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Burnie Ocean View Motel in Cooee offers comfortable, affordable accommodation in Tasmania's beautiful north-west. The motel offers fully self-contained motel suites with full kitchens and bathrooms. The accommodation is located in two buildings with either beach and coastal views or park views. You will enjoy the fresh air, beautiful coastal views and walks along the golden sand beach opposite the motel. The beach is the natural habitat of a fairy penguin colony. The more active will enjoy the indoor heated swimming pool, a run along the beach or a walk beside the old railway track. Enjoy a barbecue in one of two locations and walk up to the bush area at night or dawn to meet the native animals. Burnie Ocean View Motel enjoys its central location with many tourist attractions nearby, including the Burnie Pioneer Museum, Makers Workshop, Guide Falls, The Penguin Interpretation Centre, Dismal Swamp Eco Adventure Centre, The Tarkine Forest and Wilderness, the quaint old village of Stanley, and Rocky Cape National Park. Cooee is a short drive (3 km) from central Burnie.

Enjoy a peaceful stay in the leafy grounds of a caravan park situated opposite a sandy beach on the outskirts of Burnie. Listen to the birds calling from the many native trees, wander along the beach, dip into the heated indoor swimming pool or just relax on the grass. Meet other travellers at the outdoor barbecue areas or in the camper's kitchen. Choose a fully equipped self-contained unit with sea view or a holiday cabin. There are also 35 powered sites, a bush setting tent site area, on-site vans and hostel bunks. You'll find a friendly welcome at this good base for exploring the beautiful North West Coast. Enjoy the fresh air, beautiful views and walks on the penguin inhabited beach just across the road. You will be based central to many tourist attractions including The Pioneer Village Museum, Guide Falls, Burnie Beach Penguin Rookery Interpretation Centre, Burnie Surf Lifesaving Club, The City Retail Centre, Dismal Swamp and a one-hour drive from the quaint old fishing village of Stanley and a little over a one-hour drive to Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair National Park.

The Platypus Pad is a fully self-contained PLATYPUS-themed 'tiny home' hidden away in leafy Park Grove in Burnie. It's set back from the road, in its own secluded garden (behind the primary residence) complete with a fernery, frog ponds, deck and a Barbeque area. The owner of the Platypus Pad is a platypus expert, conducting local platypus ecotours. This accommodation was built for wildlife filmmakers, photographers and scientists while in town. Private guests are also welcomed to experience this special place. The garden is full of herbs, berries & Tasmanian wild food plants.