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Maria Island

Accessible by ferry from Triabunna  –  National Park fees apply.

Maria Island is located off the East Coast of Tasmania, approximately 90km north east of Hobart. The island is just under 20km long and 13km at its widest point.

There are many walking tracks on the island, from easy coastal walks to challenging, steep, mountain trails.

Acacia verticillata

Acacia verticillata

Australian Pipit

Australian Pipit

Bennetts Wallaby

Bennetts Wallaby

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Bursaria spinosa

Bursaria spinosa

Cape Barren Geese

Cape Barren Geese

Chestnut Teal

Chestnut Teal

Comesperma volubile

Comesperma volubile

Common Brushtail Possum

Common Brushtail Possum

Dicksonia antarctica

Dicksonia antarctica

Eurasian Skylark

Eurasian Skylark

Flame Robin

Flame Robin

Forester Kangaroo

Forester Kangaroo

Forty-spotted Pardalote

Forty-spotted Pardalote

Laughing Kookaburra

Laughing Kookaburra

Olearia argophylla

Olearia argophylla

Pacific Gull

Pacific Gull

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo

Scarlet Robin

Scarlet Robin

Short-beaked Echidna

Short-beaked Echidna

Silver Gull

Silver Gull

Striated Pardalote

Striated Pardalote

Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Native-hen

Tasmanian Native-hen

Tasmanian Pademelon

Tasmanian Pademelon

Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle

Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle

Welcome Swallow

Welcome Swallow

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Wombat

Wombat

Yellow Wattlebird

Yellow Wattlebird

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Zieria arborescens

Zieria arborescens

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