Painted Cliffs
Coloured ripples.
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Maria Island is a mountainous island in the Tasman Sea off Tasmania's east coast, about 14 km from the town of Triabunna and 69 km northeast of Hobart in a straight line. The whole island is occupied by Maria Island National Park, which includes a marine area off its northwest coast. The island covers 115.5 square kilometres, about 20 km long and up to 13 km wide; its nearest point is about 4 km off the coast, and a ferry runs from Triabunna. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman named it in 1642 after Maria van Diemen. It passed through successive eras of settlement, industry and farming before becoming a national park. The island's shores feature sandstone cliffs patterned with ripples of brown and orange, known as the Painted Cliffs, beneath forested mountain peaks overlooking white sandy bays, with green meadows among old ruins. Visitors arrive by ferry and explore on foot or by bike, as there are no cars, seeing kangaroos, wombats and other wildlife up close. Some stay overnight in campgrounds and old buildings.
Coloured ripples.
Kangaroos and wombats.
White sand.
Maria Island, off Tasmania's east coast, Australia
By ferry from Triabunna.
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