Tasmania’s multi-award winning Maria Island Walk is excited to announce that it has been named one of the 12 founding members of the recently launched Australian Wildlife Collection by Tourism Australia. Tourism Australia has chosen 12 exceptional wildlife encounters and brought them together under one umbrella. All of the 12 experiences have one thing in...Read More
Great Walks Of Tasmania members enjoyed success at the Tasmanian Tourism Awards night in Hobart recently with The Tasmanian Walking Company picking up Gold in Ecotourism and Silver in Adventure Tourism, The Maria Island Walk collecting Gold in Adventure Tourism and The Bruny Island Long Weekend collected Bronze in the Tour and Transport Operator category.Read More
The Maria Island Walk is honoured to be a finalist in Luxury Travel Magazine’s Gold List Awards 2015 for ‘Best Australian Adventure Experience’. ‘With only a few weeks till the end of our tremendous 12th season, we are excited to be nominated as a finalist in the Gold List Awards and want to thank everyone...Read More
Tasmania’s acclaimed The Maria Island Walk is delighted to be selected and featured online as the no.1 thing to do in the ‘35 things to do in Australia this summer’ list by Australia’s highly respected and leading travel, design and cultural magazine, Vogue Living. The Maria Island Walk is a luxury four day guided walking...Read More
Tasmania’s acclaimed Maria Island Walk, was recently judged the nation’s top Adventure Tourism operation for the third time at the 2012 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards (having won in 2011 and 2008). The Maria Island Walk is a delightful blend of world heritage history, rare wildlife and tranquil island bliss. Where small groups and two friendly...Read More
Ian and Bronwyn Johnstone received the award for The Best Adventure Tourism Experience at the 2011 Qantas Australian Tourism awards, having already won in 2008. “And we are having our busiest year ever, much of it through word-of-mouth referrals from national and international visitors,” Ian Johnstone says. The walk is tailored towards a niche market: people who...Read More
