What we do out here is to use the back of the axe head to flog the bark which splits then using the front of the axe prize off the bark.
This works extremely well with fresh cut logs, we used to do this a lot when fencing the mates property. If you have a seven pound hammer handy use that, for after removing the bark we used to split the logs up for split fence posts. This works well for Gum and Iron Bark, but if you are trying to remove bark from a Paper Bark Tree just cut into it with a sharp knife and you can peel of large sections easily. Regards Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
