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An Apollonaut travel guide
A peninsula of bays and bush.
An introduction to Taranna on the Tasman Peninsula, where the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo looks out over Norfolk Bay.
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Read the peninsula
Taranna is a small settlement about 85 kilometres, or a 75-minute drive, south-east of Hobart. Port Arthur lies about 10 kilometres further south.
A local guide can give context without turning a community into a backdrop. Respect the farms and homes around the Unzoo.
Habitats without fences
Look at how the land is arranged: devil habitats in the bush, a free-range kangaroo field, a collection of endemic eucalypts and an old hay paddock where wallabies and native hens forage.
Begin with a detail and ask what it is for. A photograph alone cannot tell you how a habitat is cared for from day to day.
An Unzoo chapter
The Unzoo shows a different side of the Tasman Peninsula: bushland where resident and wild animals share the same ground, on the road to Port Arthur.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the Unzoo’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages the Unzoo, cares for its animals or represents the people who do.
Read at the source
Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
