The question people usually arrive with is simple: is Montu a shop I can buy CBD oil from? The short answer is no. Montu is Australia's largest medical cannabis company — it imports and supplies prescription medical cannabis products and owns the Alternaleaf telehealth clinic, so it sits firmly on the prescription side, behind a doctor and a script. It is not an over-the-counter shop. If you're in Geelong and what you want is over-the-counter CBD oil you can order online — no consultation, no prescription — that's a different thing. For that, there's CBD Oil Geelong, an online CBD oil shop delivering across Newtown, Belmont, Corio, Torquay and the rest of VIC.
This review is independent. CBD Oil Geelong is a separate Australian shop that sells its own range of over-the-counter CBD oil — it is not Montu, is not affiliated with it, and is not a medical-cannabis company, clinic or prescriber. Montu's own businesses operate on its official site.
What Montu is
Montu is a Melbourne-based health-technology company, founded in 2019, and now the largest medical cannabis business in Australia. It works the practical way a supply business does — across the chain rather than from a single shopfront. It imports and distributes prescription medical cannabis products, and runs a group of connected brands that each handle a different stage of getting a prescription from a doctor to a patient.
The most familiar is Alternaleaf, the telehealth clinic Montu owns, which arranges prescriptions after a consultation. Around it sit Leafio, a wholesale distribution arm that supplies pharmacies; uMeds, the dispensing and pharmacy-fulfilment side; and Saged, an accredited education service for healthcare professionals. So in practical terms Montu is the company behind both the supply and the clinic — a business-to-business importer and distributor with a patient-facing clinic attached — not a shop you browse for an over-the-counter purchase. That distinction is what makes a comparison with an OTC shop worth making.
Prescription medical cannabis vs over-the-counter CBD oil
This is the part worth being clear about, because the two are easy to mix up. What Montu's ecosystem supplies and prescribes is prescription medical cannabis: a doctor assesses you and, if appropriate, prescribes a product — which can include THC — supplied under that script, with medical oversight. Over-the-counter CBD oil is a different category.
In 2021 the Therapeutic Goods Administration down-scheduled low-dose cannabidiol (up to 150mg a day) to a pharmacist-only medicine, and hemp-derived CBD oil is also sold online as a composition-described product you buy without a consultation. The two are not substitutes for one another — they're separate routes with separate rules. We don't position our shop as a stand-in for medical advice or a prescription; a doctor is the route for that. We simply sell over-the-counter CBD oil to people in Geelong who want that specific product. The current framework is set out on the TGA website.
Buying over-the-counter CBD oil in Geelong
CBD Oil Geelong is an online CBD oil shop set up for Geelong — no clinic, no consultation, no script. We describe every oil by what's in it, never by what it might do, and post across Newtown, Belmont, Corio, Torquay and the rest of VIC in plain Australian dollars. If you want the whole-plant profile, our full-spectrum CBD oil keeps the legal trace of THC (under 0.3%); if you'd rather none, our broad-spectrum CBD oil removes it.
Beyond cannabidiol there are two single-cannabinoid oils — CBG oil, which is cannabigerol, and a THC-free CBN oil, a cannabinol isolate — plus a pet CBD oil made for animals. Each is hemp extract in a coconut-derived MCT carrier, in a 50ml bottle, third-party lab-tested by batch with a Certificate of Analysis on request, and priced from $89.95. Imported from EU Labs in Amsterdam and dispatched within Australia; the whole range and prices for Geelong are in one place.
From our CBD oil range
Pet CBD Oil 2000mg Full Spectrum – 50ml
Pet-formulated full-spectrum CBD, 2000mg in 50ml MCT at 40mg per ml, trace THC under 0.3%, no added flavours — best introduced with your Geelong vet.
CBD Oil 1000mg Full Spectrum – 50ml
Full-spectrum hemp CBD, 1000mg in 50ml MCT oil at 20mg per ml, trace THC under 0.3% — the entry size, imported from EU Labs for Geelong.
CBG Oil 6000mg Cannabigerol – 50ml
Cannabigerol (CBG) oil, full spectrum with trace THC under 0.3%, 6000mg in 50ml MCT at 120mg per ml — a higher-strength CBG bottle for Geelong buyers.
What to weigh before you compare
A prescription ecosystem and a shop answer different questions, so the comparison is really about which route you need:
- A prescription route (Montu's ecosystem) — you want a doctor to assess you and, if suitable, prescribe; that can include THC products and ongoing medical oversight, supplied and dispensed through the company's clinic and distribution network. It starts with a consultation and a prescription.
- An over-the-counter shop (CBD Oil Geelong) — you want to buy hemp-derived CBD oil directly, described by spectrum, milligrams and carrier oil, without a consultation. It starts and ends with the product.
Neither replaces the other, and the prescription route is the one to take if a medical assessment is what you want. If it's the over-the-counter product you're after, the how-to-use guide explains how to read a CBD oil label and measure a serving.
Common questions about Montu and CBD oil in Geelong
Is Montu a shop? No. Montu is a medical cannabis company that imports and supplies prescription products and runs the Alternaleaf clinic. You don't buy from it over the counter the way you would from an online CBD oil shop.
Is Montu the same as Alternaleaf? Not quite — Alternaleaf is the telehealth clinic, and Montu is the larger company that owns it, along with its distribution, dispensing and education brands. Alternaleaf is one part of the Montu group.
Do I need a prescription to buy CBD oil in Geelong? Not for over-the-counter, hemp-derived CBD oil from a shop such as CBD Oil Geelong. A prescription route like Montu's ecosystem is for prescription products, which is a separate pathway.
What's the difference from CBD Oil Geelong? Montu is a medical cannabis company — import, supply, a clinic, prescriptions, and products that can include THC. CBD Oil Geelong is an over-the-counter CBD oil shop: full-spectrum, broad-spectrum, CBG, CBN and pet oils, bought directly and shipped across VIC to Newtown, Belmont, Corio, Torquay, from $89.95.
Is CBD oil legal in VIC? Yes, within the national framework: low-dose cannabidiol is pharmacist-only, and other or higher-strength products sit behind a prescription. We describe our oils by composition only and make no health claims; the rules are on the TGA website.
Where can I buy over-the-counter CBD oil in Geelong? Online, from an Australian shop such as CBD Oil Geelong — you can see the full range and prices for Geelong and VIC together.
If you're looking for a prescriber and a medical assessment, that's what Montu's clinic side is for. But if you simply want to buy over-the-counter CBD oil in Geelong — described plainly and shipped from within Australia — browse the full CBD oil range, real and lab-tested, delivered across VIC.
