Pristine South Tasmania 2025 | Page 69 Leaving Kettering on the ferry to Bruny Island. Photography by: Eliska Sharp Catch the ferry to picturesque Bruny Island Bruny Island is reached by a vehicular ferry, which operates from the township of Kettering. Bruny Island has breathtaking views and rugged coastlines. There are great ocean beaches for surfing and beach fishing fanatics. Bruny is also a bushwalker’s delight, with walks that will take hikers into the depths of the rainforest to Mavista Falls or to the top of Fluted Cape and Cape Queen Elizabeth. Bruny Island is also one of the most historically significant sites in Australia. Abel Tasman first sighted the Island in 1642. Captain James Cook visited Adventure Bay on Bruny Island in 1777 with the ships Resolution and Discovery. Captain William Bligh visited Bruny four times, and it was from here that he left on the Bountyfor Tahiti, and the famous mutiny. Bligh planted Australia’s first fruit trees at East Cove. The French explorer Bruni D’Entrecasteaux (after whom the Island was named) also visited in 1792 and disproved both Cook’s and Bligh’s assumptions that the Island was part of mainland Tasmania. The Cape Bruny Lighthouse was built in 1836 at the southern end of the Island. John Lee Archer, the colonial architect, designed the lighthouse, and the 13-metre tower was built by convict labour from local stone. View the Bruny Island Ferry timetable, fares and general information, located at the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources - Transport Division’s website. BRUNY ISLAND
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