BROWN TIMBERS
Brown timbers have a darker hue when compared to blonde timbers. When looking to add warmth or depth to a room, brown timbers are most effective. Most brown timbers have strong grainlines and veins with a unique look that's perfect for flooring and other building applications.
Spotted Gum
The King of the forest, a super strong and hard wearing timber found in coastal areas from the NSW/Victorian border through to Maryborough in Queensland. This brown timber has a Janka Hardness Rating of 11. Extremely durable and perfect for high-traffic and high-use applications, Spotted Gum hardwoods have a mixture of 4 browns, spotted or mottled patterns with a colour range from soft creams to pale and medium browns. The Queensland version is darker in colour with up to 10% being red/brown.
Brushbox
This washed out pink/red brown timber is found along the edges of the rainforest in NSW and Queensland. Another strong and durable hardwood, it has a Janka Hardness Rating of 9.5. The colouring of the wood ranges from light grey and pink to reddish-brown, with certain variance like the Sapwood having a lighter, paler colour palette. The grain is light, fine and even-textured, making it perfect for interlocking and pattern design applications.
Tallowood
Found along the coast between the Hunter River in NSW up to Maryborough in Queensland, Tallowood is a golden brown timber with an olive undertone. Very high in natural oils make it very durable externally than other hardwoods don't offer. With a hardness rating of 8.6, it’s good for most interior applications. The Tallowood species has a regal golden brown colouring with an olive undertone.
Grey Ironbark
Looking for a stronger, more striking colour palette from the brown timber species? Then the Grey Ironbark species found in the Eastern and Northern NSW is for you. With deeper hues and striking colours ranging from light browns to darker purple reds, this unique brown timber is sure to turn heads. It has a fairly coarse texture with clean grain lines. The Grey Ironbark hardwood species works well in interlocking and patterning applications.
Grey Ironbark has a Janka hardness rating of 14.
Grey Box
Found close to the Hawkesbury River in NSW to Maryborough, Carnarvon Ranges, and the Blackdown tablelands in Queensland, this brown timber has an ultra-high hardness rating of 15. It has a unique colour mixture of creams, greys and light browns with certain species like sapwoods having a slightly paler appearance. The texture is coarse yet even.