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Kiln-dried pine shavings on the plant floor

Tumut NSW · Est. 2002

Pine shavings, baled at the source

Kiln-dried radiata pine, screened and dust-extracted and packaged into 14kg bales. Stocked by produce stores and pet retailers in every state of Australia.

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Bale14kg compressed
Volumeapprox. 0.18 m³ uncompressed
MoistureKiln-dried to 8–13%
AdditivesNone — 100% pine

The product

One product, done properly

We do one thing: premium pine shavings for animal bedding. Every bale is kiln-dried, screened and dust-extracted before it's packaged into 14kg bales.

Stacked 14kg bales of Superior Shavings with their red labels
The 14kg bale — pressed, wrapped and labelled at Tumut.

Kiln-dried for absorbency

Shavings are kiln-dried to a moisture content of 8–13% — dry enough to soak up what your animals leave behind, which keeps stables and sheds drier for longer between changes.

Triple screened

Three screens, not one. A star screen takes out the oversize pieces, a rotary trommel pulls the sawdust and fines, and a final stage lifts the airborne dust before the shavings reach the baler.

100% natural pine

No chemical additives, just radiata pine shavings from kiln-dried timber. Suited for horses, poultry and small animals (from rats and rabbits to reptiles).

Handled once

Our Tumut plant sits in the heart of NSW softwood country. Shavings go from the mill into our baler with minimal handling.

How it's made

From the saw to the shed

  1. 01

    Sawmill

    Shavings are a by-product of milling kiln-dried radiata pine — timber that's already been dried for structural use.

  2. 02

    Screened and dust extracted

    Three screens in sequence — oversize, then sawdust and fines, then airborne dust — leaving only the coarse, absorbent shavings curl.

  3. 03

    Bale press

    Pressed into 14kg bales that expand to approx. 0.18 m³ uncompressed. Dense to freight, easy to store.

A handful of fresh pine shavings

Who it's for

Stables, sheds and hutches

A horse in a stable bedded on pine shavings

Equine

Low-dust bedding for stables and floats — comfortable underfoot, quick to muck out, kind on airways.

Hens on fresh pine shavings

Poultry

Dry, absorbent litter for coops, nesting boxes and sheds — from chooks in the backyard to commercial operations.

Small animals

Rabbits, guinea pigs, rats and reptiles — a natural, additive-free substrate sold through pet retailers nationally.

Trade & bulk

By the bale, the pallet, or the truckload

We supply produce stores, saddleries and pet retailers in every state. Ring us about pallet quantities and becoming a stockist.

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Since 2002

Holbrook to Tumut

Superior Shavings started baling in Holbrook, NSW in 2002. In 2019 we moved the plant to Tumut, in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains and one of the biggest softwood milling regions in the country.

Today we're part of the Breeder's Choice Woodshavings family, alongside our sister plant in Colac, Victoria. Two plants, two states, the same standard: kiln-dried, screened, dust-extracted pine — and nothing else.

In Victoria? Meet Breeder's Choice

A pile of Superior Shavings pine shavings