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In the News (Sat 12 Dec 09)

  
  Tascraft Furniture
Huon pine is in the family Podocarpaceae, the first pollen records of which date back 135 million years.
Huon pine reaches the greatest age: trees over 2000 years old have been dated, placing the species among the longest lived organisms on earth.
Huon pine is easily recognised by its feathery foliage and hanging branches; it is similar in appearance to the common cypress.
www.tascraftfurniture.com.au /timbers_pine.html   (228 words)

  
 Mt. Read Huon pine
Assessment of the extent and status of the pine stands through the 1980’s and 1990’s followed concerns about its possible decline, and today some 85% of the trees are in reserves, and logging is restricted to salvage from flooded areas of hydro-electric impoundments, and of dead timber from the previously- logged Teepookana Plateau near Strahan.
Huon Pine is very slow growing, with a dense grain and close-spaced growth rings.
Huon Pine pollen occurs in Victorian lake sediments 150,000 years old, and similar pollen is found in 100 million year old sediments, indicating that the pines have been around since Australia was part of Gondwana.
www.apstas.com /Mt__Read_Huon_pine.html   (932 words)

  
 HUON PINE
Huon pine, Lagarostrobos franklinii, is the prince of Tasmanian timbers.
Eighty per cent of Huon pine forests are reserved and much of the resource that is available comes from logs salvaged from rivers, the forest floor and areas inundated by hydro electric schemes.
Huon pine, Lagarostrobos franklinii, is a rainforest timber endemic to Tasmania.
www.tasnet.com.au /merran/huon.html   (605 words)

  
 DPIWE - Native Conifers of Western Tasmania
The current area of remaining pine is the remnant of a much wider original range that has been reduced by fire, inundation, logging and mining.
International headlines were made with the discovery of a stand of Huon pines on Mt Read that was widely quoted as being in excess of 10 000 years of age.
Pencil pines are often seen around the shores of highland lakes and tarns, creating the unique ambience of these beautiful areas of Tasmania.
www.dpiw.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-5494LA?open   (812 words)

  
 Huon Pine - LoveToKnow 1911
HUON PINE, botanical name Dacrydium Franklinii, the most valuable timber tree of Tasmania, a member of the order Coniferae (see Gymnosperms).
It is a fine tree of pyramidal outline 80 to loo ft. high, and io to 20 ft. in girth at the base, with slender pendulous much-divided branchlets densely covered with the minute scale-like sharply-keeled bright green leaves.
It occurs in swampy localities from the upper Huon river to Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour, but is less abundant than formerly owing to the demand for its timber, especially for shipand boat-building.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Huon_Pine   (127 words)

  
 HUON PINE FURNITURE TASMANIA
Huon Pine is extremely slow growing with growth rates averaging a mere 1mm per year.
The western and south-western Huon Pine stands are now protected and what timber is available comes from logs salvaged from rivers and areas flooded by hydro electric schemes or logs that are dead fallen.
Huon Pine is the prince of Tasmanian timbers, the richness of its golden colour and features such as ‘birds eye’ and ‘fiddleback’, make it one of the world's most desirable furniture and veneering timbers.
www.huon-pine.com   (489 words)

  
 Vandalism of the Lea Tree [in: Wayward governance : illegality and its control in the public sector]
The decimation of the Huon Pine began shortly after the establishment of the notorious Sarah Island Penal Settlement in Macquarie Harbour in 1822.
Pining became an important industry in Southwest Tasmania, and by the turn of the century, mature Huon Pine were rare in the Lower Gordon (Long 1983).
One of the oldest Huon pines on record, felled prior to the flooding of Lakes Gordon and Pedder, was found to be at least 2,183 years old.
www.aic.gov.au /publications/lcj/wayward/ch17.html   (2471 words)

  
 plants
Huon pine is one of the slowest-growing and longest living plants in the world.
Huon pine is found in western Tasmania, the central plateau and in the Huon Valley.
Huon pine can be seen along the Huon Pine Walk at Tahune in the Huon Valley, the Teepookana Forest Reserve, west coast, Heritage Landing on the Gordon River and near Newall Creek on the Mount Jukes Road south of Queenstown..
www.discovertasmania.com.au /home/index.cfm?SiteID=132&subsiteid=609   (330 words)

  
 Timber Building in Australia
Huon is soft, smooth and oily to the touch.
Huon Pine has been used in boat building, decorative finishes, veneers, toys, ornaments, furniture, cabinetmaking, doors, sashes, turnings and bentwork.
Huon open is one of the most durable timbers available in Tasmania.
oak.arch.utas.edu.au /tbia/tech_species_info.asp?speciesID=49464   (204 words)

  
 Rewind (ABC TV): Huon Pine
People are fascinated, and they're overcome - when you walk into a concert hall with a Huon pine concert grand piano the size of these instruments sitting on the stage, with the lights on it, you get gasps of exaltation.
Wayne, like the pine, is Tasmanian and he has a long connection with the trees and the piners - the men who went into the wilderness to harvest the trees that have been here for millennia.
I guess that if the Huon pine is now a protected species, it's the piners themselves who must be in danger of extinction.
www.abc.net.au /tv/rewind/txt/s1214096.htm   (1427 words)

  
 Tasmanian Timber
Huon Pine is the prince of Tasmanian timbers.
Today, the quality of Huon Pine continues to be recognised, but its supply is carefully nurtured and controlled.
Almost all Huon Pine forests are reserved and much of the resource that is available comes from logs salvaged from rivers, the forest floor and areas inundated by hydro electric schemes.
www.tastimber.tas.gov.au /species/huon_01.asp   (278 words)

  
 The World Today Archive - Tasmania's huon pine poaching problem
It's believed that some of the Huon pine timber is being transported and sold interstate.
MOIRA ANGLE: Randall Morrison is one of three sawmillers in Tasmania licensed in the Huon pine trade.
Huon pine timber is highly sought after by crafts people.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s167763.htm   (660 words)

  
 Huon Jet
From the peace and quiet of drifting alongside Huon Pine trees to the thrills of 360 degree turns, Huon Jet caters for all age groups and interests.
On reaching Glen Huon, the turn around point for your jet boat adventure, the driver signals a turning motion with his hand and soon throws the boat into a 360 degree turn and bringing it to a standstill in a sea of foaming water.
Huon Jet captures the changing moods of the river, from sparkling water on summer days to mirror images of autumn or snow on surrounding peaks in winter.
www.huonjet.com /trips/jetboat_info.html   (393 words)

  
 Huon pine - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Along the eastern coast and into Tasmania are pine forests.
Pine ranks second to the eucalyptus in terms of economic importance.
Pine (tree), common name for a medium-size family of trees, mostly evergreen, of widespread distribution in the temperate areas of the northern...
encarta.msn.com /Huon_pine.html   (124 words)

  
 THE HUON PINER - Reclaiming the dead, to preserve the living   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Huon Piner is a bushman reclaiming ancient, rare Huon Pine from a lake in the remote South West World Heritage Area of Tasmania, Australia.
Huon Pine is found only in Tasmania and harvested under strict rules of environmental protection.
The Huon Piner is one of a very small group of bushmen licensed by Forestry Tasmania to recover and sell this exotic timber.
www.huonpiner.com   (129 words)

  
 Tour of Tasmania: Huon pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Huon pine grows in only southern and western Tasmanian rainforests such as the one pictured right.
Several examples of Huon Pine in southern Tasmania are believed to be over 2,000 years old, making them one of the oldest living things in the world.
The felling of Huon pine is now restricted and reserves exist along the Denison River where the Huon pine may grow freely.
www.tourtasmania.com /text.php?id=huonpine   (140 words)

  
 Talking To The Trees In Tasmania
As we can see, the recent rapid growth in the old huon pines was attributed entirely to warming.
Cook et al attributed the recent huon pine growth entirely to greenhouse-induced warming and no part of their paper made any mention of the strong likelihood that the recent growth may have been caused wholly, or even partly, by increased CO fertilization from rising atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The Cook et al study was interesting in it's treatments of climates over the last 1,000 or so years, but by pandering to the global warming scare in such an unscientific manner, the rest of their work was largely overshadowed.
www.john-daly.com /huonpine.htm   (1360 words)

  
 Tree Question
All living tissue is male in gender and consists of one genotype, suggesting that the Huon Pine stand consists of, or is derived from, one single individual plant which appears to have been present on the site for about 10 000 years.
The one hectare patch of Huon Pine consists of a dense tangle of roots, stems and branches which apparently have spread by a process of layering.
The Mt Read stand is separated from the nearest population of Huon Pine by over 20 kilometres of mountainous terrain and seedling dispersal is unlikely over such distances (Bacon and Peterson 1996).
www.nyu.edu /projects/julian/oldestliving.html   (821 words)

  
 Lagarostrobos franklinii description
Huon pine was named for the river in D'Entrecasteaux Channel, in the bed of which logs of the timber were found.
Pedley, J., Brown, M.J. and Jarman, S.J. A Survey of Huon Pine in the Pieman River State Reserve and Environs.
Shapcott, A. Dispersal and establishment of Huon pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii).
www.conifers.org /po/la/index.htm   (1370 words)

  
 HUON PINE - Online Information article about HUON PINE
HUON PINE - Online Information article about HUON PINE
PINE, botanical name Dacrydium Franklinii, the most valuable See also:
Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HOR_I25/HUON_PINE.html   (519 words)

  
 Huonville
The town was named after the valuable soft wood, Huon Pine, which was discovered in the area.
South of Huonville, opposite Bruny Island is the fertile and cultivated Huon Valley.
The Huon River, discovered by French Admiral D'Entrecasteaux in 1792 provided transport for produce and timber in the early years of settlement.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/tasmania/huonville.asp   (156 words)

  
 The Huon Trail touring route guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Huon Trail is a delightful journey of diversity and discovery — a region of waterways and wilderness; art, craft and heritage; orchards and vineyards, farms, forests and fishing
Fruit trees line the highways and country roads of the Huon and Channel district and fresh apples, cherries and other produce of the region are available in season from roadside fruit stalls and packing sheds.
Further south again is the timber town of Geeveston with its rich forest heritage of bushmen and pioneers who won their hard livelihoods from the trees on the edge of the wilderness.
www.tasmaniasouth.com /huon/route.html   (866 words)

  
 Inala of Huon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Inala of Huon is a 35' sloop built by Athol Walters in Port Huon, Tasmania.
Huon pine is much prized for boat building because it is light, strong and contains an oil that resists rot and the torado worm.
Unfortunately, the tree grows extremely slowly (a huon pine in Tasmania is thought to be the world's oldest tree).
www.phys.unsw.edu.au /~jw/Inala.html   (109 words)

  
 Fonz's Woodcraft - Huon Pine story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The timber itself is a mellow, fine-textured wood, with a characteristic pleasant fragrance.
In its natural state, Huon Pine grows to 20 or 30 metres high and some trees may reach 40 metres.
uon Pine is salvaged from the rivers in South-West Tasmania.
www.fonzswoodcraft.com /pine.html   (171 words)

  
 Huon Pine : Bago Woodworks Australia
Huon Pine, formerly classified as Dacrydium franklinii, is found mainly in swampy or moist soils of the river flats in south-western Tasmania and is endemic to that area.
Logs which have been buried in the ground for hundreds of years have been found to be usable because of this oil.
Huon is a very sought after timber by craftspersons and designer/makers and is in extremely short supply.
www.bagowoodworks.com /timber-huon-pine.htm   (232 words)

  
 Tasmanian Unique Craft - Huon Pine Clocks
The Huon Pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii) is without doubt one of the worlds most beautiful timbers.
The timber has a delightful fragrance - with the shavings from the timber often being sold as a pot-pouri mixture.
Huon Pine derives its common name from the stands which once occurred along the Huon River, itself named after Captain Huon Kermandec, commander of the French ship, L'Esperance.
www.users.bigpond.com /tasuniquecraft/huon_clocks.html   (266 words)

  
 Tai Chi Productions - Newsletter
Huon pine is found only in Tasmania, nowhere else in the world.
Because many of these pines were cut down, there are now very few left even though the law now prohibits logging.
Huon pine has a beautiful look and its own characteristic smell, which is very pleasant.
www.taichiproductions.com /newsletter/indexpc0903.php   (2879 words)

  
 Huon Valley Environment Centre - Forest Info. Page
Western Tasmania is the only area in the world which provides the necessary conditions for regeneration both of native conifers such as the King Billy Pine and tall eucalypts.
Deep in these valleys are the wild rivers of the Picton, Weld and Huon.
Huon Pine, a remnant of the supercontinent Gondwana, overhang the banks of the Huon and Picton rivers in the Southern Forests and can live for more than 3000 years.
www.huon.org /forest_info.html   (787 words)

  
 eBay Australia - huon, kauri, cedar, Tools Building Materials items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Huon Pine Wooden Pen in Rosewood Box Case
Huon Pine Wooden Pen and Key Ring Set in Velvet Case
Huon Pine Pen and Letter Opener Set in Velvet Case
search.ebay.com.au /huon_W0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2   (351 words)

  
 Grampa's Workshop - woodworking, woodworking projects, woodworking plans
The four sides and lid are from Huon Pine, Legs and lid handle is Macassar Ebony.
The wood is Huon pine, a beautiful golden timber with wonderful grain.
The box-joint was cut on a table-mounted router using a 1/2" router bit, and the hinge using a 1/4" router bit.
www.grampasworkshop.net /bartonprj.html   (3254 words)

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