AUssie PEOPLE drift wood cqan we get it from our rivers ?

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Yes, I have done it many times. If from the beach make sure to soak a while to remove salt, maybe even pour boiling water over a few times. I got a heap of great wood from a dry creek bed during the drought at my sisters property, and have also got it from under water. Just clean it up, remove any loose bark etc. and there you go. Beware of any trees with sap still in them, can be poisonous. If in doubt put wood into a container/tank etc. with some cheap fish (you could catch yourself some Gambusia AKA Mosquito Fish) to see what happens.

Cheers,
Ken.
 
all my drift wood is from a local stream its not polluted because its a very long way away from any house, farm, factory, it flows off the top of a mountain so its all fresh rain water there are yabbies bass and other types of natives so yes its good. i just leave it on my roof for 2 weeks to fully dry out then o scrub it and soak it for 2 weeks to help sink it.
 
yeah well my local river all has pine and eucliptis in it near it ...

can you give me a picture of what tree to look for ?
thats when it was flooded the trees on the left is pine i think ??
colleges crossing flooded 1.jpg
this is where i catch a few bream and eels n turtles
this is really low tide
colleges02.jpg
 
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