Triabunna Barracks

A full day on Maria Island National Park allows guests to adventure south toward the isthmus with glorious beaches along the way and includes the circuit of Point Lesueur named after French naturalist, artist and explorer Charles – Alexandre Lesueur. A member of the Baudin expedition 1800 -1803. The ride returns to Darlington and the stories of a convict past enlivened by the 20th-century Italian Industrialist Diago Bernacchi. The entrepreneurial champion of Maria with ventures in viticulture, hospitality and industrial cement production!

Encounter Maria Island is the official ferry operator to and from Maria Island National Park. All available sailings are listed on the website. Located off Tasmania’s East Coast, Maria Island is only about 30 minutes by ferry from Triabunna, and as far from ordinary as you can imagine. Rich in indigenous and European history, abundant in wildlife, boasting spectacular views and remarkable geological features, the entire island is a National Park, managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. There are no shops or fancy hotels, and limited places to charge your precious devices – so come prepared. Accommodation is available in the old penitentiary building at Darlington, and there are a few camp sites on the island. Visit the website for more information. Leave your ordinary world behind and experience something extraordinary – Encounter Maria Island.

The new Spring Bay Maritime Museum offers the visitor to the Marina in Triabunna a view into the extensive local maritime history of the East Coast. It covers traditional first nations maritime history until the more recent commercial fishing, traditional boat building and restoration stories of more recent years. There are models of traditional boat designs, and stories of traditional model boat building with interesting examples. There are extensive stories about the local whaling industry from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries to the stories of local shipwrecks including interesting items of salvage. The Museum also proudly houses a traditional bark canoe and stories about how they were built.