Some of the Locals

Maria Island had probably the best wildlife we've seen anywhere on our Tassie travels, and around dusk was fantastic, and only a short walk from where we were staying. Here's some of the locals...is there anything cuter than a baby wombat?!

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Maria Magic

The morning after the previous post was totally different on Maria Island with some fantastic dramatic conditions along the cliffs on the north east part of the coast. Once the sun started to find it's way through the clouds the view was amazing.....
One of my favourite images from the trip...(so far!)

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Breaking Waves

My first morning on Maria Island had me riding a bike, that we had hired, over to the  Fossil Cliffs on the north east top corner of the island. I made a few visits to this spot over the 3 days on the island. Clambering down the cliff face to get to sea level I was happy with this breaking wave. In the distance you can see the peaks of the Bishop and Clerk hike that we did a couple of days later.

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Out of No Where

A spectacular sunset on Sunday night at Lake Wendouree seemed to come out of no where...I had to really hustle to get up to the Lake in time.....

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Maria Island Magic

We were treated to a very nice sunset on one of our evenings on Maria Island. This view is at Darlington Bay, an easy walk from where we staying, which was in one of the old rooms of the former Penitentiary at Darlington, something a bit different!

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Painted Perfection

After leaving Freycinet National Park we headed south down the east coast of Tasmania to Triabunna where we caught the ferry out to Maria Island National Park. We had 3 days and nights here on this fantastic island, perhaps most famous for the Painted Cliffs on the islands west coast. We planned it well for the first night to visit the cliffs late in the day and with a low tide that allowed great access into this amazing place.

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Meanwhile, in Ballarat......

With all my Tasmania images in the last week, you may be wondering what's been happening locally here in Ballarat....here's a single image from each of the last 8 days.....

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