Wandoo (White Gum) Honey

Wandoo honey, also sold as white gum honey, is a thick honey with a toffee flavour and a pleasant acidity. The maker says it is one of its farm favourites, with strong caramel and toffee notes. It comes in 340 g, 500 g and 1 kg jars.

The maker says the honey is produced from the wandoo tree between the Brookton Highway in the north and Cranbrook, Western Australia. Wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) is a tree 3 to 25 m high with smooth bark and white to cream flowers, according to FloraBase, the Western Australian Herbarium's flora database. It lists the flowering season as December or January to May and the tree as native to Western Australia. The maker's page does not say whether this jar is from its own hives or from another beekeeper it works with, and its About page says it brings in some honeys from a select few beekeepers it knows.

It is the toffee honey of the Pemberton Honey Co range we list. Karri is light coloured with a smooth butterscotch flavour, Hakea is light and lemony, and Parrot Bush is dense and savoury.

Packed by Pemberton Honey Co, a migratory beekeeping business run by Mikey and Allexa Cernotta from their farm just outside Pemberton, Western Australia. The maker says it moves hives onto different nectar flows around the south-west corner of the state, and that every jar is processed, packed and checked in a purpose-built packing shed on the farm.

Seeing it in person

Pemberton Honey Co sells from a self-serve stall at its packing shed on the farm just outside Pemberton, and runs tastings and tours by appointment (contact page, checked 13 October 2026). Opening arrangements are on the maker's site.

Delivery and flying home

Pemberton Honey Co delivers anywhere in Australia, with a flat-rate fee below a set order value and free delivery above it, and asks you to email about overseas orders (shipping page, checked 13 October 2026). Honey counts as a gel. On most domestic flights it can go in your cabin bag. On international flights only containers of 100 mL or 100 g or less can, so a jar goes in checked baggage. Tasmania has its own honey rules. Rules change, so check Home Affairs and your airline, and see our flying-home guide.

Questions

What does it taste like?
Toffee and caramel, with a touch of acidity, in a thick honey, according to the maker.

Is wandoo the same as white gum?
The maker sells this honey under both names, as Wandoo (White Gum). FloraBase lists Wandoo as the tree's common name.

Will it set in the jar?
Honey can crystallise. The maker's shipping page says it never goes bad and that gentle heating will make it liquid again.

Good to know

• Single floral source: wandoo, which the maker also sells as white gum
• Nectar from between the Brookton Highway and Cranbrook (maker)
• 340 g, 500 g and 1 kg jars
• Packed on the farm near Pemberton, Western Australia

Facts checked by Shane Simmons from Pemberton Honey Co's website and FloraBase on 13 October 2026. Sources: Pemberton Honey Co product page, About page and FloraBase: Eucalyptus wandoo.