The Oyster Tasting Tour is a 30-minute, land-based guided tasting and shucking demonstration at our Shellar Door in Mooney Mooney, just 45 minutes north of Sydney CBD. You’ll discover the individual characteristics of the local Sydney Rock Oyster, the creamy Pacific Oyster, and our very own Akoya pearl oyster, freshly shucked and ready to taste.

The experience includes a guided tasting of 2 to 3 oysters per person, a live oyster shucking demonstration, and the story of how we sustainably farm our oysters right here at Broken Bay. It’s a short and delicious introduction to some of NSW’s finest oysters.

The Oyster Tasting Tour runs for 30 minutes.

We ask that you please arrive 15 minutes before your tour to check in and use bathroom facilities.

The Oyster Tasting Tour is available Tuesday to Sunday. We recommend booking in advance to secure your preferred date and time, particularly on weekends and during peak periods.

Our Akoya oysters are sustainably farmed right here at Broken Bay and are delicious year-round. Our farming techniques allow the oysters to build up large energy reserves, resulting in a creamy, glycogen-rich texture that looks just as good as it tastes.

Yes, the Oyster Tasting Tour is Eco Certified, recognising our commitment to sustainable, nature-based tourism.

Absolutely, and we highly recommend it. The Oyster Tasting Tour combines beautifully with our Farm Cruise to form the Farm to Plate experience. Or, for the ultimate day out, join us on our Oyster & Pearl Lovers tour, our biggest combined experience bringing together the Farm Cruise, Oyster Tasting, and Secrets of Pearling all in one day.

Absolutely! Our Shellar Door features a stunning range of pearl jewellery, including pieces set with our Broken Bay grown Australian Akoya pearls, as well as Australian South Sea pearls from our sister farm in Cygnet Bay, Western Australia.

The tour takes place at the Broken Bay Pearl Farm Shellar Door, located at 12 Kowan Rd, Mooney Mooney NSW 2083, approximately 45 minutes north of Sydney’s CBD on the lower Hawkesbury River. Learn about getting to us.

Broken Bay Pearl Farm is located in Mooney Mooney on the NSW Central Coast, an easy one-hour drive north of Sydney and just one minute off the M1. Free parking is available onsite. If you’d prefer not to drive, take the train from Sydney to Hawkesbury River Station in nearby Brooklyn, then arrange a bus transfer to the Shellar Door. Rideshare and private chauffeured transfers from Sydney are also options.

Yes, a return bus transfer to and from Hawkesbury River Train Station is available for the Oyster Tasting Tour, but it’s a bus transfer that must be booked in advance, it can’t be arranged on the day. Once booked, we’ll collect you from the station 20 minutes before your scheduled tour time, so please make sure you arrive with enough time to catch your pickup, as it’s your responsibility to be there on time.