{"id":27517,"date":"2022-02-26T17:40:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T06:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=27517"},"modified":"2022-03-06T07:53:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T20:53:10","slug":"maria-island-tasmania-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=27517","title":{"rendered":"Maria Island, Tasmania \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 25th February 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 60 kms from Triabunna to Swansea, Tasmania. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Maria Island National Park <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Swansea Caravan Park, $45, S42.12865, E148.07838<\/a> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 28 days @ $0 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a social evening at the Tandara Hotel we retreat to Jayco as we have an early start In the morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are up well before 7am making a coffee before readying the Jayco for the road. Only a short drive, less than a kilometre to the marina, then we have breakfast and relax. We only need to validate our tickets ($39 pp concession card holders) before boarding the ferry at 8.30am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crossing Mercury Passage to Maria Islan<\/span>d<\/a> takes 30 minutes and there\u2019s a reasonable swell running this morning so we get a ride as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maria Island has a long history and often difficult history. Named by Abel Tasman in 1642, it has been a penal settlement, mined for limestone, farmed and logged finally in 1972 a National Park. You can read about it by following the link above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that aside we are here for the walks, the scenery and wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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