Looking for a gift, it’s always good to shop local. Well, maybe your shopping can turn into a day trip too?
Here are some ideas from The Scenic Rim to help you find the perfect gift for that hard to shop for loved one… who doesn’t need just another pair of undies from Kmart again this year.
- Explore some great local retailers – go into an actual shop: My Country Escape, Canungra Books & Art and The Shoe Vault in Canungra, The Shed Cafe in Rathdowney, The Story Tree, Duck Junction, Far Outdoors , The Picnic Parlour and Maynards Store in Boonah, Mountain House Co, Under the Greenwood Tree, Butler and Grace, Lux and Gather and Dandelions 3 on Tamborine Mountain, Elegance & Grace and BMK.Collective in Kalbar and Kalico Country, Gift and Garden by Beau View and Mitre 10 in Beaudesert. Most have great Christmas Hampers as well!
- Why not give some ethical denim from Outland Denim, a global ethical fashion label founded by Tamborine Mountain locals Erica and James Bartle, and still headquartered on Tamborine Mountain. PS, they do gift vouchers!
- Send some delish food via Scenic Rim Farm Box filled with produce straight from the farmers! PLUS, they have Christmas Hams, Christmas cakes and local wines and craft beers! You can also buy the gorgeous Scenic Rim EAT LOCAL Cookbook by Brenda Fawdon and Christine Sharp, featuring Scenic Rim makers, growers and producers.
- Book in a foodie experience! Check out our Eat Local Scenic Rim Accredited Locavores to get you started.
- Give a six pack! The perfect gift. Shop craft beer from Scenic Rim Brewery at Mt Alford or Fortitude Brewing Co. at Tamborine Mountain, or amazing apple ciders via Witches Falls Winery.
- Get spiritual. Shop the gorgeous range of Native Australian Flora spirits and more from Tamborine Mountain Distillery
- Buy beautiful soaps and skincare from Beautiful Batches, Bohemian Farmhouse, Coco and Myrtle, Jade Beauty Skinstitute, Jarvis Lane at Home, Jasmin Organics, Nightfall Nourished, Our Goat Soap, Scenic Rim Lavender, Summer Land Camels and Witchscents Organics.
- Get cooking with Caz from Scenic Rim Cooking Classes! Gift vouchers available and a brilliant gift.
- Shout a fancy lunch at the stunning Kooroomba Vineyard & Lavender Farm.
- Give a yoga retreat with My Yoga Retreat! Gorgeous local experiences available.
- Pamper time. Check out O’Reilly’s Lost World Spa, Eve by Nature day spa in Canungra, Fassifern Hair, Beauty and Massage at Kalbar or the Escarpment Day Spa on Tamborine Mountain.
- It’s always a good time for wine time! Buy a bottle (or more!) from one of the Scenic Rim’s many cellar doors and wineries. Check out Witches Falls Winery, Mason Wines, Cedar Creek Estate and Hampton Estate Wines on Tamborine Mountain, O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyard and Sarabah Estate Vineyard at Canungra, The Overflow Estate 1895 near Beaudesert, Bunjurgen Estate Vineyard near Boonah and Paradine Estate Wines near Harrisville. Click here for more cellar doors in the Scenic Rim.
- See the Scenic Rim from the sky with a hot air balloon flight over the Scenic Rim with Hot Air Balloon Gold Coast or a flight experience with Oz Paragliding and Hang Gliding.
- Wow with an alpaca picnic at Mountview Alpaca Farm, conveniently located at O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyards. You’ll be the favourite friend/ brother/ mother/ daughter-in-law.
- Caffienate their life. Buy fresh, local award-winning coffee beans from Tamborine Mountain Coffee Plantation! Buy a bag from their on-site coffee house, and get it ground to perfection on the spot.
- Give unique, local art. Check out BADCAP – Scenic Rim Public Arts‘ venue, ‘The House’, Beechmont landscape artist Dave Groom, The Centre, Beaudesert, Boonah Cultural Centre and the local Visitor Information Centres on Tamborine Mountain and in Beaudesert, Boonah, Rathdowney and Canungra.
- Giddy Up! Book a horse-riding adventure for your friends and family to explore the Scenic Rim on horseback! Check out these spots to go horse riding in the Scenic Rim.
- Stay local and give a Scenic Rim getaway The region has camping and glamping, farmstays, bed and breakfasts, retreats and lodges and cute as a button cottages.
- Go for the adrenaline hit at Treetop Challenge, Tamborine Mountain. There are ziplines and ropes courses to suit every age and ability. Except not for ability like mine that needs to stay on the ground. Very much on the ground. But if someone you love is game for an adventure this would be perfect.
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