High quality,
sustainably sourced

Tasmania Special Timber

Island Specialty Timbers' locations at Geeveston, Derwent Park and Smithton are now open to the public.

Logs

Island Specialty Timbers IST recovers and sells whole logs, stumps and burls from Tasmania’s native special species.

Boards and Slabs

Available from IST Geeveston and IST Moonah Outlet, both showrooms offer a variety of sawn timber, slabs and turning blanks.

Our Timber Species

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Myrtle

Myrtle is the dominant tree in Tasmania’s cool temperate rainforests and in the understorey of mixed wet eucalypt forests.
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Sassafras

Sassafras grows as an understorey tree in Tasmania’s wet mixed forests and rainforests.
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Blackwood

Blackwood is the most commercially available and widely used Tasmania specialty timber.
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Huon Pine

Huon Pine is Australia’s oldest living tree which produces Tasmania’s iconic specialty timber.
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Silver Wattle

Silver Wattle, grow quickly into tall straight trees in eucalypt forests and in pure wattle stands.

Our Musk story

Island Specialty Timbers (IST) Geeveston has recently salvaged some musk logs with root burls from a Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT) eucalypt harvesting operation in the Derwent Valley.

Milling

IST Geeveston can custom mill logs to your requirements with a modern bandsaw sawmill.

Logs

Island Specialty Timbers IST recovers and sells whole logs, stumps and burls from Tasmania’s native special species.

Our Locations

-43.165042, 146.917356

Geeveston

Stock

Tasmania’s specialty timber as logs, including Huon pine craft logs, burls and sawn timber, (green & kiln dried). Milling, seasoning and timber services are also available.

Facilities

Custom sawmilling, kiln drying, and timber machining services for hire.

Location

Cemetery Road, (off Arve Rd) Geeveston, past the STT offices. Mail to IST Geeveston, c/- STT, Cemetery Road, Geeveston, Tasmania, 7116 Business Hours are Monday - Friday 8.00 am - 4.00 pm.

Premises Name
IST Geeveston
Address

43 Cemetery Road
Geeveston TAS 7330
Australia

Postal Address

IST Geeveston, c/- STT,
Cemetery Road
Geeveston, Tasmania, 7116

Opening Times

Monday - Friday 8.00 am - 4.00 pm

Phone
Mobile
Email
chris.emmett@sttas.com.au

-42.149941, 145.311815

Strahan

Stock

Huon pine craft logs, limb wood, stumps & craftwood but no sawn timber sales.

Contact

To secure an appointment contact the STT Camdale Office at 6433 2666 in the first instance. Please be advised that Island Specialty Timbers Strahan will be closed from Thursday 31 August to Tuesday 3 October 2023.

Premises Name
STT Strahan
Address

Harvey Street
Strahan TAS 7468
Australia

Phone

-42.83385, 147.294024

Derwent Park

The southern field office of Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT) at Building 2, 26 Lampton Avenue near the Brooker Highway, has a small range of seasoned, dressed specialty timbers processed by IST Geeveston. 

Due to limited staff the office is not always open so please contact Rebecca in advance on 03 6235 8100, to discuss their stock and your requirements. 

Chris Emmett, the manager of IST Geeveston, email chris.emmett@sttas.com.au or tel 03 6295 7161 or 0419 998 452 can also discuss the full range of specialty timbers and take small orders for collection from the STT office at Derwent Park, sorry no forklift here.  

 

 

Premises Name
STT at Derwent Park
Address

Building 2, 26 Lampton Avenue
Derwent Park TAS 7000
Australia

Opening Times

Indicative Business Hours Monday to Thursday 9:00am – 3:00 pm

Phone
Mobile
Email
chris.emmett@sttas.com.au

-40.8378298, 145.1192641

Smithton

Stock

Logs, burls from a variety of species and Huon pine craftwood but no sawn timber sales.

Contact

To secure an appointment contact the STT Camdale Office at 6433 2666 in the first instance.

Premises Name
IST Smithton
Address

4-12 West Esplanade
Smithton TAS 7330
Australia

Phone