Bookable
An Apollonaut travel guide
At the edge of the mountain.
An introduction to the Cradle Mountain area, where Devils@Cradle stands just outside the national park.
On this page
Read the mountain
Devils@Cradle is on Cradle Mountain Road, 1.2 km past the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre and about 500 metres before the entrance to Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park. The site is outdoors and high, where rain, wind and snow are part of the weather.
A local guide can give context without turning a landscape into a backdrop. Respect the national park and the wildlife on the roads, especially around dusk.
Space for three species
Look at how an enclosure is made: dens for sleeping, logs and rocks for climbing and sunbaking, room for devils to play-fight. The sanctuary’s enclosures have won the Zoo and Aquarium Association’s Exhibit Award three times.
Begin with a detail and ask what it is for. A photograph alone cannot tell you how an enclosure is cared for from day to day.
A Cradle Mountain chapter
Devils@Cradle shows a different side of a mountain trip: the animals of the Tasmanian bush, up close, at the start or end of a day in the national park.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the sanctuary’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages the sanctuary, cares for its animals or represents the people who do.
Read at the source
Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
