Spotted Gum
Colours range from honey greens to grey browns. Sometimes there are purple streaks evident.
Strength: F17 - F34
Durability: Class 1
Jarrah
Colours range from a rich red-brown through to a paler rose. Often has interlocked grain with pale sapwood.
Strength: F11 - F22
Durability: Class 2
Ironbark
Colours range from a mid brown to a purple brown and dark chocolate brown often with strong marbling. Very dense and strong.
Strength: F22 - F42
Durability: Class 1
Bluegum
Colours range from dark pink to red brown. Can look very like Jarrah.
Strength: F14 - F27
Durability: Class 2
Blackbutt
Colours vary from a creamy blonde through to a medium honey brown. Occasional gum veins.
Strength: F17 - F34
Durability: Class 1
Karri
Colours range from a pale pink to a red brown often with pale streaking. long, straight, even grain with little defect.
Strength: F11 - F22
Durability: Class 2
Tallowwood
Yellowish/Golden Brown in colour with an occasional tinge of olive green. No Gum viens. Pinhole borers and beetle marks may be evident in some timber.
Strength: F17 - F34
Durability: Class 1
Brushbox
Colours range from a pinkish brown to a rich brown grey. Hard wearing timber with a short grain and no splinters. Excellent termite resistance.
Strength: F14 - F27
Durability: Class 3
Forest Red Gum
Range in colour from a dark deep red to a light red. Has a dense Interlocked grain.
Strength: F14 - F22
Durability: Class 1
Mountain Ash
Pale pink to pale straw in colour. Texture is rather coarse. Grain is often straight. Gum veins evident in some timber.
Strength: F14 - F22
Durability: Class 3
Stringybark
Pale brown to pale straw in colour.
Strength: F14 - F22
Durability: Class 3
Oregon/Douglas Fir
Colour ranges from a deep orange brown through to a pale yellow. Quite coarse and uneven texture.
Strength: F8 - F14
Durability: Class 3/4