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Bruny Island Visitors Food Guide
Bruny Island is about 40km south of Hobart. The sparsely populated island, with its sheltered coves and long white sand beaches is, not surprisingly, a popular bolt-hole for Hobartians. Wildlife is fond of the place too.
By Greg Clarke
Fur seals, penguins, dolphins and even whales (in October and November usually) cruise the waters just off the coast leaving the white-bellied sea eagles, albatross and peregrine falcons to cruise the skies above Bruny. Locals around Adventure Bay share the southern end of the island with the world’s largest colony of white wallabies.
A somewhat lesser known fact about the island is that, should your self-control run off with a dolphin or an albatross, this is also a great place to get fat. Below are some of the best eat-drink servings on the island.
Get Shucked Oysters
Nestled on Great Bay the farm runs on one of the original Bruny Island Oyster leases which may date to the 1940s. While Get Shucked sells their Pacific oysters to some of the best restaurants in the state – Peppermint Bay, Marque IV – and Melbourne and Sydney, live and half-shelled oysters are also kept for visitors.
Bruny Island Cheese Company
Cheese maker Nick Haddow produces hand made farmhouse cheeses and butter and has recently released two new varieties of cheese. The ‘cellar door’ of the cheesery is open seven days and so is the cafe attached to it. The cafe menu includes cheese platters but also organic sourdough bread straight from the multi-tasking Haddow’s wood-fired oven.
Island Produce
Former chef Michael Carnes produces 25 varieties of fudge, as well as truffles, chocolate sauces and chocolate coated nuts. There is a shop here and also 25 acres of gardens that run all the way to the beach.
For a small fee visitors are welcome to wander. The gardens are known as Hiba, Arabic for a gift. Carnes worked for three years as a chef on a Saudi owned yacht and named his extensive gardens after the luscious 52-metre cruiser.
Phone: (03) 6293 1456
The Hothouse Cafe
Fiona and Michael Morrison’s eatery is something of an outlet for locally grown produce including berries, lettuces and tomatoes. Fiona takes responsibility for producing the home made steak and Guinness pie, damper and fish soup. Bookings are essential for evenings.
Phone: (03) 6293 1131
Wayaree Estate
Bruny Island Premium Wines is on Wayaree Estate at Lunawanna. Wayaree Estate is 120 acres and includes five acres of 10 year old vines. Bernice and Richard Woolley produce bottles of pinot noir and chardonnay and their white, which according to Bernice goes a treat with Get Shucked oysters, won a bronze medal at the 2007 Hobart International Wine Festival. In something of a power-sharing agreement, cheese maker Nick Haddow has been using skins from the winery’s pinot grapes to flavour some of his cheese.
Phone: (03) 6293 1088
Notes from the Island
A ferry service to Bruny Island departs from Kettering, south of Hobart, up to 10 times a day. It costs $25 for a return trip with a car. Passengers in the vehicles travel free of charge. There are no reservations for the ferry.
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Bruny Island
- Separated from the mainland by the DEntrecasteaux Channel, Bruny Island is virtually 2 islands, North and South Bruny, joined by a strip of sandhills. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the island was logged by notable explorers and navigators including Abel Tasman, Tobias Furneaux and James Cook. The island was an important 19th-century whaling station, but is now reliant on agriculture and tourism. Access to Bruny is via vehicular ferry from Kettering to Batnes Bay.
