The Bonnet Island Experience

Travel Guide - The Bonnet Island Experience visits a tiny island at Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast. Experience this exclusive fully-guided tour involving a maximum of only 10 guests. Cruising in comfort from Strahan, you will arrive ashore on Bonnet Island just before dusk and enjoy local gourmet specialties. Your knowledgeable guide will share astonishing tales about the harsh conditions on the island and tell stories of shipwrecks, rescues, storms and survival. You will visit the historic lighthouse, and learn how the lighthouse keepers lived and worked, guiding the ships into the harbour. The island is also home to a thriving colony of Little Penguins and Short-Tailed Shearwaters. In all conditions, these amazing birds spend their days fishing at sea, returning each evening at dusk to their burrows on the island. Observing this phenomenon from close quarters is at the heart of The Bonnet Island Experience – a memorable and intimate encounter. After watching the seabirds come ashore – shearwaters from the air, penguins from the sea – cruise back across the harbour to Strahan, concluding a fascinating experience highlighting the native wildlife and human heritage of Tasmania’s west coast. The Bonnet Island Experience departs from Strahan, 3.5 hours drive (275 kilometres/171 miles) from Launceston. Thanks for visiting Travel Guide