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Tree Plantation
Tree Plantation
Tree Varieties
- 2200 trees
- — 7 varities of Oak tree, including English, Portuguese and Turkey oaks, American Red Oaks and White Oaks.
- — Length to Maturity 40-60 years.
- 300 trees
- — Cork Oaks - 1st stripping in 25 years.
- 1000 trees
- — Cherry Rootstock
- — Length to Maturity 30 years.
- 500 trees
- — Various deciduous varieties, such as American Maple, Pecans, Chestnuts, Walnuts and Olives.
Vision
Skillfully crafted hardwood furniture is among the most beautiful and sort after home furnishings in the world. However in recent years the supply of high quality hardwood has been slowly running out as the forests become depleted. This is accelerated by the fact that diseases such as dieback are spreading and destroying many native trees in the process. In 20 to 30 years time there will be a shortage of West Australian timber and high demand across the globe. Martin Dobeli is a man with half a century of experience operating his own business in the timber industry. He fell in love with natural beauty of the South West of Western Australia and immediately saw an opportunity for development.
This how is a vision was born and a 40 Hectare property with fertile soil and plentiful water was reforrested with exotic trees. Planting began in 1996 and today some 4000 trees are growing on 14 Hectares of prime land. An automated irrigation system uses the property's six dams to water the trees, ensuring growth and health all year round.
Additional products
In addition to timber, the farm is producing a number of additional products.
Seedlings
As the timber Industry grows there is increasing demand for fresh stock fromthose wishing to enter the market. Seedlings from selected trees are a viable option which will be explored in the future.
Acorns
A large Oak tree can produce 500-2000 acorns a year, these are a useful food product for livestock, well suited to the fattening of pigs.
Marron
The Southwest of Western Australia is the only place on earth that these succulent and largest of the world`s freshwater crayfish are found naturally. The property has the potential for marron and fresh water crayfish.
