In this third and most challenging phase of the Mountain Ash removal, I encountered the largest section of timber I’ve ever rigged. This colossal piece required meticulous planning, advanced ...

Mountain ash are easily killed by bushfires. Although they grow in the cooler and wetter parts of southeastern Australia where fires are not so frequent, as time passes, a fire becomes inevitable.

Bushfires and a lack of seed have created a "ticking time bomb" in Victoria's alpine and mountain ash forests, scientists are warning.

'The cost of timber cladding ranges from approximately £25 per m2 for sawn larch feather-edge to £90 per m2 for high-end timbers such as thermally modified ash and Canadian cedar, with plenty of ...