Order Christmas Hampers for Melbourne Delivery

The Melbourne December calendar

Christmas gifting in this city runs on shutdown dates, not on the 25th. Most offices wind down in the third week of December, professional services and construction earlier than that, and a hamper that lands the day after the last staff member leaves sits in a locked foyer until January. Work backwards from the recipient's last working day, not from Christmas Day, and you avoid the single most common Melbourne mistake.

The other half of the calendar is residential. From about mid-December, houses in the eastern and bayside suburbs start emptying out toward Sorrento, Lorne and the Murray. If a hamper is going to a home address, earlier is better, and a hamper going to someone who is already away is better sent to where they are staying.

Apartment addresses in the CBD, Southbank and Docklands need one extra thought. Where there is a concierge, it is the easiest delivery in the city. Where there is not, the tracking notification does the work, so put the recipient's own mobile number on the address rather than yours and let them follow the parcel. Every hamper we send carries track and trace, which is worth having in the last fortnight of December when half the city is somewhere other than where it normally is.

Office gifts and the shutdown problem

If you are sending to a workplace, address it to a named person rather than the company, and check whether reception is still staffed in the last week. For teams spread across the CBD, Docklands, Richmond and the industrial south-east, one order with the multiple-address function is far less work than separate checkouts, and each recipient still gets their own message. The corporate gifting range and the staff gift options are built for lists rather than single gifts.

Packed an hour from the city

Being packed in Geelong matters more in December than at any other time of year. Nothing waits on an interstate transfer before it enters the postal network, which shortens the part of the journey we actually control. It also means the hampers are assembled by people, not a machine: the box is a premium hamper box finished with a gold ribbon, and your free personalised gift card is slipped under the bow, so it is the first thing seen when the lid comes off.

Inside, the recurring items are Kangaroo Island Produce Co honey popcorn, Chocolatier Belgian chocolate truffles, Valley Produce Company mini artisan crackers, Kangaroo Island olives, Scottie Dog Shortbread and a fig and almond fruit pyramid. Where a bottle is included it is a real one: G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge, Moët & Chandon Impérial Brut or Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label in the champagne hampers, or Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Shiraz for a wine box. Browse the wider Christmas hamper range or the general Melbourne gift hampers if the occasion is not strictly Christmas.

Melbourne Christmas hamper questions

Where are the hampers packed?

In Geelong, about an hour from the Melbourne CBD. Every hamper is hand-packed there by our team, then sent through Australia Post with tracking on the parcel.

What if the office closes before the hamper arrives?

Send to a home address instead, or send to the office early in December while reception is still staffed. Because we dispatch the same day on weekday orders placed by 12pm, the deciding factor is usually when you place the order, not how long the packing takes. Our shipping information covers how orders are sent.

Will chocolate survive a hot Melbourne week?

Most hampers travel inside an insulated shipper box, which is there for exactly the run of 35 degree days Melbourne tends to produce in December. Once it arrives, a cool cupboard rather than a sunny bench does the rest.