Some of the state’s most revered heritage icons are being repaired with exotic hardwood as the native logging ban constrains supplies of Western Australia (WA) grown timber. The Heritage Council of WA has scrambled to help find alternative hardwoods for anyone embarking on repairs of heritage-listed buildings and structures as supplies of jarrah and marri dwindle following the ban. The ban was announced in 2021 and began January 1. In the council’s annual report, it described the lack of WA-grown hardwood as a significant issue for large-scale heritage projects… One of those major projects is the refurbishment of Carnarvon One Mile Jetty… The Department of Transport released a tender for 920 4.8-metre lengths of jarrah decking… The department eventually sourced merbau, a hardwood logged in South East Asia, to fix the jetty.