Coal River Farm: Taste chocolate and cheese near Hobart, Tasmania

Taste chocolate and cheese at Coal River Farm in Cambridge near Hobart, Tasmania. The High Cheese experience and gourmet selection boxes make it worth the visit.

Tasmania has some fine cellar doors for wine tasting. It also has some excellent brewery tours. And, if you go on a Lark Distillery tour, some rather splendid whisky tasting. But the food and drink sampling around Hobart goes much further than that.

Coal River Farm in Cambridge near Hobart specialises in chocolate and cheese. The Coal River Farm restaurant is highly regarded, but the real reason to book a table is the cheese boards. These come with dried fruits, crisp breads and fruit paste, and cost from $26 for two cheeses.

9 Hobart experiences worth your time.
1. Bruny Island day tour. 2. Port Arthur day tour. 3. Tasman Peninsula cruise. 4. Hop-on hop-off bus. 5. Iron Pot Lighthouse cruise. 6. Mt Wellington bus tour. 7. Maria Island cruise. 8. Derwent River sailing adventure. 9. Boronong Wildlife Park and Richmond day tour.

Coal River Farm in Cambridge near Hobart in Tasmania — Coal River Farm near Hobart in Tasmania is a great place to taste chocolate and cheese. Photo by Alastair Bett.

High Cheese at Coal River Farm, Cambridge

The more lavish option at Coal River Farm is taking High Cheese. As the name would suggest, this is a very cheese-focused high tea. It includes four different cheeses, along with hand-cut chocolates and a drink. For the latter, this is a choice of beer, wine, coffee or hot chocolate.

The High Cheese experience at Coal River Farm costs from $37 per person, and is for a minimum of two people.

Tasmanian cheeses made at Coal River Farm included a marinaded feta, a camembert, a triple cream brie and a powerful blue cheese.

Coal River chocolate tasting near Hobart

For those who prefer sweet to savoury, Coal River Farm loves its chocolate as much as its cheese. There are several flavours available, and several styles of chocolate to walk away with. There are drinking chocolate melts, chocolate barks, Florentines, chocolate bars, gourmet tablets and posh selection boxes.

Coal River Farm is at 634 Richmond Road in Cambridge. That’s about halfway between Hobart and the historic town of Richmond. It’s possible to catch a bus direct from Hobart if you want a few drinks. But otherwise, Coal River Farm is a 15 minute drive from central Hobart and a ten minute drive from Hobart International Airport.

Other activities near Hobart include surfing lessons on Clifton Beach, kangaroo feeding at the Boronong Wildlife Sanctuary and visiting the Iron Pot lighthouse on a Derwent River cruise.