Gumnutly · Margaret River, Western Australia
The best of Australia, curated
For Aussies buying local, expats missing home, and anyone sending a bit of Australia overseas.
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Whatever brought you here, we’ve got a guide for it.
Sending a bit of Australia overseas
Gifts that survive the post, won’t get stuck at customs and still feel like home when they’re opened.
Missing home this Christmas
The tastes, smells and small comforts expats ask for most, plus how to get them there in time.
Visiting and want something better than a fridge magnet
Souvenirs from real makers that you’ll still like in ten years.
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Fresh from the team
Latest guides
Gifts featuring wattle, waratah and banksia: a guide to Australia’s showiest flowers
Gift ideas featuring wattle, waratah and banksia, with a quick note on what each flower stands for and how to pick well-made, original designs.
Australian skincare brands with native botanicals
Kakadu plum, lemon myrtle, quandong and more: where the plants come from and who makes them.
Read the guide: Australian skincare brands with native botanicals
Handmade wooden gifts from Australian timber: what to look for
Grain, finish, care and provenance, from boards and bowls to keepsakes.
Read the guide: Handmade wooden gifts from Australian timber
Wildlife adoption gifts: symbolic koala adoptions and who ships overseas
What’s in the pack, how long it takes, and who posts overseas.
Sending Aussie food overseas: Tim Tams, Vegemite, macadamias and what the US, NZ and UK let in
What Australia Post, the FDA, NZ Customs, MPI and GOV.UK say, and what to check.
Native-flavour food gifts: lemon myrtle, wattleseed, finger lime and Kakadu plum
What they taste like, and how to choose native-food gift brands that benefit Traditional Owners.
Our own product line
Handmade by Gumnutly
Alongside our guides, we make a small range of wooden pieces ourselves. Each one is cut, shaped and finished by hand from Australian timber, so no two are quite the same.
Every piece is a little different, because the grain is.
Wooden koala
A little koala small enough to hold in one hand, cut, shaped and finished by hand from Australian timber. Every piece is a little different, because the grain is.
Wooden cross
A simple wall cross, shaped, sanded and oiled by hand from a solid piece of West Australian jarrah, with a hole in the back for hanging. It’s small enough to hold, too.
See the jarrah cross in the Gumnutly shop on Amazon Handmade →
These are our own products, so we earn from every sale. The Amazon link is also an affiliate link: as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Where Gumnutly started
Margaret River and the South West
Margaret River is where Gumnutly started looking at regional makers, and it’s a cracking place to visit. Our guides cover a two-day itinerary, wineries with a proper designated-driver plan, family days, nature walks, where to stay and what to bring home.
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Every South West guide
- A Margaret River weekend itinerary: 2 days, 2 nights
- Australian-made gifts from Margaret River: wine, chocolate, cheese, olive oil
- Margaret River wineries worth the drive, with a designated-driver plan
- Where to stay in Margaret River: town, bush or coast
- Margaret River with kids: beaches, caves and rainy-day ideas
- A South West WA nature day: Cape to Cape walks, karri forest, black cockatoos
- What to pack for a South West WA bush stay
- Christmas and summer in Margaret River: what’s on and what to book early
How we choose
Why trust our picks
We’re a small editorial team that would rather recommend five good things than fifty forgettable ones. Here’s what we stick to:
- We only call something Australian-made when the maker says so, and we link to where they say it. If a maker doesn’t state where a product is made, we say that too.
- No made-up reviews, ratings or prices. Prices change, so we send you to the merchant to check.
- We flag the fiddly bits, such as food that won’t clear customs in some countries, or wooden items that need declaring.
- A commission never decides what makes the list. Some links earn us a small cut, and we tell you so at the top of every page.
Read more about Gumnutly and how we make money.
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Gift guides, sending tips and the best of Margaret River, from the Gumnutly team.
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