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Quick Look: Bruny Island, Tasmania

  • November 7, 2019
  • Brad A. Johnson

This is Bruny Island in Tasmania. It’s one of more than 300 islands that make up the Australian state of Tasmania. Bruny sits just off the main island’s southern tip and is accessible only by ferry (or yacht). Technically this 89,000-acre island is two separate land masses, North Bruny and South Bruny, which are connected by a thin, sandy isthmus barely wide enough for a road. On one side of the road is the Tasman Sea. On the other side is the Great Bay, where some of the world’s best oysters are harvested. At some point, this isthmus connecting north and south will most certainly wash away. That said, it’s been this way for ages. And as long as that’s the case, Bruny Island always makes a spectacular daytrip from Tassie.

Stairs to the lookout point on North Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Tasmanian Sea at North Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
North and South Bruny Island with the Tasmanian Sea on the right. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
North Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Bruny Island oyster shack (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Freshly harvested Bruny Island Oysters (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Bruny Island Oysters (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
North Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)

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Brad A. Johnson is a writer and photographer specializing in food and travel. His work has been honored by the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, James Beard Awards, World Food Media Awards, Food Photographer of the Year Awards, Society of Features Journalism Awards and others. Based in Southern California, Brad currently serves as Editorial Director of the new luxury consumer travel magazine of the Global Travel Collection (launching Spring 2023).

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