Maria Island National Park

Maria Island National Park is an island national park off Tasmania's east coast, accessible only by ferry from Triabunna in the Glamorgan-Spring Bay municipality. The car-free island is notable for its combination of natural and historic values, including the Darlington Probation Station, part of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Area, dramatic coastal cliffs, and abundant wildlife such as wombats, kangaroos and Tasmanian devils.

Visitors arrive by passenger ferry at Darlington on the island's north end and explore on foot or by bicycle as no private vehicles or shops are on the island. Expect well-marked walking tracks through open grasslands, eucalypt forest and coastal formations, intact convict-era brick buildings and ruins at Darlington, sandy beaches, the Painted Cliffs and Fossil Cliffs, and close encounters with free-roaming wildlife. Accommodation is limited to camping and historic penitentiary bunk rooms, with all food and equipment to be carried in.