Gaol House Cottage

Bicheno Penguin Tours takes you to see fairy penguins at dusk on Tasmania's East Coast. The nightly evening tours offer a rare and thrilling chance to visit a private rookery. You can watch the fairy penguins (also known as the little penguin) emerge from the ocean and head for their homes. Established by Bicheno locals to protect the penguin population, the tour lets you get close to the penguins without disturbing their nightly journey. Tours operate daily except Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. Tours depart at dusk and penguin numbers vary seasonally. Bookings are essential for penguin tours.

The Farm Shed East Coast Wine Centre showcases the magnificent wines of the region, incorporating guided wine, gin and whisky tasting flights and sales, as well as a retail space for Tasmanian artists and craftspeople. The Farm Shed offers tastings and sales of wines from all 24 producers on Tasmania's East Coast, including more than half of these that do not have their own cellar door. We also provide tastings and sales of artisan, small-batch, boutique local whiskies and gins, as well as housing a retail space for curated wines from other regions in the state. In addition to the Farm Shed's own offering, we also offer SweetBrew Coffee from 8am-12 seven days a week. Furthermore, our building is home to Bicheno Brewing (Bich); a small-batch craft beer establishment with tasty brews being crafted right here in Bicheno by Head Brewer Chris Zygmunt. Additionally, visitors to the Farm Shed, plus those from all corners of the country, are invited to sign up to our exclusive Wine Club; a carefully curated box of six premium East Coast wines (three white, three red) each quarter of the year, reflective of the season and delivered anywhere within Australia. The Farm Shed is open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm for tastings, drinks and sales.

Our tour takes about one hour and departs around dusk. When booking you will be advised as to what time the tour begins. Listen to knowledgeable guides as you see the fairy penguins in their natural habitat. Please book by phone or via our website.