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The resource is sourced from an area
in Queensland that runs roughly from
Tully through to Daintree and up
across the Atherton Tablelands.
Harvesting is subject to strict
controls. ‘Natural Resources, the EPA
and Wild Rivers have all conducted
checks and support our practices. We
make sure that we have our i’s dotted
and t’s crossed and that everything is
in place,’ said Curly. There are codes
of conduct and harvest to observe,
and each operation is duly notified
before commencement.
Early on in the project, logs were sawn in
Maryborough, even when trucked down
from 2000 kilometres up north. Forging
a partnership with Cape York Aboriginal
communities now sees production
take place in a Cooktown mill that
now offers more jobs for the locals.
Negotiations are currently underway
with the Wik people in Aurukun to
create another milling partnership with
indigenous communities.
Main: Logs of some of
the Branch 95 resource
awaiting processing at
the Cooktown mill.
Opposite: Curly Tatnell,
Dale and Meyers director.
This page: Scenes from
the Cooktown mill.