Comments on: Tasmanian Myrtle

By: Mike Stafford

Mike Stafford — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:15:31 +0000

A box in Tasmanian myrtle burl

By: Colin O'donnell

Colin O'donnell — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:14:05 +0000

Hi David I have a 8×4 Ace pool table I’m told is made of myrtle due to the age of 50plus years old.
Wen U say exposed to the weather U mean as in getting wet?
I have it well covered in a a dry man cave but it does get cold ?? 0-8 Celsius in winter and hot in summer 26-39.
Wondering if you think if the table will be okay with the climate? Cheers Colin from Lexton Victoria Australia

By: Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 07:07:04 +0000

In reply to Will Stewart. Yes that is Tiger Myrtle. I have a serving board made from a $4 off cut which has superb grain with half tiger-half beech myrtle, I've got 4 very large pieces of spalted myrtle as well

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:29:12 +0000

In reply to Max.

The confusion could be because some of the NZ Nothofagus species yield timber with some similar characteristics, that could easily be mistaken for N. cunninghamii (especially N. menziesii and N. fusca).

Nothofagus is a “Gondwanan” genus, with 3 Australian species, 4 from New Caledonia, 5 from New Zealand, 10 from Argentina and Chile and over a dozen from New Guinea. The temperate climate species (From southern Australia, New Zealand and South America) mostly have a lot in common, but yes, also plenty of differences.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:51:45 +0000

It does not grow in New Zealand naturally, only Australia.

By: Will Stewart

Will Stewart — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 19:13:55 +0000

This was sold to me as tiger myrtle – I think correctly!

By: Jarrod Grgic

Jarrod Grgic — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:27:00 +0000

I was using a bookmatched pair of fiddleback figured timber that was labelled as “Australian Cherry” for a guitar for my HSC project, and I couldn’t find anything on the internet about it. I found out just recently that the other name given to it is Tasmanian Myrtle, from this site: http://www.tastimber.tas.gov.au/SpeciesDetailsGeneral.aspx?SpeciesID=4

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By: David Sisson

David Sisson — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 15:33:00 +0000

We call it Myrtle Beech in Victoria, Australia. It’s fairly common in sheltered cool temperate rainforest areas (climate similar to wetter areas of Oregon state), and less common as a sub alpine tree. Wonderful for cabinetry and similar uses, it has a hard to define special look, feel and smell to it, but it’s hopeless if it’s exposed to the weather.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:09 +0000

I noticed a sweet spicy smell while cutting this wood. It was very pleasent in my opinion. Seeing how I had not smelt the same odor from any of my other woods till I cut this on my scroll saw I would assume it is the myrtle.