An oil painting of the unofficial "king" of Maria Island, off Tasmania's east coast, has been donated to hang in the home he built there more than a century ago. The 19th-century portraits of ...

Maria Island is an easy day trip by ferry from Tasmania, Australia. After the 30-minute crossing, the best way to explore the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I'm reading a book called Tracks, Scats & Other Traces because where I am right now – in a safari tent, in the middle of a forest ...

Wombat on Maria Island. Picture: Tourism Tasmania/Dominic Zeng The concentration of animals on Maria Island is considerably higher than on mainland Tasmania. There are about 249 Bennetts wallabies ...

Picture: Supplied Little-known Maria Island is off Tasmania and can only be accessed by boat. Picture: Google Camping at Four Mile Beach is only reserved for those lucky enough to go on the guided ...

mate,” an Aussie hiker lamented when we crossed paths at a coastal headland on Maria Island, a wild and mountainous speck in Australia’s southernmost state, Tasmania. The landscape couldn’t ...

Excellent wines are from Tasmania’s east coast and Coal River ... which represents another phase of Maria Island’s history. It’s the 1880 home of Italian entrepreneur Diego Bernacchi ...

As visitors flock to Maria Island year on year, it’s created pressure on the infrastructure of the popular tourist destination, pressure that could come with “unacceptable” risks.