can anyone help with moving a lump of wood?

[Shane]

This may be daft (my ideas often are) but isn't pittosporum very dense/hard?

 

Maybe worth considering??? As a non wood turning guy there may be issues I am unaware of.

[se7enthdevil]

if it grows to 2-3' diameter that i can have milled and there is a ready supply of the timber then yes.

 

sadly i've never come across a single specimen and am still looking for a sample to send to america.

[se7enthdevil]

what species of pittosporum grows in this country?

[nepia]

This is probably the most common variety; actually very common as a garden shrub but 2' across...? I've not seen one that size. I think you'd need to go to NZ for one of those.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=979&q=pittosporum+silver+sheen&oq=pittosporum&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.1513.4323.0.8681.11.6.0.5.5.0.63.334.6.6.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.11.355.Pmlb0Ms8dFY

[Taupotreeman]

Don't know any Pitto that grows to 2-3' through. Pittosporum eugenoides is one of the bigger species but generally tends to multi stem not far from the base.