Pick your own in Tasmania

Tasmania’s self-pick season is the latest in the country, and that is its whole advantage. When mainland orchards are picked out, the island is still going.

The three districts

Hobart and the Huon Valley hold the largest concentration, and the Huon is apple and stone fruit country: apricots and cherries through summer, apples into autumn. The valley has been an orchard district for well over a century and it shows in the age of the trees.

The Tamar Valley in the north carries berries, particularly blueberries, running later than anywhere on the mainland.

North-west Tasmania is the berry district proper, with blackberries and raspberries alongside the blueberries.

The timing advantage

A Victorian raspberry season that finishes in February can still be running in Tasmania in March. Tasmanian blueberries carry into autumn. If you have missed a crop on the mainland, the island is the second chance, and it is the reason to plan a trip around fruit rather than the other way round.

Practical notes

The weather is genuinely changeable. A warm morning in the Huon can turn cold and wet by lunchtime. Take a jacket regardless of the forecast, and closed shoes: orchard rows here are wet underfoot more often than not.

Distances are short but roads are slow. The Huon Valley is close to Hobart on the map and takes longer than you expect. Two farms in a day is comfortable; four is not.

Cherries and rain. The same rule as everywhere, but it bites harder here because the island gets more of it. A ripe cherry splits when it takes on water, and a wet week can end a block’s season. Check the morning you go.

Beyond fruit

Several Tasmanian farms open for flowers and for Christmas trees in the weeks before Christmas, which extends the reason to visit past the fruit season.

Updated 10 September 2026