Making the most of Grassy King Island
Use these notes to shape a realistic day ashore, then confirm any time-sensitive information for the date of your call.
Arriving at the port
Grassy is a small town on King Island. Depending on your ship's size, you will be docked or tendered ashore.
- Grassy King Island
- Have a beautiful clean beach all to yourself
- King Island has a tragic maritime history, with shipwrecks dotted all over the coast
- The surrounding waters of the Island are rich in marine life for fishing
- Visit the King Island Dairies and cheese factory
- Take a boat trip to Reid Rocks, a breeding colony for Australian Fur Seal
- Scenic drives
- Boat tours
- Tallest lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere
- Coastal walks
- Beachcombing
Money
Australian Dollar
Opening Hours and
Shops and services are generally open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and until lunchtime on Saturday. In cities and larger towns, many shops stay open late on Thursday or Friday evening - usually until 9pm - and all day on Saturday. Shopping malls are often open on Sundays as well.
In remote country areas, roadhouses provide all the essential services for the traveler and, on the major highways, are generally open 24 hours a day. In tourist areas, even ones well off the beaten track, tourist offices are often open every day or at least through the week plus weekend mornings; urban information centers are more likely to conform to normal shopping hours.
Tourist attractions such as museums, galleries and attended historic monuments, are often open daily, though those in rural communities may have erratic opening hours.