Cheers all.
Jamie, yes, there are close to 100 species of
Casurina and its close relatives in the family. Most are large shrubs or small trees, several (River she-oak, Buloak, Belah) grow pretty big. You have used Gidgee in the past then?
Ryan, that's good to hear. Those timbers are hard to find here too, and will only get more difficult to get as time goes by. But there is no hurry to find them. Paul won't be free to start building for a year or so yet.
Jamie and Pertime, no worries on that front. We are looking at the same dimensions as my Thunderhawk for body and scale length, and I play that one happily. Perhaps being a reformed bass player helps.
Thanks for all the good wishes. I'll update when there is news, which is likely to be some time in 2022.