[timber for the woodcarvers]

With the heat in Brisbane earlier this week, I was beginning to think my tree pruning crusade was a really bad idea...we'd really miss the shade in the backyard...but as it's been 11 years since our mango and macadamia nut trees had been pruned properly, their towering canopies were just getting out of hand, and disasters waiting to happen in the next big storm. 

My Mum and her partner are members of a woodcrafting group, and do woodcarving and pyrography, so rather than all the timber go to the tip, we saved the bigger limbs for them. The mango timber is a lighter colour like pine, but the macadamia is a lovely red, can't wait to see how the timber looks once it's carved and polished.

This should keep them out of mischief for a while...