Maria Island
A mountainous island off Tasmania's east coast, about 20 kilometres long and entirely a national park, reached by ferry from Triabunna. There are no cars, wombats graze around the old settlement of Darlington, and the Painted Cliffs show swirls of coloured sandstone.
- Where
- Triabunna, Tasmania, Australia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -42.6333, 148.0833
Get the Maria Island stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Maria Island. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Tasmania volume with your photos and a note.
Near Maria Island
Port Arthur Historic Site 61 km
A former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, about 97 kilometres south-east of Hobart, now part of the World Heritage listed Australian Convict Sites. The roofless sandstone penitentiary and dozens of other buildings stand among lawns by the water.
Freycinet National Park 67 km
Tasmania's oldest park along with Mount Field, founded in 1916 on the Freycinet Peninsula about 125 kilometres north-east of Hobart. Its red and pink granite peaks, the Hazards, look down on Wineglass Bay, a curve of white sand that walkers climb to a lookout to see.
Salamanca Place 68 km
A row of sandstone warehouses from the 19th century on Hobart's waterfront, now galleries, cafés and restaurants. Every Saturday the Salamanca Market fills the street with stalls of Tasmanian food, crafts and produce.
Museum of Old and New Art 70 km
The largest privately funded museum in the Southern Hemisphere, set at the Moorilla winery on the Berriedale peninsula north of central Hobart. It shows ancient, modern and contemporary art from David Walsh's collection around themes of sex and death; he calls it a subversive adult Disneyland.
Cascades Female Factory 70 km
A former workhouse for female convicts in South Hobart, in use from 1828 to 1856, in the penal colony then called Van Diemen's Land. Its stone walls and yards are now one of the 11 sites that make up the World Heritage listed Australian Convict Sites.
Mount Wellington 75 km
The mountain that rises behind Hobart, summit of the Wellington Range, known as kunanyi in palawa kani. A road climbs to the top, where boardwalks look out over the city, the Derwent estuary and much of southern Tasmania.
Bruny Island 98 km
A 362 square kilometre island south of Hobart, separated from mainland Tasmania by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and reached by car ferry from Kettering. The Neck, a thin isthmus, joins its two halves, and the island is known for cheese, oysters and sea cliffs.
Cataract Gorge 154 km
A river gorge on the South Esk about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of Launceston, with walking tracks along its cliffs. A chairlift crosses the First Basin, where people swim in summer, and a suspension bridge spans the river near its mouth.
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Questions
Where is Maria Island?
Maria Island is in Triabunna, Tasmania, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Port Arthur Historic Site (61 km), Freycinet National Park (67 km), Salamanca Place (68 km).
How do I get the Maria Island stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Maria Island and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tasmania volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Maria Island before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tasmania volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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