Buy Raw Honey in Hobart, Tasmania
Hobart knows cold mornings, sourdough, and a good market loaf. The dark Finke River jar brings some sun-baked weight to that table, which is handy when Tassie winter bites.
Why Hobart locals order from us
Tasmanian cold has a way of exposing weak pantry gear. This jar holds up fine.
Salamanca's full of good produce on a Saturday, but most of the honey there is mild stuff bred for a soft market crowd. This one's built for a Tassie winter, not a market stall photo.
The $10 taster is the easy start, the 400g jar is the workhorse, and free shipping kicks in once you hit $49.
How to use desert honey in Hobart
Run it over a thick slice of market sourdough while the toast is still crackling.
Pair Finke River honey with cheddar after work when the weather has turned ordinary again.
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If you want to keep digging, start with these.
Desert Collection 400g Jar
The standard jar if you know you will actually use it.
Desert Collection 150g Taster
Cheap way to test the waters before you go bigger.
Raw Honeycomb for Hobart
Same country, same bees, just with the wax still doing its job.
How to Store Honey
Keep it out of the fridge and out of the sun. That's most of it.
Outback Honey
The full story on what makes honey from the Red Centre different.
Pick Your Jar
400g jar $25.00, 150g taster $10.00, 6-pack $60.00. Free shipping to Hobart over $49, otherwise $10 flat.
Desert Collection - 400g Jar
$25.00The standard jar. Mostly River Red Gum, light and easy, no heating, no funny business.
Desert Collection - 150g Taster
$10.00Small jar, no big commitment. Good if you want a taste first or need a decent little gift.
Desert Collection - 6 Jar Case
$60.00$10.00 per jarSix 150g jars for gifting, sharing, or keeping one and pretending the rest are presents.
About This Batch
We ship from the Red Centre to Hobart. That's 2,465km of dust and bitumen. It's tracked for Hobart. Straight from our shed, no middlemen, no blending. Same jar, same bees, just a longer drive to get it to you.
Our bees forage off River Red Gum, Bloodwood and whatever flowers after rain around Alice Springs. Tough natives that cop 45°C summers and months without rain.
Shipping to Hobart, Tasmania usually takes 2-6 business days. Finke River if you like it dark, the Desert jar if you don't. Honeycomb when we've got it.
We don't heat-treat our honey. It's cold extracted, so all the enzymes and good stuff stays right where the bees put it.
Shipping to Hobart, Tasmania
Fast Shipping
Shipped from Alice Springs within 48 hours
14-Day Returns
Unopened products, full refund
Real Honey
Raw, unfiltered from the desert
What people in Hobart and beyond reckon
From recent orders around Australia. Different kitchens, same jar.
"Tassie cold set it firm, which was expected. Sat it in warm water and it came good. Very good with sourdough and sharp cheddar."
Maciej M.
Hobart, TAS
"My dad's a honey snob. Gave him a jar without telling him where it was from. He rang me the next day asking for more. That never happens."
Karen W.
Ballarat, VIC
"I'm local. If I wanted bland supermarket honey, I'd buy bland supermarket honey. This stuff's darker, stronger, and better on hot toast."
Peter L.
Alice Springs, NT
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Questions from Hobart
Shipping, jars, and the usual things people in Hobart ask us.
Orders to Hobart usually land in 2-6 business days from Alice Springs. Shipping is free over $49, otherwise it is a flat $10.
Start with the 150g taster for $10 if you just want a crack. The 400g jar is $25 and makes the most sense for everyday use. The 6-pack is $60 if you are sorting gifts or sharing. Honeycomb is $17.99 when it is in stock.
No - it's built for exactly that. A cold Hobart morning wants something with actual weight, and the Desert or Finke River jar both do that without needing three other toppings to back it up.
"Pure" and "natural" are marketing words - they only mean no added sugar, so the honey can still be heated and filtered to death. Raw means it skipped all that. Ours goes straight from the hive into the jar, unheated and unfiltered, so the enzymes and pollen that make honey worth eating are still in there.
Not certified - honest answer is nobody's honey really can be, because bees fly wherever they want. But our hives sit in remote desert country outside Alice Springs, a long way from farms and sprays. The bees work wild River Red Gum, Bloodwood and whatever flowers after rain, which is about as close to organic as honey gets.
Manuka is graded and priced for its antibacterial rating, and a lot of what's on shelves in Hobart barely has one. Ours is a table honey - light River Red Gum or the dark Finke River jar, meant to be eaten, not kept in the medicine cabinet. If you're after flavour instead of an MGO number, desert honey wins on value every time.
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