Pennicott Wilderness Journeys is a tourism company based in Hobart, Tasmania. It operates two separate tours, one on Bruny Island and one at Port Arthur. The company was founded as Bruny Island Charters in 1999 by Robert Pennicott and is one of the largest tourism operators in Tasmania, carrying 50,000 passengers over the 2009/10 season.In 2008 the company was named the Australian First Generation Family Business of the Year, Tasmanian Business of the Year, Australian Small Business of the Year. Its two cruises have won numerous awards at a state and national level.