May - June Tender at IST Geeveston - All but one of the 15 lots were sold for strong prices and a sale for the remaining figured eucalypt log is being negotiated. Prices accepted per cubic metre for each lot will soon be shown at Tender Prices.
August 2013 Tender at IST Geeveston - this will open on Monday 12 August and close on Monday 26 August; more information about material to be offered will be given in early August.
Blackwood logs for sale - IST Geeveston has fresh blackwood and wattle logs for sale; contact Mr Chris Emmett to discuss prices. He can also arrange milling at IST to suit your requirements or under your supervision, tel 03 6295 7161 or chris.emmett@forestrytas.com.au
Horizontal Scrub soon for sale at IST Geeveston - a range of small, medium and large (150 - 200 mm) diameter pieces of horizontal scrub (seasoned and green) will be offered for sale during July. Some large pieces have been milled into bark-on slabs and bark free pieces.
Expanded stock range at IST Geeveston - all milled stock being air seasoned is now on-site at Cemetery Road Geeveston. This now allows Chris Emmett to show customers all stock available for sale.
New Stock of Dressed Wide Slabs - IST Geeveston have a range of timbers and sizes available for purchase; visit, email or call.
Picture Framing, Blackwood & Mytle - IST Geeveston has three sizes of splayed picture framing in select blackwood and myrtle in lengths from 1.5 m - 3.0 m; 100 lineal metres (lm) of blackwood and 160 lm of myrtle. Contact Mr Chris Emmett on tel. 03 6296 7161 or chris.emmett@forestrytas.com.au Picture framing stock can be ordered from IST Geeveston in other timbers and profiles.
Timber and Working with Wood Shows 2013 - IST Geeveston is unable to attend the Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra or Melbourne shows this year, but it continues to process and sell Tasmania's specialty timbers. Please discuss your timber requirements with the Manager, Chris Emmett, who can mail or freight orders to your address or nearest freight centre; see the section 'We Deliver' for a guide to mail and freight costs.
IST Smithton is open for sales of logs and poles, (not sawn timber) but only by appointment, please contact Andrew King, mobile 0427 810 341, or by email to andrew.king@forestrytas.com.au
IST Smithton has cheesewood veneer bundles some 180 mm wide and some 200 mm wide, see Veneers for Sale. Please contact Andrew King on mobile 0427 810 341, if you wish purchase these rare veneers.
Packs of air dried sawn timber and slabs are available at wholesale prices from IST Geeveston. See descriptions and images at Sawn timber for Sale'; they include myrtle timber, myrtle log slabs with burl figure, spalted sassafras slabs and fiddle-back eucalypt timber. All reasonable offers will be considered, please contact Chris Emmett directly. Packs of other timbers are also available.
Premium 'Tiger' Myrtle Veneer leaf - IST Smithton has this scarce and valuable veneer leaf for sale in bundle lots, many in flitch sequence. The bundles range from short - long and narrow - wide. Premium bundles are for sale from $50 / m2 and lower quality bundles at $40 / m2. Images of bundles are available from Andrew King, mobile 0427 810 341, or by email to andrew.king@forestrytas.com.au See images of 'tiger' myrtle figure in the New Stock section.
King Billy pine, quarter-sawn for musical instruments - sanded pieces 3 mm thick and rough sawn pieces about 5 mm thick are available from IST Geeveston, see contacts above for Chris Emmett.
Our ability to conduct tenders of specialty timbers material during 2012 will depend on the availability and quality of raw material from which to select pieces for tender.
If you wish to receive notice of future tenders and newsletters please email a request to murray.jessup@forestrytas.com.au
Island Specialty Timbers, (IST) an enterprise of Forestry Tasmania was established at Geeveston in 1992 to increase the recovery, availability and value of specialty timbers from harvesting activities in State forests. Now three operation centres for IST - Geeveston, Strahan and Smithton, receive or select logs, burls and stumps to sell to wood users or sawmills. IST Geeveston also mill some logs, burls and stumps into slabs or timber which are sold seasoned or green for furniture or craft designer / makers, builders, wood-turners, boat builders / repairers and luthiers. IST Strahan salvage and sell Huon pine craft logs, craftwood, limbwood and stumps. IST Smithton sell a range of raw material: logs, burls, stumps plus Huon pine craft logs, craft pieces and limb wood. No sawn timber is sold from IST Smithton or IST Strahan, please contact sawmills at Smithton, Camdale, Strahan, or Lynchford (south of Queenstown).
The special timbers processed by IST are harvested from forests whose managment by Forestry Tasmania has been certified under national and international standards, the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) and the International Standards for Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001).
The three IST sites are licensed Chain of Custody members, FTT 08005, to guarantee customers that all their raw material and products are Tasmanian fine timbers sourced from AFS certified forests. The Chain of Custody system is managed by Fine Timber Tasmania Inc., maintained by a coordinator and is annually assessed by independent auditors.
Huon Pine material is sourced from sites previously harvested for sawlogs, from stockpiles salvaged many years ago, prior to dam construction and from logs recovered after river floods.
Eighty five (85) per cent of all Huon Pine forests are permanently reserved within National Parks & Reserves.
updated on 17 June 2013.
