Penguin

Penguin is a small village in northern Tasmania, situated between Burnie and Ulverstone. It was named after the little penguins that used to wander around its beaches. Many things there, including bins are shaped like penguins. Penguin is also the home of Penguin Market.

Park by the beach, the Big Penguin, and shops on Main St.

Understand

Penguin was first settled in the mid-1800s as a timber town. Towards the end of the 1850s, demand for palings for home building during the gold rush in Victoria saw large quantities of timber shipped from the Penguin district across the Bass Strait.

The discovery of copper and silver further contributed to settlement in the area. The town of Penguin was proclaimed in October 1875.

Get in

By car

Penguin is 15 min by car (17 km) east of Burnie.

From Devonport and the "Spirit of Tasmania" ferry terminal, Penguin is a 30 min drive to the west.

By plane

The nearest airports are located in Devonport and Wynyard.

Get around

• Penguin Taxi Service [phone]

See

• 🌍 Big Penguin, Main Street. (updated Feb 2016)
• Penguin Roadside Gardens. (updated Mar 2016)

Do

Buy

• Penguin Market. Sundays. (updated Feb 2016)

Eat

• Wild Cafe Restaurant (By the beach), ☎ [phone]. (updated Nov 2015)
• Pluny's Thai Restaurant, 9 Arnold Street, ☎ [phone]. (updated Nov 2015)

Drink

Sleep

• 🌍 Neptune Grand Hotel, 84 Main Road, ☎ [phone]. (updated Nov 2015)
• 🌍 Penguin Holiday Apartments, 99-101 Main Road, ☎ [phone]. (updated Nov 2015)
• The Madsen, 64 Main Road, ☎ [phone]. (updated Feb 2016)

Connect

Go next

• Burnie (heading west)
• Ulverstone (heading east)