Two days of clean country family fun hosted by Barung Landcare, the Wood Expo showcases sustainable timber production and our beautiful native timbers through the work of local wood artisans.

Now including local Maleny produce; Sustainable alternatives for the home; Natural resource management displays and much more. Smell the distinctive spicy aroma of newly milled timber and watch live demos of chainsaws, woodworking, trade tools and more.

Pull up a hay bale and enjoy great food and fabulous local music; there’s entertainment for everyone!

News: Wootha Prize returns to the 2011 Maleny Wood Expo

Organisers of the Maleny Wood Expo From Chainsaw to Fine Furniture are delighted to announce that The Wootha Prize competition is back again in 2011. This year’s Maleny Wood Expo will be held on the 30th April and 1st May at the beautiful Maleny Showgrounds in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland.

Run by Barung Landcare, the aim of the event is to both showcase the work of the region’s finest wood artisans and to promote sustainable timber use. Expo visitors can see the whole ‘wood story’ – from purchasing native timber tubestock and talking farm forestry to mobile milling and the end product, the finished furniture. And the sustainability ethic flows over into the Wootha Prize - all entries must be created predominantly from sustainably harvested native timbers or recycled timbers.

In order to open the prize to more woodworkers, the 2011 Wootha Prize competition is not a themed competition. But all entries must have been made within the past two years, and must fit within a one metre square footprint with a maximum height of 2500mm.

The winner of the Wootha Prize will receive $1000 cash, a trophy and the option of a free site at the 2012 Maleny Wood Expo. The runner up will receive $300 and third place $200.

Expressions of Interest for the Wootha Prize must be received by Barung Landcare no later than 1st March 2011, and successful applicants will be notified soon after. Expression of Interest forms available here. Enquiries please call Steve McLeish on 07 5494 3151.

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Expression of Interest form

Exhibitor and Stallholder Application Forms

Furniture & other wood Exhibitor Application Forms, and Taste Maleny & Sustainable Lifestyle Stallhoder Application Forms available from steve@malenywoodexpo.org.au or call Steve McLeish on 07 5494 3151.

Worker and Volunteer Forms

Volunteer Forms available below. Ring Jonathan at Barung Landcare on 07 5494 3151 for any queries. Please return completed form by:

• Dropping in to Barung Landcare office at Shop 3 Riverside Centre, Maleny
• Posting to Barung Landcare, PO Box 1074, Maleny Q 4552
• Faxing to 07 5494 3141

Barung Landcare - the Blackall Range's not-for-profit landcare group

• The Barung Nursery propagates local native plants for revegetation and environmental rehabilitation projects.
• Barung Contracting Service assists local landholders to achieve environmental restoration works on private land.
• The Barung office is a meeting place for locals, providing invaluable information on everything pertaining to our Hinterland environment.

Any surplus generated by the Maleny Wood Expo goes towards keeping Barung open and staffed for the Blackall Range community.