Bruny Island cheese, oysters and wine — can you do a food tour?
Yes, in a dayOysters, cheese and beer, fudge and chocolate, with lunch and the ferry in the price.
Yes. The Bruny Island food and wine day from Hobart is built around exactly that. Lunch at Adventure Bay is included, with oysters, a main and two drinks, and tastings through the day cover cheese and beer, fudge, chocolate and honey ice cream. The ferry both ways and the driving are handled, in a small group of up to 24, from $259. If you would rather choose your own stops, the island tour is from $175, with lunch at the Bruny Island Hotel, a cafe or a winery at your own cost.
Checked on 28 October 2026.
Bruny Island is forty minutes south of Hobart and then a short ferry, and for many people the food is the reason to go at all. A food day means somebody else drives, so the oysters and the two drinks at lunch are yours to enjoy.
What you taste
- Oysterswith a main and two drinks, at lunch at Adventure Bay.
- Cheese and beer.
- Fudge and chocolate.
- Honey ice cream.
- All of it is in the price on the food and wine day, so there is nothing to pay as you go.
The two ways to do it
| Trip | How the food works | Pick-up | Group | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Day Bruny Island Food & Wine Tour | Lunch at Adventure Bay with oysters, a main and two drinks, plus the tastings, all included | Selected Hobart CBD hotels at 7:45am, or Franklin Wharf | Small group, max 24 | $259 |
| 1 Day Bruny Island Tour | Lunch at the Bruny Island Hotel, a cafe or a winery, and the tastings, at your own cost | Hobart hotels and hostels from around 6:50am | Small group, max 20 | $175 |
The ferry is included both ways on both, and both are rated 2 out of 5 for effort. Prices update on their own.
Which suits you
- The food and wine dayif eating is the point. Lunch and the tastings are paid for, it starts at a gentler 7:45am, and you can meet it at Franklin Wharf.
- The island tourif you want the Neck lookout and Cape Bruny lighthouse as much as the food, and would rather pick your own lunch: the Bruny Island Hotel, a cafe or a winery.
- Both run in a 4WD mini busnot a coach, capped at 24 and 20.
A food day in any month
Hobart averages 22°C in January and 12°C in July, and the tastings and the lunch are indoors, so the food day is as good in winter as in summer. Summer adds long evenings back in Hobart; winter gives you the island nearly to yourself. There is more on the cold months on our Bruny Island in winter page.
Making a few days of it
The 2 and 3 day trips from Hobart give Bruny a full day with the ferry included, and add a free cheese tasting at Wicked Cheese on another day. You book your own nights in Hobart, which keeps the cost down.
1 Day Bruny Island Food & Wine Tourfrom $2591 day1 day. Food and wine, lunch includedView trip
1 Day Bruny Island Tourfrom $1751 day1 day. The island, ferry includedView trip
2 Day Best of Tasmania Tourfrom $2992 days, 1 night2 days. Bruny plus the southView trip
3 Day Best of Tasmania Tourfrom $4493 days, 2 nights3 days. Bruny and more of the southView tripPeople also ask
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Where this comes from. What each trip includes, the lunch and tastings, pick-up times, group sizes, effort ratings and prices are each trip's own details as held on its page here, and prices update on their own. Temperatures are Bureau of Meteorology long-term monthly averages for Hobart (Ellerslie Road).