Parkside Timber

Parkside Timber is part of Parkside Group a family owned business since 1947. Parkside was first created by Bruno Tapiolas a Spanish immigrant who after farming in North Queensland saw a gap in the market for good quality timber to be made available. After sourcing his own timber for his own family home, word spread quickly that he had found good timber and Bruno began to sell to others his loads. From necessity, Bruno saw the opportunity and a fledgling timber business was born with the start of the timber sales and joinery business in Ayr in 1947. Not satisfied with selling building materials and timber, Bruno decided to start his own building company - Tropical Homes (www.tropicalhomes.com.au) one of Queenslands largest project home builders with well over 15,000 homes built. The company, by this stage - Brunos with his 3 sons Wilfred, Brunie and Joe grew very quickly and the company needed a guaranteed supply of timber. Parkside acquired the first sawmill at Eungella in 1...