King Billy Story, The: A history of the harvesting of the Tasmanian King William Pine by Patrick Howard | PB Reference will introduce a wider public

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Igloo Ripples is the story of these fibreglass "Igloos" used by expeditioners in Antarctica and other remote regions of the world

King Billy Story, The: A history of the harvesting of the Tasmanian King William Pine by Patrick Howard | PB Reference will introduce a wider publicThe west coast of Tasmania produces three pine trees Huon Pine, Celery top and King Billy. After the 1930s when the highly favoured Huon Pine was no longer available in any real quantity, King Billy and to a lesser degree Celery top pine took its place. Although not quite as old or tall as the Huon pine, the King Billy pine is considered far rarer, and is now listed as threatened native vegetation by the Tasmanian government. As a specialty timber, it