Portarlington Mussel Tours

06/09/2025

The best gift for Dad is something he can keep in the memory bank forever 😘

10/08/2025

From paddock to plate, the Bellarine serves up some of the freshest flavours in the country – and you can meet the makers behind them. 🍇🥖🦪

🌊 Seafood lovers – Start at White Fisheries for the day’s catch, try Bellarine Smokehouse + Provedore for salt-and-smoke cured salmon, trout, eel and more, or jump aboard Portarlington Mussel Tours to harvest, cook and taste mussels fresh from the bay (plus oysters, scallops and abalone on the deluxe tour).

🥐 Bread & butter – Ket Baker artisan sourdough croissants and loaves are crafted over five days for unbeatable flavour. Just minutes away, lardassbutter hand-makes cultured butter from grassfed cream in fun flavours like smoky pomodoro, sweet vanilla and black garlic.

🚂 Unique & hands-on – Savour a six-course degustation aboard The Q Train, pick berries straight from the field at Tuckerberry Hill, Berry farm, Cafe and local produce market, or learn how to turn garden produce into preserves and handmade pasta with harvestexperience.

🍫 For sweet tooths – Treat yourself to brownies, rocky road and gourmet muesli from Adelia Fine Foods & bellarinebrownie, or head to My Bellarine Kitchen for cupcakes, cookies and the famous Hungarian Dobos Torte with layers of sponge, chocolate buttercream and caramel.

🛍 Farmers markets – Meet the growers at Golden Plains Farmers Market, South Geelong Farmers Market and Bellarine Farmers Market – each brimming with seasonal produce, artisan goods and community spirit.

✨ Whether you’re here for a weekend or just a day, the Bellarine Taste Trail is a feast for all senses – come hungry and leave inspired.

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31/07/2025

Thrilled to be included in this article.

Quoted by Australian Traveller

"It’s a bit of a flex that Portalington Mussel Tours includes oysters. The Victorian region of Geelong & The Bellarine is the go-to for world-class culinary adventures.

The Deluxe Seafood Tour, launched in December 2024, is not just about oysters. Guests cruising the waters of Port Phillip Bay on the beautifully restored Huon pine boat Valerie will be treated to a veritable feast of oysters, mussels, scallops and abalone accompanied by a bottle of ocean-aged vintage cuvée which has been cellared under water at the mussel farms.
The tour includes a cooking demonstration and tasting"

From wading waist-deep through waters where Sydney rocks are grown to dining at shellar doors, here are Australia's best oyster experiences.

29/07/2025

Shane was up before the sun, catching the moment when the sea was a mirror and the sky hadn’t quite made up its mind.
This is Portarlington at its most peaceful — and most powerful.

Mussel farming is tough. The work is heavy, the hours long — but the sea has its way of rewarding us.

19/07/2025

Just out here making new friends by the end of every tour 😍
It’s so lovely to spend 3 or 4 hours at sea with our guests. We love getting to know each of them. Find out what they do, where they’re from & what bought them to us.

It’s so wonderful to hear how many of them are actual referrals from friends or family that visited us previously. This warms our hearts 🙏