Distinctive Timbers is a boutique Tasmanian timber specialist. The quality of our rare collection of timeless and exquisitely beautiful Tiger & Burl Myrtle, Musk and Blackwood is second to none in Tasmania. We pride ourselves on offering only the most unique examples of Tasmania's endemic timbers.

Distinctive Timbers obtains all timber stocks from either salvage operations or from existing timber held in private hands, sometimes from a lifetime of collecting. This means some of our stock is from very large and old trees that were milled, some up to 25 years ago, resulting in larger than current dimensions, feature and stability that only come from the larger trees some many hundreds of years old.

Distinctive Timbers founder and managing director, Ray Cross, has been involved at all levels of the Tasmanian Timber industry for many years. "We started cutting Tasmanian timbers when we built our first family home out of 100% Tasmanian Oak that we firstly felled then milled using a portable on site sawmill. when we started cutting blackwood and the other beautiful Tasmanian timbers and first saw the awesome colours it dawned on us that these were very special timbers and that they should be shared with those not fortunate to have them in their own backyard."

Since that time we have planted over 2,000 trees such as Blackwood, Myrtle, Celery Top and Tas Oak varieties on the family farm. We have been involved in a blackwood experimental trial that is working to grow blackwood on farms ultimately to reduce the industries reliance on old growth logging, this trial is the most successful of its type ever undertaken in Tasmania for a native species.

Our favourite timber type would have to be "Myrtle", in all its glorious types from soft pink, or the black markings of tiger myrtle to the exquisite volcanic stone looking burl myrtle which is available in small or sometimes large slabs.

We of course hold (depending on availability), stocks of Birdseye Huon and Figured Blackwood in all shapes and sizes even to "guitar kits", from "premium" grade Figured Blackwood.

We send timber both large and small orders australia wide door to door and guarantee all our timber.

Sean Hartigan joined the Distinctive Timbers team in February of 2008, with a computing degree background and provides technical assistance in an ever changing cyber economy. Since joining the staff at Distinctive Timbers, Sean has quickly gained an appreciation and passion for Tasmanian native timbers and their various uses.