Red Cedar is very scarce these days and to find workable pieces is just luck of the draw. There used to be an abundance of this glorious timber along the East Coast of Australia... then people got a little greedy and it was gone.
Most of the Cedar was shipped directly to England for the manufacturing of funiture. Today there are small areas of Cedar growth, which is now protected by strict logging laws.
The Cedar that the Woodturners and Woodworkers now purchase is usually recycled. It is expensive and you may have to attend an auction to get any of it.
The wood is lightweight and is beautifully colored. Furniture pieces made from this timber are highly prized.... and usually, highly priced.

In the Gallery, the slab of cedar I am holding that displays a bullock team that took over 120 hours to complete. The work is titled "Heading Home" and depicts a team bringing in a load of Red Cedar. I have incorporated some of the natural features of the slab into the picture. The Frill Neck Lizard is from the same piece of Cedar.
Red Cedar is great to Pyrograph, although the older the tree, the darker the wood.... sometimes too dark to be practical for Pyrography work.
For the Pyrography I use either an IRONCORE T3/54 or an ND1 which are both hot wire burners.