WOOD EXPO '08

The Maleny Wood Expo is back! This two-day family event is packed with something for the whole family. From rustic bush furniture to contemporary design, the Sunshine Coast Hinterland’s premier event showcases the region’s finest wood artisans.

Smell the distinctive spicy aroma of newly milled timber and watch the sawdust fly! Demonstrations by the experts of the chainsaw, trade tools and woodworking demonstrations. Catch the mobile millers in action

Experience the amazing Sprocket. Children will be enchanted by the interactive magical musical playground. Pull up a hay bale and enjoy great food and fabulous local music; there’ll be plenty of entertainment for everyone!

Bring your family and friends along for a great day out in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland!

Admission:

• $10 Adults
• $8 Concession
• FREE for Children Under 16

SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Finding ways to live sustainably, including coming to terms with limited fossil fuel supplies, is possibly the biggest challenge facing us as a species. We will all be increasingly involved in solving these issues during the coming years. How can you make a difference?

There is no need for self-sacrificing when considering eco-lifestyle. One aspect of eco-lifestyle is exploring ways to reduce household energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by choosing the right design and materials for your house. Whether building a new house or renovating an existing one, materials and designs that work with the local environment and climate can lower energy bills and increase comfort levels.

The Expo has expanded beyond sustainable use of timbers and now includes the bigger picture – a more holistic view of sustainable living. Do the right thing today and leave a lighter footprint for our children tomorrow!

Farm Forestry

Trees are the source of all furniture exhibited at the Expo. A broad range of quality rainforest and eucalypt timbers have been sourced from the subtropical forests of the Sunshine Coasts’ Blackall Range for over 100 years. However, little regard has ever been given to the sustainability of this valuable natural and economic resource.

Revitalising the timber industry on the Blackall Range depends on landholders growing the future wood resource. Forestry is an ecologically sound land-use that is well-suited to the diverse lifestyles of local landholders large and small. Farm forestry also offers a profitable way of addressing local landcare problems and restoring nature.

Displays offering guidance on: Fine timbers that can be grown in this region; Designing a forest that suits your land and lifestyle; Integrating a forest enterprise with other land-uses and landcare goals; Direct and indirect financial returns possible from well-managed forests; Design, Establishment, Maintenance and Harvesting services available to farm foresters; and Forestry tools and equipment.

The Landcare Paddock

'Our future, your choice!'

See how we can all work toward a shared, sustainable future, safeguarding the productivity of the land as well as providing for the plants, animals and natural systems in our environment.

Showcasing on-ground and planning activities underway in the region to ensure sustainable natural resource management for the future. Displays will allow you to find out what is being done around the region and what you can do to help ensure that the magic will still be here for our children to enjoy.

The Barung Landcare Nursery Tent offers a broad range of local native plants to buy and highlights environmental initiatives underway on the Blackall Range and environs.

Taste Maleny

The Taste Maleny Produce Store is a treasure chest of local produce to taste and buy. With everything from wine tasting to spicy chilli sauces, dairy products and bamboo shoots, there’s something for all to taste and smell.

For those looking to sample local produce and take home new taste sensations, create your own picnic hamper with our wide variety of local produce.

Liven up your BBQ with low fat emu sausages and pies. Sample and take home some delicious organic vegetables picked this morning. Maleny’s fresh wood-fired breads, homemade pickles and boutique cheeses are here to give your pantry a country boost.

Award winning local wines and yummy fruit ice-creams, together with fresh fruit beverages made and supplied by locals are available again this year.

Fine Furniture

A wide variety of hand-crafted fine furniture from traditional to contemporary is on display and for sale. You can meet face-to-face with the craftsmen and discuss commissions and requirements.

Trade Displays

Watch professionals at work using a fraction of the time and effort taken by home woodworkers. “Where did they learn that?”. Find the answers at this year's Expo's various trade displays.

School Involvement

We are pleased to include student woodwork from Deception Bay High School. These enterprising and talented young people demonstrate their skills and showcase their products.

Bush Furniture

An integral part of the Aussie scene for many years. Typically we think of benches and tables for barbecues and picnics but there is much more available and you can see it at the Expo.

Woodworking Clubs

Non-pro woodworkers from the woodworking clubs of South East Queensland have a broad range of skills and their work illustrates a wide variety of techniques.

Historic Woodcrafts

See our extremely talented and highly-skilled craftsmen demonstrating the skills and tools which are fast vanishing from the Australian landscape.

Tool Demonstrations

See the most effective way to handle various woodworking tools and ask the experts for their tips. Get to know how to get the best out of your toolbox.

Mobile Milling

Able to mill fallen timber where it lies, or utilise timber from nuisance trees, the mobile mill avoids the destruction caused by heavy harvesting and log-transporting machinery.

Complete Exhibitors List

» View the complete Exhibitors List for the 2008 Maleny Wood Expo

Entertainment

Contain that excitement...

A performers listing is coming soon. In the meantime, why not checkout headliner Sprocket performing Live at the 07/08 Woodford Folk Festival

  View the full interactive map @ Google Maps™

Where to find the Expo

Whether you are from Witta or Wagga Wagga - use our handy Google™ Map to the left and plan your trip to the Expo.

There is plenty of free onsite parking at the Maleny Showgrounds, so make your way to the front gate and you'll be guided to a car park.