Thank you for visiting the Gumnuts website. Gumnuts Farm & Horseriding Resort is a 140-acre horse farm nestled in the picturesque Biddaddaba Valley, on the edge of the Scenic Rim, in between Beaudesert, the Gold Coast and Brisbane City and close to all the wonderful Sub-tropical rainforests that are a part of the National Parks Estate in this region.   Gumnuts News   The word “Biddaddaba” is a local aboriginal word referring to the Australian Monarch Butterfly, which during certain times of the year come to this valley from all around to reproduce. The farm is set in rolling hills interwoven by the sparkling Biddaddaba Creek. The natural wildlife of Kangaroos, possums, and native birds as well as the farms horses, lambs, goats, and of course “Dolly” the cow are always popular.   Gumnuts Farm /Horse riding resort has been owned & operated by the Webster family since 1985. Click here to see pictures and info of the staff at Gumnuts Farm & Horseriding Resort. At first it was started as a children’s riding camp during the school holidays but quickly expanded to include day & ½ day riding tours operating from both the Gold Coast and Brisbane.   Now Gumnuts provides accommodation for school groups from Australia and Japan for educational experiences as well as offering 4 star farm stay accommodation to visitors from all over the world. Horse riding is our prime activity offering fully supervised trail riding through the beautiful countryside surrounding our property.   In addition there are many other Farm and Nature based activities such as fishing, yabbying, whip cracking, boomerang throwing, clay pigeon (disk) shooting, 4WD driving, wine tasting, cattle & dog shows, star gazing, baby animal, possum and lorikeet feeding, orienteering, environmental and historical walks, bird watching, camp fires and sausage sizzles, which provide our customers from both overseas and Australian Cities with special cultural experiences combining education and pleasure.   Q. How did Gumnuts get its name? A. The inspiration for our name comes from the ‘Gumnut babies’ series of children’s stories that were written by the author May Gibbs. Jenny Webster (mum) is a big fan of the series and originally wished to use that name. However as both her husband Colin and son James objected to being referred to as “Gumnut babies” and the fact that the family was uncertain of any ‘trademark law’ issues on the use of that name; it was decided to settle for the name Gumnuts.   Q. Aside from our happy customers, what is a Gumnut? A. The Gum tree is the common name given to the Eucalypt trees that are found all over Australia. (There are more than 3000 species and they keep discovering new ones.) Every spring if the season is good these trees produce a flower, which then forms into a seedpod that is referred to as the ‘Gumnut.’                 Gumnuts Farm Resort Biddaddaba Creek Road, Canungra, Queensland AUSTRALIA 4275 Tel: +61 7 5543 0191 Fax: +61 7 5543 0591 Email: Click Here   All prices include GST.