EAT with us

Already well known for The Agrarian Kitchen Cooking School and Farm established within their home in The Old Schoolhouse in Lachlan, the pair were seeking a property for the next chapter of the agrarian journey when they found their current location in Southern Tasmania’s picturesque Derwent Valley, just 35 minutes from Hobart.

Novotel in the North West

Long known as the engine room of the island, Tasmania’s North West Coast sits along a coastline overlooking Bass Strait, the stretch of water separating mainland Australia and the island state. Shallow and subjected to strong currents from both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, this body of water records some of the roughest waves and most treacherous sea faring conditions in the world.

CONFERENCE with us

It’s a simple fact, business events in Tasmania are not the same as other destinations. This is because a strange thing happens when you arrive in Tasmania. Your thoughts start running at the pace they were meant to, and you start to see things differently

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY – Wrest Point Birdcage Bar

EAT with us

Peppina, the flagship restaurant of the Tasman, Australia’s first Luxury Collection Hotel has quickly become a feature of Hobart’s flourishing foodie scene, known for big-hearted Italian hospitality, relaxed dining, seasonality, and the very best Tasmanian produce.

CHAT WITH A LOCAL – Irene Penesis

A placement teaching maritime engineering students mathematics at the Australian Maritime College in Northern Tasmania 20 years ago has led to a rewarding career for Professor Irene Penesis, Research Director for the Blue Economy CRC-Co Ltd. Until 2020 she led a multi-disciplinary research team at the Australian Maritime College (specialist institute of the University of Tasmania) solving challenging industry problems in the field of marine renewable energy and is now the driving force behind the Blue Economy CRC’s vision for sustainable offshore aquaculture and renewable energy production that will transform the future of Australia’s traditional blue economy industries.

NEW AND NETWORTHY – Tasmanian Gourmet Gifts

For corporate gifting with Tasmanian flair, Tasmanian Gourmet Gifts provides quality hampers of carefully curated products from the island state.

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY – Tasmanian Wild Seafood Adventures

Headed by experienced skippers and divers Shane Wilson and Nick Daft, Tasmanian Wild Seafood Adventures was born from a love of Tasmania’s pristine waterways, and the desire to provide an authentic seafood experience.

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY – McHenry Distillery

Resting on the side of Mount Arthur on Tasmania’s Tasman Peninsula, McHenry Distillery is Australia’s southern-most whisky distillery and with its family heritage, makes it the southern-most family run distillery in the world!

ADVENTURE with us

To speak of the Tasmanian spirit is to speak of passionate people who’ve persisted, pushed through, and found ways to thrive.  Of innovators, entrepreneurs, and disrupters who have all backed themselves in and pursued their own goals no matter what stood in their way.

UNDER THE SOUTHERN SKY

Gateway to the Antarctic, productive agricultural food hub, UNESCO World Heritage Wilderness, the cleanest air in the world and net carbon negative status… there are many things Tasmania is known for, if not renown for, across the globe. Surface level thinking just doesn’t cut it down here, which becomes clear when you meet the locals, and this has led to innovation and excellence across a diversity of sectors and endeavours.