our shellar door
PEARL GRADING TOUR
Step inside our Pearl Grading Room at our Shellar Door and experience the journey of a pearl from point of harvest through to preparation for jewellery production. You will be guided through the visible and invisible virtues of the Australian Pearl in this hands-on experience.
- $25 / adult
- 30 minutes
- Land based
- Immersive pearl grading
- Learn about pearl virtues
- Suitable for all ages
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Book online for 11:30am & 2:30pm sessions
- Scroll down to learn about combining our tours
our shellar door
PEARL GRADING TOUR
Step inside our Pearl Grading Room at our Shellar Door and experience the journey of a pearl from point of harvest through to preparation for jewellery production. You will be guided through the visible and invisible virtues of the Australian Pearl in this hands-on experience.
- $25 / adult
- 30 minutes
- Land based
- Immersive pearl grading
- Learn about pearl virtues
- Suitable for all ages
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Book online for 11:30am & 2:30pm sessions
- Scroll down to learn about combining our tours
how to mix and match with our pearl grading tour
OUR SUGGESTED ITINERARIES
If you love everything to do with pearls or want to become a pearl expert, then we recommend combining our Secrets of Pearling, Farm Cruise and Pearl Grading experiences to learn about the journey of the pearl from shell to shellar door.
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Secrets of Pearling
+
Farm Cruise
+
Pearl Grading
Secrets of Pearling
+
Farm Cruise
+
Pearl Grading
If you love all things pearls and oysters, then we recommend combining all our Shellar Door experiences to learn about the journey of the pearl from shell to shellar door.
Swipe to see our recommended tours combinations.
- $130 / adult
- 2 hours and 45 minutes
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Morning & afternoon sessions available
Secrets of Pearling
+
Farm Cruise
+
Pearl Grading
+
Oyster Tasting
Secrets of Pearling
+
Farm Cruise
+
Pearl Grading
+
Oyster Tasting
- $130 / adult
- 2 hours and 45 minutes
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Morning & afternoon sessions available
It is a lesser known fact that Australia is home to the sub-tropical species of pearl shell known as Pinctada fucata (Akoya).
Sustainably grown in the stunning lower Hawkesbury waterways (at the gateway to the Pacific ocean, and just north of Sydney) by our team of pearl farmers, the highly lustrous, round in shape and uniquely coloured Akoya pearls are the perfect collaborator for our jewellery collections.
As with all Australian pearls farmed in unique aquatic environments, each Akoya pearl also takes years to reach maturity, and when harvested are just as stunningly beautiful and enticingly rare.
Pairing our pristine pearls, straight from our farms, together with elegantly crafted jewellery designs, we create pieces that become treasured for generations. In our Pearl Grading tour, you’ll learn more about how we do this through visible virtues.
Visible virtues are those features which are easily identifiable. These visible features are typically used to value pearls by all pearl connoisseurs world-wide (this is despite no formal universal grading system).
In a global industry where chemical treatments and enhancements are common, we place a high value on understanding and disclosing every visible and invisible aspect of a pearl’s virtues, through education and experience.
Each of our pearls has natural colour and lustre and are backed with a Certificate of Authenticity.
RARE, PURE, SUSTAINABLY GROWN
AUSTRALIAN PEARLS
RARE, PURE, SUSTAINABLY GROWN
AUSTRALIAN PEARLS
It is a lesser known fact that Australia is home to the sub-tropical species of pearl shell known as Pinctada fucata (Akoya).
Sustainably grown in the stunning lower Hawkesbury waterways (at the gateway to the Pacific ocean, and just north of Sydney) by our team of pearl farmers, the highly lustrous, round in shape and uniquely coloured Akoya pearls are the perfect collaborator for our jewellery collections.
As with all Australian pearls farmed in unique aquatic environments, each Akoya pearl also takes years to reach maturity, and when harvested are just as stunningly beautiful and enticingly rare.
Pairing our pristine pearls, straight from our farms, together with elegantly crafted jewellery designs, we create pieces that become treasured for generations. In our Pearl Grading tour, you’ll learn more about how we do this through visible virtues.
Visible virtues are those features which are easily identifiable. These visible features are typically used to value pearls by all pearl connoisseurs world-wide (this is despite no formal universal grading system).
In a global industry where chemical treatments and enhancements are common, we place a high value on understanding and disclosing every visible and invisible aspect of a pearl’s virtues, through education and experience.
Each of our pearls has natural colour and lustre and are backed with a Certificate of Authenticity.
all our
SHELLAR DOOR TOURS
Oyster Tasting
$30 / adult
- 30 minutes
- Taste the oysters of NSW
- Oyster shucking demonstration
Farm Cruise
$50 / adult
- 1 hour
- Cruise of Hawkesbury River
- Visit our pearl oyster lease
Secrets of Pearling
$25 / adult
- 30 minutes
- How we farm Akoya pearls
- History of pearling in Australia
Grazing Lunch & Oysters
$60 / adult
- 1 hour
- Gourmet grazing lunch
- Freshly shucked oysters
- Scenic riverside view
Oyster Tasting
$30 / adult
- 30 minutes
- Taste the oysters of NSW
- Oyster shucking demonstration
Farm Cruise
$50 / adult
- 1 hour
- Cruise of Hawkesbury River
- Visit our pearl oyster lease
Secrets of Pearling
$25 / adult
- 30 minutes
- How we farm Akoya pearls
- History of pearling in Australia
Grazing Lunch & Oysters
$60 / adult
- 1 hour
- Gourmet grazing lunch
- Freshly shucked oysters
- Scenic riverside view
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