Our last day on Maria Island. We walked to the Fossil Cliffs - another 4km walk up a very steep hill then down again! The fossils here are amazing. Boulders jam packed with fossilised shells. These were dug out by Bernacchi to use for cement making but there was too much other material among the shells to allow the cement to be made properly.
A shorter walk today stopping at French's farm for morning tea/coffee then the painted cliffs and finally arriving at Darlington, the main town on Maria Island by lunch time. here we stayed in a guest house that once belonged to Diego Bernacchi, an entrepreneur who twice tried, unsuccessfully, to set up cement manufacturing on the island.
A 14 km walk to White Gums camp. The day started off fine but then a rain front came in so the afternoon walk was mostly in the rain with our packs and our shoes and socks becoming saturated by the time we got there. The camp was hidden in a White Gum forest - quite beautiful.
Our 50th wedding anniversary and an early start to join a 4-day walk across Maria Island. a cloudy start but sunny finish
A walk from Sandy Bay to Slalamnca via Battery Point following the Scuplture trail, a series of numbers representing significant moments in the areas' history.
