
QLD Field Trip: Mary Valley
The Forestry Australia Queensland Branch would like to invite members and friends to our first field trip of 2025. This field trip will witness the full spectrum of timber manufacturing at Superior Wood and Mary Valley Timber Mill.
Superior Wood is a fourth-generation family business established in 1875 and is the leading manufacturer and distributor of Araucaria Cunninghamii softwood products in the world. Araucaria is a premium quality softwood that is locally sourced from internationally recognised and sustainably managed plantations.
Mary Valley Timbers is a hardwood sawmill based in the heart of timber country, near Gympie. Operating from the site of the original Dagun Sawmill, Mary Valley Timbers is one the few remaining working sawmills in a region long synonymous with forestry.
We look forward to welcoming you on our field trip!
Title: Sawmilling in the Mary Valley
Date: Thursday 20 February
Location: Matilda (The Giant Kangaroo) Statue, 1516 Bruce Hwy, Coles Creek, QLD 4570
Meals: BYO morning tea and lunch (there will also be options to buy food locally).
Equipment: Safety glasses, hi-vis vest and closed shoes
Registrations (Inc. GST):
Forestry Australia Member: $10 | Non-members: $25
Registrations close: Monday 17 February
Please note: This event will be capped at 40 participants.
PROGRAM
8.30 am – Meet at Matilda (The Giant Kangaroo) Statue; 1516 Bruce Hwy, Coles Creek, QLD 4570, and arrange carpooling.
8.45 – 9.00 am – Drive to Superior Wood Imbil; 511 Yabba Creek Rd, Imbil, QLD 4570
9.00 – 10.00 am – Superior Wood Imbil (Araucaria processing)
10.00 – 10.15 am – Drive to Superior Wood Melawondi; 217 Melawondi Rd, Melawondi, QLD 4570
10.15 – 11.15 am – Superior Wood Melawondi (Araucaria processing)
11.15 – 12.30 pm – Lunch and drive to Mary Valley Timbers; 7 Kimlin Ln, Dagun, QLD 4570
12.30 – 2.00 pm – Mary Valley Timbers (Hardwood processing)
2.00 – 2.15 pm – Return to Matilda (The Giant Kangaroo) Statue, 1516 Bruce Hwy, Coles Creek, QLD 4570
2.15 pm – End of day
QLD Event: Sherwood Arboretum Centenary Picnic
The Forestry Australia Queensland Branch would like to invite members and friends to the Sherwood Arboretum Centenary Picnic. The event is organised by Brisbane City Council and Friends of Sherwood Arboretum to celebrate 100 years since the Arboretum was established. Now Brisbane’s second-largest botanic garden, the Arboretum is considered to have the oldest specifically indigenous tree collection of any arboretum in Australia. Foresters played a significant role in the establishment of the Arboretum, which was opened on International Day of Forests in 1925. In 2015, Forestry Australia members planted the Queensland Forestry Grove, a collection of ten top timber trees. Join Forestry Australia during the community celebrations on Sunday, 23 March, and discover this unique space.
Title: Sherwood Arboretum Centenary Picnic
Date: Sunday 23 March 2025
Time: 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: 87 Jolimont St, Sherwood QLD 4075
Map: Click HERE.
Registration:
Forestry Australia Member: Free | Non-members: Free
Registrations close: Sunday 23 March 2025
Past QLD Events
Field Trip: Pumicestone Passage
Forestry and Ecology in the Pumicestone Passage Marine Park
Date: Saturday 30 November 2024
Field Trip: South Burnett
Environmental values of hardwood production plantations on marginally productive farmland
Date: Saturday 7 – Sunday 8 September 2024
Field Trip: Mount Mee
Dates: Saturday 20 April 2024
Field Trip: Bunya Mountains
Dates: Friday 10 – Sunday 12 November 2023
Field Trip: Sherwood Arboretum Tour
Date: Saturday 6 May 2023
Field Trip: K’gari-Fraser Island
Forest Management Impacts
Dates: Friday 7 to Sunday 9 October 2022
Field Trip: Chinchilla
Dates: Friday 5 – Sunday 7 August 2022
Networking Event: Townsville
Manufacturing of waste hardwood (WPC) & inspection of recently harvested African Mahogany logs
Date: Sunday 16 January
Location: QPlas P/L Factory, 80 Shaw Rd, Townsville
AGM & Field Trip in Gympie
USC Research trial plantings
Date: Saturday 20 November 2021
Field Trip: Araucaria plantation management, fire recovery and tree planting at Jimna
Date: Saturday 20 March 2021