Wood Selection

I've only done a small amount of research so far, but have found varioius types of eucalyptus and gum trees, jarrah, and brushbox.  I'll be doing some more digging over the holidays and will post what I find.

cheers

Thanks for the info guys.  I'm going to call some local orchards down my way when they reopen after the holidays and see if I can sort something out there.  I will also check out the Aussie bbq forum.

cheers

Pete

I didn't bother calling any of my local orchards in the end, as I stumbled across a new source for my wood chips from somewhere right under my nose!

There's a business down the road that sells supplies for landscaping, pergolas etc which I had never bothered calling as they only deal in softwoods. Purely by chance I was at the nursery next door buying some plants for the garden when I noticed a huge pile of firewood in the yard next door, so thought I would check it out.

When I walked through the front door the first thing I saw was bags and bags of American Oak wood chips and sawdust for sale.  Turns out a local Cooper came to them and asked if they had any market for all the sawdust and offcuts he gets after refurbishing oak wine barrels.  At $5 for an 11lb bag of chips (compared to $8 for just over 1lb that I had been paying previously) I bought what they had and am now well stocked. 

I also asked about their firewood, which turns out is Australian Red Gum.  Gum trees are typically quite resinous but they assured me that Red Gum dries/seasons really well, and their customers typically use it in their slow combustion heaters and pizza ovens.

I'm going to try out the Red Gum too when I get the chance, and I'll fill you all in on how it rates when I do my next smoke.

cheers

Pete