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Mineral Resources Tasmania

Penguin fossicking area

Access

This 0.5 km2 area is located adjacent to Lonah Road between Ulverstone and Penguin in northwest Tasmania. The area is about 100 km northwest of Launceston and 20 km southeast of Burnie, and can be reached via Penguin or Ulverstone on good sealed roads. Because of the coastal location, tidal charts may need to be consulted.

Access Note

Tea Tree Point, at the western end of this site, is currently closed to fossickers due to the presence of sensitive penguin rookeries and potentially contaminated material.

The area in question is highlighted red on the plan below. For further enquiries relating to Tea Tree Point access, please contact Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service office on 03 6169 9015 or propertyservices@parks.tas.gov.au.

Material

Jasper occurs as small water-worn red pebbles scattered along the foreshore. Pebbles are found near to, and between large, dark-coloured rocks which are Cambrian volcanic rocks. These foreshore rocks form part of the Penguin Geological Monument, recognised by the Geological Society of Australia as a site of special significance.

Special Conditions

Fossickers may collect the loose jasper pebbles but must not damage the rock formations.