[I.D] Local pine

[DaveL]

Hi all,

This is my first of hopefully many posts here at ausbonsai and am truly excited that such a forum exists! Anyways... i'm after some help identifying what species of pine these two trees are. I collected them from a friends property just off the Bruce Highway between Brisbane and sunshine coast. They are very wide spread in the area and used in large plantations, apparently the main exotic pines in the area are 'Slash' & 'Carribean' pine or a hybrid of the two. I was hoping they would be radiata. I'm really looking forward to working on these two tree's once they establish, it's been a week now and both still look healthy.

Also how and when should i start reducing the needle length?

EDIT: Sorry I've mistakenly posted two of the same topics, could a mod delete this one please?