Burnie tasmania

Discover Burnie is the Gateway to Tasmania’s wilderness; beaches, pure air, rich land, great produce and visitor experiences.

Not many cities have made a transformation as dramatic as Burnie on the north-west coast of Tasmania. For all of the 20th century this was a gritty industrial hub, ruled ... Read more

From September to March, every evening around dusk, little (fairy) penguins noisily waddle around Parsonage Point on the western end of West Beach in Burnie to nest in their igloolike burrows. And each evening during the season, volunteers from Friends of Burnie Penguins come to watch the show and offer free talks and interpretative tours to share their knowledge along with fun facts about these adorable creatures—the smallest of all penguins—like how they can dive nearly 100 feet down, and…

Is Tasmania on your bucket list? It should be, we had a fabulous time on this island. But while most tourists will spend most of their time in the capital Hobart, the city Burnie should not be overlooked. In this guide we will round up the best things to do in Burnie Tasmania to convince …

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Burnie, Tasmania's third-largest city and port, is located on the northwest coast of the island, 152 km from Launceston on the Bass Highway. Burnie was named Emu Bay in 1827 but was renamed for William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company in the early 1840s. The Plairhekehillerplue People The Plairhekehillerplue Aboriginal people occupied land in the area now called Burnie, calling Emu Bay, Burduway. Research conducted in the area shows that wallaby and wombat were a principal…

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Reflections at Fern Glade in Burnie, Tasmania