tourism founded 1999 founder robert pennicott headquarters hobart australia key people robert pennicott products bruny island cruises tasman island cruises number of employees 50 website http www.pennicottjourneys.com.au pennicott wilderness journeys is a tourism company based in hobart tasmania . it operates two separate tours one on bruny island and one at port arthur . the company was founded as bruny island charters in 1999 by robert pennicott and is one of the largest tourism operators in tasmania carrying 50 000 passengers over the 2009 10 season . 1 2 in 2008 the company was named the australian first generation family business of the year 3 tasmanian business of the year australian small business of the year . 4 its two cruises have won numerous awards at a state and national level . contents 1 bruny island cruises 2 tasman island cruises 3 conservation 4 hobart presence 5 references 6 external links bruny island cruises edit bruny island cruises operates tours that take visitors along the coast of the south bruny national park . 5 recognised as one of the 100 greatest trips of the world by travel leisure magazine s 2008 yearbook the cruise has also been awarded tasmania s best tourist attraction 2006 2008 & 2009 ; along with recognition as australia s best ecotourism attraction in february 2010 . 6 bruny island is a small island in south east tasmania approximately 40 km from hobart . the cruises operate from adventure bay on south bruny island and travel south along the coastline of the island to the point where the southern ocean meets the tasman sea . as the largest business on the island it is also the largest employer of locals and a substantial contributor to the small island s economy . 5 tasman island cruises edit in december 2007 the company opened tasman island cruises at port arthur near the entrance to the port arthur historic site . 7 this cruise travels along the coastline of the tasman peninsula from pirates bay at eaglehawk neck to stewarts bay at port arthur coastline with tall sea cliffs in excess of 300m and interesting natural rock formations 8 in 2008 tasman island cruises was named tasmania s best new tourist development . conservation edit pennicott wilderness journeys established the tasmanian coast conservation fund in 2007 through a partnership with wildcare inc. the fund was established to support conservation projects in southern tasmania . in july 2008 the company made a 40 000 donation 9 and in the following year made a further 25 000 contribution . both the bruny island and tasman island cruises are also 100 % carbon offset . 10 hobart presence edit in february 2010 the company opened a new 400 000 booking office on hobart s waterfront . 11 references edit case study pennicott wilderness journeys pdf . retrieved 2010 10 14 . a new look for bruny island cruises . retrieved 2009 08 30 . family business awards winners 2008 . retrieved 2008 12 31 . tas telstra business awards . retrieved 2008 12 31 . dead link a b landline seachange . retrieved 2008 12 31 . tasmania s national tourism award winners congratulated . retrieved 2010 02 28 . new eco cruise for tasman peninsula . archived from the original on july 20 2008 . retrieved 2008 12 31 . cape pillar . retrieved 2009 12 18 . wildcare news library another great corporate donation received . retrieved 2008 12 31 . coastal conservation boosted by major donation . retrieved 2010 02 27 . new pennicott wilderness journeys office opens on hobart s waterfront pdf . retrieved 2010 02 27 . external links edit bruny island cruises website tasman island cruises website this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pennicott wilderness journeys & oldid 738974259 categories companies based in tasmaniavisitor attractions in tasmaniatravel and holiday companies of australiaaustralian company stubshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 02 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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