What is Bruny Island known for?
Bruny Island is an island south of Hobart, Tasmania, known for gourmet food such as cheese and oysters, white wallabies, dramatic sea cliffs and The Neck lookout.
The island is reached by a car ferry from Kettering, a crossing of about 20 minutes. It is actually two land masses, North Bruny and South Bruny, joined by a narrow sandy isthmus called The Neck.
A wooden staircase climbs a dune at The Neck to a lookout with views of both sides of the island. At dusk, little penguins and short-tailed shearwaters return to burrows nearby.
Food and wildlife
Bruny Island Cheese Company, Get Shucked oyster farm, a chocolate shop, a berry farm and a smokehouse make the island a popular food trail. Many visitors spend a day tasting local produce.
South Bruny National Park has coastal walks and the Cape Bruny Lighthouse, first lit in 1838. Adventure Bay was visited by famous explorers including Cook and Bligh.
Wildlife cruises explore towering dolerite cliffs, sea caves and seal colonies. Rare white wallabies, a pale form of the Bennett's wallaby, live on the island.
Did You Know?
The island is named after French explorer Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, who charted it in 1792.