CRADLE TO COAST – A CULINARY JOURNEY
Tasmania’s north-west food bowl serves a F&B tour of generous proportions.
Follow the bees from leatherwood forests to hives. Take a tour of a hazelnut orchard. Pick your own berries. Hop into a hops garden. Whatever your appetite, choose a theme and plot a course among more than 30 producers on the Cradle to Coast Tasting Trail across Tasmania’s fertile northwest region.
At 41° South Tasmania, west of Deloraine, take a selfguided tour of a unique man-made wetland supporting a salmon and ginseng farm. Feast on ocean trout and salmon at Petuna Seafoods in Devonport. Continue the seafood frenzy in the fishing village of Stanley, where Hursey Seafoods serves crayfish (and more) just steps from the boats.
The Truffledore at Lower Barrington is billed as “truffle heaven”, while those with a sweet tooth might plan a trip to Van Diemens Land Creamery at Elizabeth Town for artisanal ice-cream and gelato. House of Anvers at Latrobe has Belgian-style chocolate, and Blue Hills Honey near the takayna/Tarkine wilderness, is renowned for its forest honey.
Those interested in wine and spirits can stop at cellar doors at Ghost Rock Wines ( Northdown),
La Villa Wines ( Spreyton) and 3 Willows Vineyard
( Red Hills). Try cider squeezed from top apples and pears at Spreyton Cider Co, craft beers at Seven Sheds boutique brewery in Railton or reach for the top shelf with fine single malts at Burnie’s Hellyers Road Distillery and gin infused with local ingredients such as lavender, wakame and native pepperberry at Southern Wild Distillery in Devonport.