A bit about Chunky's woodworking business

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In Western Australia, the Great Western Woodlands is the name given to land which runs from the Nullarbor Plain west to the wheatbelt, south almost to Esperance and north until it meets the inland mulga and deserts north of Kalgoorlie. The woodlands cover almost 16,000,000 hectares (40,000,000 acres), a region larger in size than England and Wales combined. The four main vegetation types are woodlands, mallee, grasslands and sandplain shrublands. During the gold rush, much of the limited timber available was cut down to provide timber for pit props and for running steam engines. At one time, the area provided tons and tons of sandalwood. The collage photos were taken at Chunky’s Timber, a woodworking business. That’s him in the upper left photo. No prizes for guessing how he got his name! The upper right photo shows one of his chopping boards, beautifully made from various timbers and with inlays. The barrel (lower left) had double doors and could be stocked with wine or whatever and the photo lower right shows some of the different timbers that he uses.