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Australia Day 6: Unzoo

30 June 2025 • 167 km / 104 mi (map)

Now that we’ve rearranged our trip, we’re enjoying one of our bonus days in Tasmania.

I started with an early-morning walk around the central business district.

Fishing boats moored in a calm harbour at dawn, with a bright yellow vessel marked UN3 in the foreground and a blue boat beside it, their masts and the pink-and-orange sky mirrored in the still water. Waterfront buildings and warehouses line the shore in the background under a colourful sunrise.
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
A polished metal outline sculpture of a man wearing a hat and coat, possibly carrying a bag, standing on a paved cobblestone area in front of a wall built from sandstone, brick, and dark stone. The word “Charlie” appears etched faintly on the sculpture’s lower body.
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

The highlight of the day was a visit to the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, an hour’s drive east of Hobart.

Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia

In this zoo, you get to hang around with some very mellow kangaroos.

Close-up profile of a kangaroo’s head and upper neck, its large fur-lined ears backlit by low sun so the edges glow golden, set against a softly blurred background of grass and dirt.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia
Two brown kangaroos stand close together on bare, leaf-littered ground, backlit by low afternoon sun that rims their fur. One leans its head down near the other, which has its head lowered toward the ground.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia
A close-up profile of a kangaroo’s head, its large fur-edged ears backlit by sunlight that highlights the fine whiskers around its muzzle. The brown animal is shown against a softly blurred, sunlit gravelly background.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia
A close-up profile view of a kangaroo’s head, showing its soft grey-brown fur, large upright ears catching the sunlight, a dark eye, and a long snout with whiskers. A second kangaroo is visible out of focus on the right, against a blurred warm-toned background of earth and bush.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia
A close-up portrait of a kangaroo facing the camera, its large upright ears catching the sunlight and its brown-grey fur glowing in afternoon light against a softly blurred ground of leaf litter and twigs.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia

My daughter has long been fascinated by the irascible creatures known as Tasmanian devils, so it was fun for her to see them up close.

A black Tasmanian devil with pink ears and a stocky body standing on gravel beside a patch of bright green grass, its mouth slightly open and whiskers visible.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia
A green rosella parrot with yellow underparts, a blue cheek patch, a red marking above its beak, and a pale beak, perched on a weathered tree stump against a backdrop of soft green eucalyptus foliage.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia
A black Tasmanian devil with pink ears lifts its snout to sniff the air, photographed from behind on a dirt path beside lush green grass.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia

Not sure what was for lunch, but it didn’t have much of a chance against the devil’s jaws.

A black Tasmanian devil with a white stripe across its chest stands on patchy grass and bare dirt, gripping and feeding on a piece of meat or carcass attached to a metal hook. Its mouth is open, baring sharp white teeth.
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia

We took a coastal route back to Hobart and arrived just in time for dusk.

A calm bay viewed from a sandy, pebble-strewn beach with golden dune grass in the foreground, looking across still blue water toward low scrub-covered headlands and distant rolling hills under a wide blue sky streaked with wispy cirrus clouds.
Carlisle Beach, south of Dunalley, Tasmania, Australia
An elevated dusk view over Hobart’s waterfront harbour, with boats moored in a marina, lit streets and car traffic, low-rise buildings and a few taller towers, and distant hills under a deep blue evening sky. The shot appears taken through a window, with dark foreground rooftops framing the lower part of the frame.
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Looking forward to our next port of call tomorrow!

Hobart to Taranna, Tasmania, Australia, and back · 167 km / 104 mi
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