The Christmas 24 Tasmanian Gift Guide: $100 and under
By Fashion & Lifestyle Sub-Editor Bea Harrison
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Exclusively made in lutruwita/Tasmania or stocked at Tassie-owned stores around the island, share the local love this Christmas for $100 and under.
Much-loved charity and social enterprise café Hamlet creates a range of in-house jams, sauces, preserved fruit and vegetables. Visit them in person or nominate a hamper value online, and they’ll do the leg work (complete with packaging) for you. Hamlet also produces tote bags, tea towels and socks, and your purchase will go towards funding their hospitality training programs for people in our community facing barriers to employment.
Gin is an utterly festive drop and this one is packaged beautifully, making it the ideal gift. Taylor & Smith distill small-batch gin using Huon Valley apples infused with lashings of Tasmanian botanicals like kunzea, kombu, Tasmanian pepperberries, leatherwood honey, juniper, coriander, angelica, and blood orange. And hey, your giftee might even share with you on Christmas day if you're lucky.
Family-owned and -run small business Pure Oils of Tasmania harvests essential oils from locally-growing native plants including kunzea, Tasmanian blue gum and manuka to create botanical products. Their pure oils can be applied directly to the skin, or added to a warm bath or oil diffuser.
From shearers quarters to treetop retreats, this carefully curated book by talented local authors Joan-Maree Hargreaves and Marita Bullock captures the essence of slow, sustainable living through a collection of homes from all over the island.
Nuts are arguably the foundation of every well-stocked kitchen, and Tasmania produces some of the best due to our ideal growing conditions. Hazelbrae Hazelnuts is a family-owned farm located in Hagley, known for high-quality, delicious hazelnuts. The farm also produces a range of hazelnut products including hazelnut oil, hazelnut and fig cake, dukkah, and sweet and savoury hazelnuts. You can send one of their bundles directly to friends or family (or to yourself) via their website.
(image: Ness Vanderburgh)
Wild Mother Tasmania’s access to high-quality organic local fruits translates to a range of delicious and flavoursome products, including vinegars, tonics and condiments. This vinegar is made from Huon and Derwent Valley cherries, with no additions.
Tasmanian Aboriginal artist and jeweller Jeanette James learnt the cultural tradition of stringing shells from her mother Auntie Corrie Fullard. These drop earrings are available online and at Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery’s QVMAG Shop in Launceston.
Adam James, aka Rough Rice, makes wildly creative and flavoursome fermented goods from his home in nipaluna/Hobart. This spicy trio features a Green Crock Chilli, ‘Mothership’ Hot Sauce and Barrel Aged Picante.
Glendevie Orchards run along the banks of the Huon River in southern Tasmania, stretching from Waterloo to Glendevie. Order a box of their fresh cherries now to be delivered to your chosen doorstep from mid-January when the cherries are at their best.
