Feature by Western Australia

Western Australia is home to some of the world’s most luxurious and rare treasures, both from land and sea.


Key Highlights:

  • Western Australia’s Luxuries: From black truffles to South Sea pearls, biodynamic wines, and a massive gold coin, WA offers rare treasures.
  • Black Truffles in Manjimup, WA's truffle capital and Margaret River.
  • Cullen Wines: Australia's first Carbon Neutral Organic Biodynamic Winery.
  • One Tonne Gold Coin at The Perth Mint: Perth is home to the world’s largest gold coin, reflecting WA’s gold rush legacy.
  • South Sea Pearls in Broome: Broome’s famed South Sea pearls and experiences like Cygnet Bay’s Eco Tents and Willie Creek’s houseboat tour showcase its pearling heritage.

Whether it’s a rare black truffle, a world-famous South Sea pearl, an exclusive biodynamic wine, or the world’s largest gold coin, Western Australia’s land and ocean yield extraordinary finds. Here are four luxurious items you can discover or harvest across Western Australia.


Black Truffles, Margaret River Region and Manjimup

The Southern Forests town of Manjimup in WA’s South West produces the largest amount of rare black Perigord truffle in the Southern Hemisphere, and up to 90 per cent of Australia’s truffle exports. Visit Manjimup to experience a truffle hunt from June to August, getting hands-on to unearth this highly south after “black gold”. The Margaret River Region also offers truffle hunts, with Margaret River Truffle Farm running tours among the rows of their 8-year-old hazelnut and oak tree orchard – a must-do culinary experience in Australia’s premium wine region.


Tour group on a truffle hunt in Manjimup

Truffle Hunt, Manjimup


Cullen Wines, Margaret River

The Margaret River Region has produced countless wines of global recognition since Cape Mentelle and Leeuwin Estate won awards for its Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay in the early 1980s. One of the other founding wineries in Australia’s most premium wine producing region is Cullen Wines, which has forged a reputation of quality and sustainability since first plantings. Cullen Wines practices biodynamic viticulture, a philosophy that combines the maintenance of sustainable soil fertility and the recognition of the link between plant growth and the rhythms of the cosmos. 


Cullen Wines in Margaret River

Cullen Wines, Margaret River


Australian Kangaroo One Tonne Gold Coin, The Perth Mint

Perth (Boorloo) is home to the world’s largest gold coin, with the Australian Kangaroo One Tonne Gold Coin on display at The Perth Mint. The gold coin tips the scales at a massive one tonne of 99.99% pure gold. Measuring about 80 centimetres wide and 12 centimetres deep it is the biggest, heaviest and most valuable gold bullion coin in the world. The coin is housed in the gold exhibition, which includes a chance to hold a large gold bullion bar and watch a live gold pour, while paying homage to WA’s goldrush history from the 1890s through to today.


Kangaroo Tonne Coin at the Perth Mint

Kangaroo Tonne Coin, Perth Mint


South Sea Pearls, Broome

Broome (Rubibi) in WA’s North West is the home of the South Sea pearls – among the largest and most coveted commercially harvested cultured pearls in the world. The discovery in the 1800s fuelled a mass migration where Japanese, Filipino and Malay pearl divers arrived in droves seeking their fortune, creating a melting pot of cultures that makes Broome the multicultural town it is today. Since then, Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm has harvested a lustrous beauty 22.24mm in diameter (on display in its Broome showroom), with Willie Creek Pearls producing a 20.12mm treasure. Find your stay at Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm's Eco Tents, or Willie Creek Pearls' houseboat adventure when visiting Australia's pearling capital.


Jewellery at Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm, Dampier Peninsula

Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm, Dampier Peninsula


Updated June 2025.