Maria Island off the East Coast of Tasmania

We picked a beautiful bright sunny day to take a trip to Maria Island.
Maria Island is a mountainous island off the east coast of Tasmania. The entire island is a national park. Maria Island National Park has a total area of 115.50 km², which includes a marine area of 18.78 km² off the island's northwest coast
The island is about 20 km in length from north to south and, at its widest, is about 13 km west to east. At its closest point (Point Lesueur), the island lies four kilometres off the east coast of Tasmania. Tasmanians pronounce the name Mariah as did the early British settlers. The island was named in 1642 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after Maria van Diemen (née van Aelst), wife of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia. The island was known as Maria's Isle in the early 19th century.
Maria Island has undergone many changes since the first crude camps of whalers and sealers were set up on its shores in the early 1800s. The now tranquil island has been, amongst other things, a setting for convict stations, a stronghold for the varied enterprises of Italian entrepreneur Diego Bernacchi, and a base for the National Portland Cement Company.
Each layer of history has left its mark on the island's landscape. Structures have been erected, altered, re-used and demolished in each phase of settlement, leaving a complex, but intriguing legacy of historic heritage.
We took a ferry trip to the island with  East Coast Cruises our crew were Michael & Kirsty who were very informed regarding the island.  We also on the way over had one of the Parks & Wildlife person who lives up to 8 days on the island.  We were warned when we booked the ferry trip over you have to take everything to eat and drink over and you also take all rubbish back with you.  No rubbish bins are on the island.

A concrete plant was working on the island which employed quite a few people. 
But the remnant's of the concrete plant with three large silo shaped buildings and several old ruins near the shore at Darlington.
A large camp kitchen with several barbecues & seating under cover with two open fires is where we sat to eat lunch.
There are houses, and a lodge where for a cost people can stay for one night or several, but must be mindful that everything must be taken into the national park.  Whale bones were in several areas.

We came across a Cape Barron Goose just sitting down in the sunlight.  The geese mainly live on small windswept islands but venture to adjacent mainland farming areas in search of food.  The ability to drink salt or brackish water.

We walked up the beach, and up onto the grass where - Drew saw shortly after saw a Common Wombat who are mostly nocturnal, but in colder districts are seen eating and basking in the sunshine.
As we walked  Drew thought he found a dead wombat, but it was a mother who did not move all the time we were watching her, but the little baby came out and as soon as we moved he went scuttling back into the hole.  Then we were walking and it ended up we saw 6 fully grown wombats who were quite oblivious to the people around them just eating.  The wombat usually grown to 85cms and weigh anything up to 20kg.
One interesting bit of knowledge about the common wombat is they have a single pair of upper & lower incisors (teeth) - these teeth never ground away as they are rootless and ever stop growing.

We caught the ferry back to Tribunna wharf, back by 4.30pm & a lovely day was had.