Tasmanian wood artist Mark Bishop oiling a table he has created out of myrtle and huon pine. Home to a range of exotic tree species, many dating back
Tasmanian wood artist Mark Bishop oiling a table he has created out of myrtle and huon pine. Home to a range of exotic tree species, many dating back to the Gondwana period when the island was still attached to mainland Australia, Tasmania has a vibrant specialty timber industry. Making furniture, boats and crockery out of the wood, the produce is highly sought after - this table already sold for $30,000. But sold as woodchips to Japanese paper mills for as little as $12 a tonne, many specialty timber workers can no longer get their hands on enough material for their work. Tiger myrtle like this one comes from the Tarkine region, named after an Aboriginal group who once inhabited the area. The Tarkine is home to the largest tract of temperate rainforest in Ausralia which is slowly disappearing.
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