Bernie Putner and the Andermel Marron Farm

Bernie Putner and the Andermel Marron Farm Bernie shows us a blue marron. Bernie tells us about the wines Bernie talks about the Two Wheeler creek winery

Andermel Marron, Two Wheeler Creek Wines
and Marron Café

Location: Harriet Road, Central K.I.
Marron Café Now Open: Licensed, tea, coffee, snacks, lunches, menu of marron and other dishes to suit all tastes. Marron tours, sales and Cellar door tastings and sales
Open daily from 11.00am - 4.30pm
Telephone: (08) 8559 4128 / 0428 594 261
Email: andermel@kin.net.au

The recently opened Marron Café on Kangaroo Island is offering food and wine lovers a unique gastronomical experience.

Marron – the island’s prized freshwater crayfish – doesn’t come any fresher. Visitors can take a tour of the modern fish farm and select a marron of their choice to be cooked by the café’s talented gourmet chef.

A range of hot and cold marron dishes are available, together with various other meals, which are cooked with native herbs grown on the farm. A tasty smoked barramundi from the local school’s aquaculture project is also featured. Herbs such as lemon myrtle, mountain pepper give the meals an exclusively Australian flavour.

Of course, such a meal isn’t really complete without a fine wine, and the café boasts its own label, Two Wheeler Creek. Diners can choose from a sparkling white, sparkling shiraz, sauvignon blanc, cabernet sauvignon and shiraz – all made from grapes grown on the farm’s vineyard.

It’s without doubt a complete food and wine experience that captures everything that is special about Kangaroo Island. And those visitors who still want more can buy marron at the farm and taste the wines at the Two Wheeler Creek cellar door, where sales are available.

Kelly Hill Caves offers tours throughout the day. The recent instillation of fibre optic lighting allows visitors to see the cave in brilliant natural white light.