Tasmania Adventures Day 2 Maria Island

in #travel7 years ago

Welcome to day 2 of my 7 day Tassie adventure blog. Hopefully some photos from my previous blog got you interested in what was next to come!

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A bit of morning yoga to start the day

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Our plan (my girlfriend and I) was to head further up the east coast towards the town of Tribunna. While not a whole lot to look at there is a ferry port there that sails to Maria Island. Gabby I ventured to the island for the day and despite the weather turning to grey and rain we still had an awesome time. There are no cars on the island (but you can rent or bring your own bike) and plenty of wildlife around including wombats, kangaroos, wallabies and many colourful birds (most of these birds can only be found in Tasmania and nowhere else in the world).

This is an island with rich convict history back to the 1820’s with some original buildings from that era. For a little island there are plenty of things to do for a day trip or a week away. We spent the day bike riding and exploring the top half of the island, other activities include: snorkelling, diving, fishing and hiking (two great mountains to hike).

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Because of the weather hiking Bishop and Clerk would have been dangerous, heres what the top WOULD of looked like (fomo!)

Hiking Bishop and Clerk

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Source: https://www.australiantraveller.com/tas/east-coast/maria-island/7-bishop-clerk-maria-island-tas/

The ferry itself is a little expensive so be sure to arrive for the early ferry to make the most out of your day because there is plenty to do!

Once we arrived we hoped on some mountain bike rentals and headed straight for our first location, the Painted Cliffs. Normally this is best accessed at low tide, however we managed to climb around the cliffs to get a sneaky little look at what they look like, take a peek!

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The sandstone colours are caused by ground water percolating down through the already formed sandstone and leaving traces of iron oxides, which have stained the rock formation tied together with sea spray hitting the rock face has dried, forming crystals of salt and weathering the cliffs.

As the rain continued to get heavier we pulled up our picnic rug under the only tree we could find with decent cover (right by the cliff) and waited it out.

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Defiant of the rain getting to our spirits, I was eager to get a better look at the Fossil Cliffs. With my raincoat starting to become obsolete, kangaroos bouncing everywhere and not at work, I thought to myself in times like these who gives a fuck about the weather!

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Here are some snaps of Fossil Cliffs, just pretend there’s sunshine.

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As the day of riding and exploring came closer to an end we headed back to the mainland via ferry. As we leaving we noticed these beautiful fishing ships with unique looking lightbulbs on the deck.

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Our campsite that night was at Richardsons Beach in Coles Bay (very close to the famous Wineglass bay, stay tuned for the next blog!). Now I had done some research and this campsite can get really scenic with the right weather conditions. Trying to squeeze the remaining day light, we drove about an hour along the coast (made a quick stop at winery to take a stunning landscape photo of Great Oyster Bay) and arrived at a perfect moment to catch the clouds breaking and sunlight dancing over a glassy lake.

Great Oyester bay

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The colours are really spectacular on the lake here. Warmer AND cooler tones ( thank you @urbanesignature for improving my artistic vocab!).

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Hope you enjoyed this short and sweet blog of day 2! Stay tuned for more!

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:) Thanks for sharing!
What is that animal for the cover photo??

That would be a wombat! Native to Australia and so many of them on the island!

ahh~ Wombat! It's really cute :)

Beautiful post man. I've been planning a trip to Aus and want to make a stop to Tasmania. A friend of mine was telling me about Fossil Cliffs as well, thanks for bringing up the excitement and getting me even hungrier to research and plan my trip!

Fossil Cliffs is a really cool sight, the photo doesnt do justice of the vertigo you get standing on the cliffs edge!

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Those painted cliffs of sandstone are impressive, I have not visited these location when I have been to Tasmania. Did you see around some devil ?

Next time you are on the Eastern coast go visit Maria island! Surprisingly did not see any tassie devils, just lots of wallabies, kangaroos, wombats and possums!

I will visit it !! Apparently it is not easy to find some devils in the wild. I have only seen them in a sanctuary and/or conservation areas . Enjoy your trips!!