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1.1 transport
1.2 facilities
1.3 activities , attractions
access
transport
a ferry provides daily service town of triabunna jetty in darlington bay @ northern end of maria island, distance sea of 16 km or 9 nautical miles. in summer service twice daily. previous ferry operation out of louisville (near orford) defunct. common dolphins, australian fur seals , seabirds such australasian gannets , shy albatrosses seen on voyage. tourist flights island can made cambridge airport or friendly beaches.
facilities
very basic accommodation available in darlington in penitentiary , former place of internment, built during first convict era. bookings can made parks , wildlife service. there ten rooms have bunk beds vinyl mattresses, table , chairs , wood heater. 9 of rooms sleep 6 people each , tenth sleeps fourteen people. cooking gear, lighting, bedding , food must brought island. there no electricity or running water in rooms, toilets, hot showers , barbecues nearby. many visitors choose camp in camping area in darlington - advance booking not necessary this. visitor in vain shop, hotel or restaurant, , travels island must self-sufficient.
activities , attractions
the painted cliffs
walking, bicycling, swimming, snorkelling, diving, bird watching, wildlife observation , relaxation main activities undertaken visitors. many people take interest in maria island s history, , of island s walks include sites of historic interest. painted cliffs , fossil cliffs 2 popular walking destinations day visitors, both on island s coastline. painted cliffs sandstone beautiful patterns formed through staining iron oxide. fossil cliffs tall limestone cliffs containing prolific ancient fossils. longer day walks include tracks ascend bishop , clerk (620 metres (2,030 ft)) , mount maria (711 metres (2,333 ft)). mount maria six- seven-hour return walk darlington while bishop , clerk can completed in 4 hours return.
nearly roads , tracks on island suitable bicycling. bicycles , helmets can rented in triabunna , brought on over ferry. bicycle must want see of island possible on day trip. bicycle-riding not permitted on beaches or on 2 mountain tracks.
a vehicular track extends darlington 20 kilometres (12 mi) south haunted bay on south maria island, number of side-tracks , points of interest along way. haunted bay named because of constant calling in evening of many fairy penguins live there. track south usual route people doing bike rides or multi-day walks. major campsites outside darlington @ frenchs farm, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) darlington, , encampment cove, further 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away, used boating visitors. area referred boaters chinamans bay (chinamans bay north of encampment cove). both frenchs farm , encampment cove have rainwater tanks. frenchs farm tank less run out during summer. water can hard find elsewhere.
from encampment cove little more 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) walk ruins of maria island s second (probation-era) convict station @ point lesueur on island’s west coast (also known long point). soldiers beach , bloodstone beach on western side of island worth effort takes reach them, shoal bay , riedle bay, beaches either side of mcraes isthmus.
in 2007 disused coastal trader, troy d, scuttled outside marine section of national park, 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) west-southwest of painted cliffs, intention of creating dive wreck.
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