Maria Island is now a National Park, with no permanent inhabitants. Visitors arrive by ferry and can stay the night in Darlington in converted convict cottages from the 1820s.
The land- and sea-scapes are breath-taking and the island is full of wildlife, including wallabies, echidna, wombats and bandicoots.
Maria Island Quay
Disused grain silos reflecting the island's agricultural history
Mrs Hunt's cottage beloinged to one of the last of the island's permanent residents
Mrs Ruby Hunt in the 1960s
1820s convict cottages in Darlington
Echidna
Wallaby mother and her joey
Wombat
Bandicoot
