Access to roads and the railway station at Gembrook for transport was an important consideration . There was also a critical shortage of labour to operate the kiln during the war years which was exacerbated by a major timber salvage program underway in the Central Highlands after the deadly 1939 Black Friday bushfires . Although the site at Gembrook had not been severely burnt in either 1926 or 1939
1939 Black Friday bushfires
Black Friday bushfires
Kurth Kiln