Appletreewick Country Farm

Leave your car at Kettering and catch the Bruny Island Cruises bus service from the Oyster Cove Marina meeting point at 8.30pm. The bus service has the additional value of adding three more hours of guided travel experience to your day for an additional AUD15 per person. The day includes our award winning three hour wilderness cruise which departs daily from Adventure Bay at 11am and returns at 2pm. Our bus departs Adventure Bay at 3.30pm to arrive back to Hobart at 5.30pm. Warm dress is recommended. Full-length wind and water proof jackets provided. Bookings are essential. Lunch not included with the cruise but is available for order on the day at the beachside restaurant.

The Hartzview Vineyard Heritage listed Pickers Hut Village is at Gardners Bay, in Tasmania's South. Take a stroll into history as you enjoy a self-guided discovery walk of the seven different restored small fruit pickers huts that families lived in during the picking season and established in the 1920s. During World War Two, some huts were home to Italian prisoners of war, who replaced agricultural workers serving overseas. You can also visit the cellar door which is open every day and taste from the estate Reserve Pinot Noir, Chardonnays and the large range of preservative free fruit Ports, Liqueurs (Blackcurrant, Blackberry, Cherry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Tasmanian Cassis) and Mead. The Cellar Door is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm. Closed Sundays and public holidays. Closed from June, July, August Gardner's Bay is a 45-minute drive (46 km) south of Hobart.

Spectacular views wherever you look are a feature at Hartzview looking across vineyard slopes, and Port Cygnet to the Hartz mountains. Enjoy tastings from estate grown hand-picked Pinot Noir, Sauvignon blanc and chardonnays. Tastings also of unique preservative-free fruit fortified wines and liqueurs. All are made from 100% high-quality Tasmanian fruit. Ranging from the dryer Blackcurrant Port (similar in style to a Tawny Port), Blackberry, Cherry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Tasmanian Cassis and Spiced Apple Liqueur Mead. Photo opportunities abound, often with bumblebees or take a stroll through the self-guided Heritage-listed pickers huts and be refreshed with the clean air and listen to the stillness. Open: 10 am-4 pm on Monday- Saturday, Closed Sundays, public holidays