Proudly 100% Australian family owned and operated.

Brought to you by the same people behind Nature’s Wonderland, and part of the Mini Katana Group, Excalibur Dehydrators Australia is proud to be an official Australian distributor of the Excalibur dehydrator, offering the same high level of customer service and product knowledge the former is so well known for.

You can learn more about us and delve behind the scenes of the history of Excalibur Dehydrators Australia here.

What is the Mini Katana Group you ask? Well it is basically a group of companies owned and run by the Thorondor family. It encompasses Excalibur Dehydrators Australia™, Nature's Wonderland, Angel Juicers, Akela and Hydrogen Water, each company specialising in a specific product brand. The Mini Katana Group name is actually derived from the first two letters of the names of each member of the family - Mikayla, Nicholas, Katinka, Tamara and Natasha, which just so happens to form "Mini Katana", pretty cool right?

Bringing over 15 years of experience with the Excalibur dehydrator. We pride ourselves on offering personal, friendly customer service, both over email and the phone — presales and aftersales. We provide customers with expert knowledge, in-depth information and help in the form of extensive online content, as well as personal interaction.

Excalibur products are for individuals who cultivate a lifestyle of health and well-being. Products that are functional yet transformational, empowering you to alter the way you live, feel and nourish the body. Since 1973, Excalibur has consistently introduced advancements related to the mechanics of dehydration. In the process of perfecting dehydration, a legacy was born. Excalibur dehydrators are still manufactured in the USA with the same passion and performance values that defined the brand since its inception.

Mini Katana

Nicholas is the resident code jockey and money man at Excalibur Dehydrators Australia. Web development is his primary domain, turning design concepts into reality through the use of tech wizardry under the name 'Studio Aquila'. Specialising in eCommerce development, Nicholas is dedicated to ensuring an optimal customer experience while shopping online, with visually impressive design, optimised information layout and easy to use navigation. He also makes sure the T's are crossed, and the I's are dotted so to speak, on the finance front.

In his free time, Nicholas is an avid mountain biker, enjoying the thrills the sport offers, while at the same time appreciating the splendours of the natural environment. He's also a bit of a gym rat, devoted to frequenting the gym throughout the week.

Mini Katana

Natasha wears a number of hats at Excalibur Dehydrators Australia and lends her skills to a number of different areas, from general administration to design and marketing. She knows the products like the back of her hand, so if there's a question relating to a product that needs answering, she's got your back. In fact, as the business's happiness engineer, she makes it her mission to ensure customer satisfaction. Natasha is also technologically savvy and as a web developer works with Nicholas to keep the website functioning optimally and looking great.

In her free time, Natasha is a devoted gardener and lover of the outdoors, with a passion for seeing Australia's natural landscapes restored and rejuvenated.

Mini Katana

Mikayla brought over 35 years of retail experience to Excalibur Dehydrators Australia, having run her art & décor gallery 'Sha's' back in the 80s & 90s. She then transitioned to starting Nature's Wonderland, the very first business of the Mini Katana Group back in 1996 in Warburton, Victoria. Originally the business was focused on nature-based art and interior décor. This was before the internet was really a thing (gasp), and Nature's Wonderland has since changed it's focus both in a product sense, and by adapting to an online landscape. Mikayla endeavoured to pass on this vast reservoir of experience by being a mentor to her kids, and keeps a close interest in the runnings of the business.

Art and creativity were Mikayla's life force. She lived to relish the beauty of nature, and to artistically enhance all aspects of her surroundings. Nature, sustainable living, an eco-friendly world and self sufficiency were at her core.

Mikayla passed away in 2024.

Mini Katana

Katinka is the lead creative talent at Excalibur Dehydrators Australia. She specialises in digital illustration and design, and is the creator of 'Bill B', the bilby used in the Excalibur Dehydrators Australia and Nature's Wonderland logos. Katinka also is a crack shot photographer, enjoying landscape and nature photography. In fact, many of her photos are used across the Mini Katana Group's platforms and social media.

When she isn't working on designing imagery or taking photos for the business, she freelances as a digital artist to visual effects companies around the world.

Toogoolawah

Our head office is located in Toogoolawah, Queensland. Toogoolawah is a small country town, away from the hustle and bustle of the big smoke, about an hour and a half out of Brisbane.

Why choose a rural location for your head office you ask? Well it is a lifestyle choice really. By working out of Toogoolawah, we have found we can still run at the same efficiency as a city based office, but are then lucky enough to get to work from a location surrounded by beautiful nature and abundant wildlife every day of the week, and in fact we wholeheartedly support local conservation and are proud to say that our Toogoolawah location is a registered 'Wildlife Land Trust' and 'Land For Wildlife' property.