Maria Island

We're off to Maria (Muh-rye-uh) Island	Ferry across Mercury Passage	The ferry docks at Darlington Bay	Darlington Bay
Pete gets off the ferry	Check in for a camping spot at the old commissariat store (built 1825) - now the NP visitor centre	We walk to the camp site	On the way, we spot this guy...
...then these guys...	This Tasmanian pademelon (rufus wallaby) welcomed us into our camp...	...and so did this wombat...	...and this Tasmanian native hen....
...and another wombat	Australia's World Heritage Convict Sites - including Darlington, Maria Island	Historic buildings are dotted around Darlington	Some from the convict era and others from settlers and industry in the 1800s
Smith O'Brien's Cottage and other buildings	Inside the Coffee Palace (built 1888)	On trail to the Convict Reservoir	Convict Reservoir
Darlington Bay beach - next to our campsite	Pete says hello to a wee wombat	Wombat's cubed poo...chocolate caramel anyone?	Big Forester kangaroo and Tasmanian native hens
A kangaroo, a wombat and Cape Barren geese	Cape Barren goose	On trail to the Painted Cliffs	Pete on trail...no one else around
The Painted Cliffs	Look at those layers	When the tide goes out, lots of little creatures are exposed	Seaweed and ? - we're not sure what the moist, soft, jelly-like creatures are...but they're cool
Jackie at the Painted Cliffs	Sculpted formations	Great colours	Different textures
It's almost like honeycomb	Vertical colours as well	Jackie under the cliffs	Pete taking a break
What a colourful spot to choose	On the trail back to camp...we spot this guy	Then another kangaroo checks us out	A well earned cup of tea after our hike
Walk up to the Fossil Cliffs	View down...it's high	View towards Bishop & Clerk (620m)	The Fossil Cliffs
Lots of sea creature fossils	On trail back from the Fossil Cliffs - we sea many Forester kangaroos hopping down from the shade	The trail leads us back to Darlington Bay and the old concrete silos	Darlington Bay
Back at camp this big guy hops in and looks around...	...what are you humans doing here?	We then spot this mother and baby (joey) wombat - so cute	How many kangaroos and wombats can you see?
A mother and a joey in her pouch - it's almost dragging on the ground	The joey's peeking out	There it is.....awwwww