Lillico Beach

Lillico Beach is a sandy coastal beach and conservation area at Lillico, just west of Devonport on Tasmania's north coast. Managed as the Lillico Beach Conservation Area, it is notable for hosting a protected colony of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) that come ashore after dark. The beach features a dedicated viewing platform, coastal vegetation and Bass Strait views, and is valued for wildlife observation and low-impact coastal recreation.

Visitors can expect a relatively sheltered sandy and rocky beach on Bass Strait with coastal scrub and a dedicated timber viewing platform overlooking the penguin colony. The site is managed for conservation with interpretive signage, a car park and toilets. During daylight visitors can walk the beach and enjoy coastal views, while after sunset in the breeding season they can observe little penguins returning ashore from the platform in a quiet, low-light environment.

Lillico Beach Conservation Area was established to protect one of north-west Tasmania's most accessible little penguin colonies. Community volunteers and the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service have supported monitoring, habitat protection and managed viewing since the 1980s.

The beach is significant as a community-based wildlife education and conservation site, where managed viewing promotes awareness of little penguin ecology and coastal conservation values in Tasmania.