Bruny Island, Tasmania, travel guide and things to do: Nine must-do highlights

Fresh produce, boutique producers, wild scenery and abundant wildlife: there's a lot to love about Bruny Island.

• by Jim Darby

Bruny Island wilderness cruise, Tasmania: Seals, dolphins and rocks that breathe

Wildlife and a wild coast emerge on a three-hour wilderness cruise off Bruny Island.

• by Jim Darby

Bruny Island Long Weekend food, wine and walking, Tasmania: The newest Great Walk of Tasmania

This long weekend is a backstage pass to good food, good company and plenty of time in the outdoors.

• by Louise Southerden

Make it snappy

The quick getaway is travel’s equivalent of the energy bar. It’s bite-sized, it restores, relaxes, revitalises and sends you back home with clear eyes and an improved heartbeat.

What's the catch

Andrew Bain falls for a nature experience to savour off Bruny Island.

Guide at a glance: Bruny Island

Wildlife and scenery are the main drawcards to this remote hideaway south of Hobart, writes Lee Atkinson.

Heaven in the backyard: top 10 Australian islands

Australia - the world's biggest island - is surrounding by 8222 smaller ones. Here are ten of the best.

• by Leah McLennan

Let's start at the bottom

Tasmania is more than its most popular attractions. Winsor Dobbin reports on some of the island's undiscovered gems.

Bright young things

Our favourite places face competition from new kids on the block. Lee Atkinson reports on Australia's emerging holiday destinations.

For slow foodies and curd nerds

Carli Ratcliff tends her organic food - from paddock to plate - on a hands-on gourmet tour of the Derwent Valley.