Gowan Lea Timbers was contracted by Hutchinson Builders to supply all the timber for the Noosa Council $7M upgrade of this iconic boardwalk.
Stretching over 400m from Little Cove to the National Park, the boardwalk is an average of 2.4m wide with several larger viewing decks, seating areas and a one-of-a-kind custom shaped surfboard shower.
The sub-frame is good, old fashioned sawn Spotted Gum and Ironbark from our sawmill in the Mary Valley and treated to H4 using non-CCA chemicals at our treatment plant at Palmview. You can’t get much more local than that!
The decking, however, is a new (to Australia) state-of-the-art timber called Accoya. It is plantation Radiata Pine from NZ which gets shipped to The Netherlands and undergoes a special treatment process called acetylation which chemically modifies the timber to make it incredibly durable and stable outdoors. It looks and feels like pine but lasts forever!
Accoya has been big overseas for a long time and is just starting to take-off in Australia. In fact, this project is one of the biggest Accoya projects undertaken in Australia, and the first that we know anywhere to use a sawn face. Approximately 7000m was supplied machined to 145×35.
