Discount 24 week- 10% Discount 48 week- 15% Discount Classified ads can be booked in a per issue basis.

All advertisements link to customer websites or email address with an option for rich text (flash).

BENEFITS:

DIRECT PENETRATION via email.

WEEKLY opposed to monthly alternatives.

NEWS that is up to date that will ensure readership.

COST EFFECTIVE advertising rates.

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Display Ads

Display Ads Minimum 4 issue booking

Full Page Bleed Half Page Vertical Half Page Horizontal Third Page Horizontal Quarter Page Vertical Eighth Page Front Page Third Horizonal Front Page Masthead

Rate per Issue + GST $330 $182 $182 $143 $120 $72 $176 $77

Size Specifications Height x Width 303mm x 216mm 254mm x 93mm 125mm x 190mm 73mm x 190mm 125mm x 93mm 60mm x 93mm 73mm x 190mm 33mm x 45mm

Classifieds

Classified Ads per week

Half Page Vertical Quarter Page Vertical Eighth Page Horizontal Full Page Bleed

$182 $120 $72 $330

220mm x 93mm 107mm x 93mm 51mm x 93mm 303mm x 216m

Extras: Video and Animated ads - Add 20% per issue Artwork Specifications: Please supply all artwork as High Resolution (300dpi) Pdf’s or jpegs.

Send artwork to production@industryenews.com.au

DEADLINES Booking – Noon Wednesday for Monday edition. Material – Noon Thursday Terms: Account Clients- 14 days New Accounts: Payment on Booking All Classifieds- Payment on booking (Credit card preferred)

All prices quoted plus GST and based on Art being supplied.

We can create artwork if required – Eighth/Quarter $44 Half $66 which will be billed if complete art is not supplied to our specifications.

Video: Maximum 3 meg swf file. Animation: gif file Due to the regularity of timber & forestry e news and the tight deadlines no customer proofs can be sent.

Advertising Sales

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