WELCOME to ZooDoo
Home of the Tasmanian Devil
Tasmania's friendly 'hands on' Safari Wildlife Park.
620 Middle Tea Tree Road, Richmond, Tasmania 7025.
Only 6 km from the historic town of Richmond with its goal, famous bridge on the way to Port Arthur.
Ph/Fax 03 62602444

"Experience the difference"

ZooDoo is a wildlife park  based on 33-hectare farm.  
ZooDoo caters for tour groups, families, children, school educational activities.
ZooDoo is able to offer an extensive range of Australian native animals these include the Tasmanian Devil, Tiger Quoll, Koala, Forester Kangaroo, Bennetts Wallaby, Pademelon Wallaby  as well as rare albino animals, White Tamar Wallaby, Wombat, Sugar Glider, Tasmanian Ringtail and Golden Brushtail Possum. There are a huge variety of indoor and outdoor native birds, talking cockatoos and Emus, Swans Parrots, Galahs, Cockatoos and Corellas.
ZooDoo also has an extensive range of domesticated and other animals including fallow deer, water buffalo (albino), camels, miniature ponies, goats. miniature pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks and geese, ostrich,  monkeys and more. See them in the indoor animal nursery.
Watch the miniature horse races conducted at regular intervals throughout the day. 
Just arrived, Leena and Sumanna Zoodoo's two Bengal Tigers
              Click for Tigerland
                          
            

            GENERAL
Entry Fee - Adults $16.00 Child $10.00 
Schools and other student groups $8.00
STUDENT up to and including grade 10 high school only. Sorry does not include matric ( grades 11 or 12) or other older student types. (Includes all rides and park tour). One staff member free per ten students.
Open  9am to 5pm 7 days/week (closed Christmas & Good Friday).
Good  disabled access.
Car and coach parking. 
Public toilets with good disabled access.
Level roadways and good wheelchair access.
Shop - Hot and cold food and drinks, wide range of souvenirs.
BBQ - Facilities available BYO food for a picnic.
Picnic Area, Shaded and under cover areas.
There is a indoor animal nursery and it’s a nursery with a difference. There are every day animals such as guinea pigs, ducklings, turkeys, lambs, foals and seasonal orphans in all seasons.
In the nursery you can pat lots and lots of friendly animals.

Click on each picture to obtain lager image and animal information on some of the park's animals. Plus other information
	Albino Animals	Schools Work Book INFORMATION

• FAQ on the Tasmanian Devil

• The Tasmanian Devil is about the size of a fox-terrier dog.

• The Tasmanian Devil is black with a white rump flash and a white chest flash However, white markings on the devil vary a great deal Tasmanian devils can be pure black.

• The markings on a Tasmanian devil have no relationship with the devils sex.

• The Tasmanian devil is a carnivore and will eat anything for insects to small wallabies. Much of the Tasmanian devils food is carrion (dead animals) however, the devil definitely will kill other animals.

• The Tasmanian devil is only found in Tasmania.

• The Tasmanian Devil was  found on Mainland Australia but died about 600 years ago.

• The Tasmanian Devil is a marsupial and the female does have a pouch or marsupium.

• The female Tasmanian Devil has four nipples in the pouch and can rear 4 young however, she give birth to about 20 young as big as a grain of rice and it is the first 4 tiny devils that reach the pouch first that survive.

• Tasmanian devils come in season in February to March. The gestation period of Tasmanian devils is about 30 days.

• Young Tasmanian Devils stay in the pouch for about 15 week and stay with their mother for about 6 months.

• The Tasmanian Devil is the largest of the carnivorous marsupials (Dasyurids) if unfortunately the Tasmanian Tiger is extinct.

• The home range of a Tasmanian Devil id about 10 to 20 hectares.

• The Tasmanian Devil is a nocturnal animal hunting at night and sleeping by day.

• The Tasmanian Devil runs with a 'rocking horse' motion at a top speed of about 15 k/hr.

• The Tasmanian Devil can travel up to 16 km at night when food is scarce.

• The Tasmanian Devil will not kill sheep but will eat injured or dead lambs. The devil will raid farm poultry sheds.

• Many Tasmanian Devils will feed on a carcass at the same time squabbling amongst themselves as they feed.

• The Tasmanian Devil is at present suffering from an as yet unknown cancer like disease known a Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease (FTD). The diseases has devastated Tasmanian Devil numbers and a concentrated effort is being made by the Tasmanian government to find the cause and a possible cure for this hideous disease.

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Note: For information, bookings etc. please contact Trevor by phone 03 62602444. 

Webmaster:- Imagemaker at Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania, Australia
All pages updated 29th May 2008