Dining
All cabins include complimentary milk, instant coffee, tea bags, sugar, salt, pepper and cooking oil.
Below is some information about other food and beverage options.
Coffee and chocolates
Ground coffee can be purchased from reception. Coffee plungers are supplied in all cabins.
Tasmanian chocolate and fudge can also be purchased from reception.
wine and beer
A selection of Tasmanian beer, cider and wines can be purchased from reception.
cook your own
Shopping is very limited in the Cradle Mountain wilderness area. If you wish to cook in your cabin, it is recommended that you purchase any groceries or fresh food before you arrive. The last places to shop are Sheffield or Deloraine (coming from Hobart, Launceston or Devonport), Burnie (coming from Wynyard or Stanley), and Rosebery (coming from Strahan or Queenstown).
There is a small grocery store at the Discovery Park Cradle Mountain, which is next door to Cradle Highlander. Open from 9am to 5pm, it sells milk, cheese, yogurt, some fresh vegetables, and frozen food including bread from there, plus other daily items such as tooth paste, band-aids, baking papers etc.
EATING out
There are three restaurants and one café within a 1.5 km radius of Highlanders Cottages.
1 - Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge offers formal dining at its Highland Restaurant and breakfast, lunch and casual dinner at the Tavern.
2 - The Cradle Mountain Hotel offers breakfast and a la carte dining at its Altitude Restaurant. It also offers pub food during the day.
3 - Cradle Mountain Wilderness Village Hellyers Restaurant offers locally sourced shared- plates for dinner.
4 - The café at the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre is open every day for lunch or a snack.