Food for Purists - Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Andermel Marron

Don't miss this threefold opportunity for magnificent marron (freshwater crayfish), wine tastings/sales and café dining. View marron in holding tanks in the farm shed and learn more about this Island icon. Select marron, wine and bush tucker sauces to create your own Island feast or dine at the Marron Café beside the native herb garden (last orders half an hour before close).

Clifford's Honey Farm

Discover the Ligurian Bee, view them in a glass hive and watch the informative video, which explains the collection and extraction process of honey and bee hive by-products. Enjoy browsing the local produce, art and craft and cosmetics made with honey and beeswax. Sample several flavours of pure Ligurian honey and try Jenny's famous honey Icecream.

Ferguson Australia 

A brand synonymous with Kangaroo Island. View live lobster and amazing King Crabs in the working depots' holding and feeding tanks. Purchase Ferguson's gourmet lobster range including lobster medallions and lobster oil. Live or cooked lobster, prawns, scallops, fresh fish, oysters, gift packs and condiments also available in season.

Island Beehive

Visit one of Australia's largest organic honey producers, an apiary industry showcase for Kangaroo Island's world renowned Ligurian Bee. Enjoy free tastings of their award-winning honey, view bees in the glass hive and take a guided factory tour. Shop for local art, homemade honeycomb ice cream and a wide range of quality souvenirs or just relax with a coffee in the café.

Island Pure Sheep Dairy

A dairy with a difference. Take part in a guided tour and observe the milking of sheep and the making of this famous cheese and yoghurt. There are opportunities for visitors to taste and buy the produce, which includes Spanish, Greek, Italian and Cypriot style cheeses. Wouldn't you love some fried haloumi on the BBQ tonight?

To Book for the Milking Tour, please visit us at the Visitor Information Centre at Penneshaw, KI when you arrive.

Kangaroo Island Source

Established by Kate Sumner, the Island’s most produce driven Chef, Kangaroo Island Source specialises in gourmet food production and catering that is the clearest, cleanest, most natural expression of the Kangaroo Island region. All ingredients and produce are hand selected and supplied by local producers who share in the same philosophy - food that encapsulates the freshness, quality and flavour of local and natural Kangaroo Island ingredients. Kangaroo Island Source feeds not only the body but the mind with a truly unique regional food experience.

KI2U

KI2U is run by local Kangaroo Island couple Scott and Maria Morgan. Wanting to showcase the many quality Island products that they themselves enjoyed, they started researching who may benefit from some added exposure. What they found was an even larger range and diversity of local food, wine, spirits, art and crafts than they had imagined.This site is designed to bring to the world some fantastic products they may otherwise miss out on.

The Oyster Farm Shop

Showcasing Kangaroo Island’s renowned Premium Oysters (when in season), KI marron & yabbies, KI abalone, Smoked produce, King George whiting and other local fish. Situated across the road from the farm, enjoy your lunch whilst watching the oyster punt bring in fresh oysters straight from the sea!

Visit with our friendly staff at Kangaroo Island's only Accredited Visitor Information Centre and let us help you customise an itinerary as unique as you are to get the most from your time on Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island Gateway Visitor Information Centre - Howard Drive, PENNESHAW SA 5222 Open: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Weekends & Public Holidays 10am - 4pm, Closed Christmas Day.

 
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While all Kangaroo Island accommodation is suitable for exploring the Island, particular regions of the Island afford different advantages. Whether you are arriving in the evening and need accommodation close to the ferry port, you prefer to be close to shops and restaurants or if you really want to get away from it all and stay in a more secluded area, there is a region on Kangaroo Island to suit everyone.

 
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