Coming 2023
Maleny Showgrounds
Sunshine Coast, QLD Australia
THE MALENY WOOD EXPO 2022 HAS BEEN CANCELLED WE THANK OUR COMMUNITY IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING
Covid-19
To ensure the safety of all our staff, visitors, volunteers, and performers we are adhering to approved COVID safe regulations at the Maleny Wood Expo. The Expo will be operating under an approved COVID safe event management plan.
Brought to you by Barung Landcare
Welcome!
to one of Australia's most sustainable Wood Expos
Established in 1996, and brought to you by Barung Landcare, the Maleny Wood Expo has been bringing clean, family-friendly fun to the Sunshine Coast Hinterland for over two decades.
The Maleny Wood Expo hosts a range of fun and immersive activities for all generations. From our prestigious woodworking competition and exhibition, the Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize, to workshops on tool making, boat making, and billy cart making. Youth workshops, children's activities, live music, delicious food, fine coffee, interactive displays and more!
The Maleny Wood Expo's biggest attraction is its exhibitors. From furniture makers, woodworkers, and crafts people, to boat makers, millers, native timber, plants and sustainable garden displays, come and discover everything sustainable timber and more!
THE MALENY WOOD EXPO 2022 HAS BEEN CANCELLED WE THANK OUR COMMUNITY IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2023 EXPO WILL BE RELEASED LATER IN THE YEAR.
Expo Dates
2023 Dates Coming soon
Sunshine Coast
Wootha Prize
$10,000 First Prize
Sponsored by Sunshine Coast Council, the Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize is the feature exhibition at the Maleny Wood Expo.
Showcasing beautiful and sustainably crafted pieces from all over Australia, woodworkers and crafts people are invited to submit pieces into a range of categories including 'Furniture', 'Sculpture' and 'Tiny Treasures'. This year the competition invites entrants to explore the theme 'Dovetails'.
2023 applications will be announced later in the year.
Feature Exhibit
Tiny House Village
presenting a range of sustainable living options
For the first time, the Maleny Wood Expo is working to bring to you a highly immersive and interactive Tiny House Village! Come and explore a range of affordable and sustainable tiny house models, as well as a diversity of resources to suit your on and off-grid living needs.
Experience the Maleny Wood Expo
The Maleny Wood Expo offers a diverse program of activities, workshops, exhibits, demonstrations and educational talks. There is something for everyone!
The Wood Expo has everything timber, from native tree seedlings, mobile milling and slabs to furniture and sculpture, hand-crafted products by furniture-makers, toy-makers, musical instrument-makers and box-makers, whittlers and carvers, and demonstrations by chainsaw, woodworking tool and equipment experts. A key feature of the 2022 Wood Expo will include a Tiny House Village promoting sustainable, low impact, off-grid living options.
Want to be part of the Maleny Wood expo?
Get involved as an exhibitor, presenter, stall holder or volunteer!
Stay, play and explore
The Sunshine Coast offers visitors a range of experiences that can be incorporated into your visit. With accommodation available to suit a any budget and style of travel, be sure to take advantage of your time in the area to explore the magic the Sunshine Coast has to offer. From boutique art galleries, sweeping pristine beaches, and a range of unique culinary and entertainment options, as well as a stunning natural environment to explore, why not stay a little longer after the Expo and soak up more of the region?
