Introduction

Please Note: Maria Island is currently experiencing extremely dry conditions. Visitors are requested to bring their own drinking water. The Darlington showers have been closed until further notice.

Restricted access to Maria Island: Intending visitors to Maria Island are advised that public access to Maria Island National Park will be restricted temporarily for a period of two weeks for a wildlife management program.

Access to the island will be restricted from Monday, 30 June 2008 to Friday, 11 July, 2008. The ferry service will resume on Sunday, 20 July.

For further information, contact Maria Island National Park on 6257 1420.

Maria Island is a special place with something for everyone - historic ruins, sweeping bays, rugged cliffs and mountains, and remarkable wildlife.

Set just off the warm east coast, the island is easily accessed by ferry. Once on the island you will discover a place where there are no motor vehicles, no shops and no worries. Whether you're here for hours or days you can choose the kind of stay that suits you and let Maria work its spell on you.

Further details of the rich history of Maria Island are available at our Visitor's Guide to Tasmania's Historic Places.