Tasmania embraces its colder months like no other Australian state. Down here, flinty winter’s days spent exploring whisky distilleries and isolated islands are followed by nights in soul-warming restaurants, bars and cabins, going large on some of the country’s best produce.

In partnership with Tourism Tasmania, here’s how to celebrate all that the island state’s Off Season has to offer, from shucking oysters and slurping scallops to cold plunging into a mountain river and slipping into a steaming outdoor bath.