Maria (the Aussies say Mariah) Island! Four days we will remember for a lifetime! Maria Island is a National Park just off the east coast of Tassie. In the 1800's, it was a convict settlement, but after that it mainly became a farming community. Since the late 1980's, it's been a national park, and now only the warden lives on the island. Jer and I decided to bushwalk the island with an organization called Maria Island Walk! We were treated as royalty!
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| dropped off |
Monday morning they picked us up from our apartment in Hobart, and we were taken to their office, where we met our guides and the other six bushwalkers. After about a 30 minute boat ride, we and all our gear were dropped off on the west side of the island. We felt a bit like maybe we were in the Survivor show!!! We donned our backpacks with all our personal belongings, and began bushwalking along the beach and through eucalyptus forests.
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| ready to bushwalk! |
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| Haunted Bay |
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| through the eucalyptus forest |
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| painted cliffs |
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| after hiking snack |
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| bella donna lily |
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one of the many roos we saw
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| our cabana! |
Our bushwalking mates were all Australian - from Darwin, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brissy! We were the only internationals, so we had fun explaining 'cold' to them, curling or triple pane windows. It was fun getting to know Aussie's!! Candlelight dinners, kangaroos, huge waves, Tassie wines, convict settlement ruins, wombats, pristine beaches, gourmet meals, echidnas, local cheeses, clambouring over boulders to get to the top of Bishop and Clerk (611 m elevation)- we had four days that will last us a lifetime!
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all rugged up!
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