Madsen Retreat in Penguin, Tasmania | Bed and breakfast

Madsen Retreat

Locality: Penguin, Tasmania

Phone: +61 3 6437 2381

Address: 6A King Edward street 7316 Penguin, TAS, Australia

Website: https://www.madsenretreatbnbpenguin.com.au

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25.01.2022 Biggest thanks to our wonderful guests Denis and his wife, thank you for the beautiful flower and we are looking forward to your next stay

24.01.2022 Afternoon leisure Try our new cheese platter

23.01.2022 Choose the road to Penguin this weekend ! With sunsets like this who needs to leave our beautiful island state . It is amazing how the sky changes from one ...minute to the next . This evening the breeze blows softly and we have grey skies with a hint of pink. A minute or two later - pale grey, then bright pink and orange and now back to shades of blue and purple. Spectacular . See more

23.01.2022 Tassie beauty - Penguin

23.01.2022 Weekend energy

20.01.2022 Lets have a great time together https://www.madsenretreatbnbpenguin.com.au

20.01.2022 Thank you for your kind review, Jayne Barnett. We enjoyed having you as our guests and would love you to return one day. Take care and wishing you well.

19.01.2022 Absolutely great photo

19.01.2022 Homemade Italian vegetarian risotto

18.01.2022 PSLSC ~ Preservation Bay

17.01.2022 Chili is beautiful

16.01.2022 Breakfast is ready

16.01.2022 1917 - Main Road, Penguin

16.01.2022 A treat to ourselves

16.01.2022 The Table is set

16.01.2022 Good morning Sunday

14.01.2022 We are pet friendly

13.01.2022 We serve Devonshire tea on your arrival. Thanks Lisa Stevens for your beautiful homemade fresh scones.

13.01.2022 Its time to visit again

13.01.2022 Who doesnt love this small town

13.01.2022 There are Sundays... and then there are SUNDAYS . Penguin ~ can't you hear the sea calling?

11.01.2022 Our guest today

11.01.2022 Spring time now

10.01.2022 Happy together #petfriendlyaccommodation

10.01.2022 Look, who’s in today

10.01.2022 Penguins mosaic/word jumble honouring those on the fringe is nearing completion . This unique unnamed artwork celebrates how marginalised people contribute t...o our communities, despite their struggles . It reflects the diversity each community has and seeks acceptance for marginalised issues such as (but not exclusive to) mental health. Our story starts with a bequest from an unnamed man. He asked us to showcase that people facing mental health challenges, and indeed those in any marginalised group, do truly contribute meaningfully to their communities and do enrich our lives . Life changed at 33, paranoid schizophrenia, disability pensioner, alone and invisible. Before that he had been Loans Officer in a Bank, both in Australia and in New Guinea. Yet every day he woke up, lived and did things however simple, however hard. Years later, new medications and part-time work reignited his self-worth. Welcomed into a team, he finally found friends, socialised, completed qualifications, and regained his confidence, motivation and self-belief touching the lives of so many people. A top bloke. So our little community here in Penguin wondered how best to be true to his dream . We reasoned that unlike most media coverage on marginalisation ours would offer a very positive spin thereby accepting those on the fringes while at the same time challenging the rest of us to be less narrow-minded and more accepting. It demonstrates how a sense of community can develop around marginalised people, by highlighting words that we can all identify with through our lived experiences of good and bad days or, life. Its message is simple: Is there no place for me? And marginalisation affects so many fringe groups in communities. The installation 3m wide by 1.8m at its peak is three rectangles representing the upper part of the human body, with the boxed-in look and sharp lines deliberately chosen. The front is a tactile 3-D landscape mosaic of two trees that together form a central heart-like shape with a river running through it. The trees are covered with leaves using a variety of colours to signify all seasons. There are fish, butterflies and birds The foreground and lower regions are filled with flowers, plants and in the centre are a collection of joyful hands to signify the collective of people our mosaic represents. It is a magical place creating a lush paradise where we can find peace, happiness and safety. The back is a jumble of 150 words inviting each of us to reflect on the notions of despair, empower and celebrate. The jumble talks to us of human feeling and emotion, both positive and negative, the reality of the human condition whether on the margins or not. Short verbs, those lovely doing words, take priority over complex and abstract nouns.

09.01.2022 At penguin undercover market today and I found a great new gift shop

08.01.2022 Penguin - the site of Tasmanias first Silver Mine! Located on the Penguin foreshore along from the eastern end of town next to the blue "Penguin - sound of the... waves" sign, is the old Penguin Silver Mine that commenced operation in 1850. The discovery by James Philosopher Smith of copper and silver on the beach near Penguin and in the Dial Range prompted legislative change allowing seashore mining. It was the first Tasmanian mine to attract significant mainland investment starting a mining boom in the west and north-west. The mine failed with mining equipment removed by 1908 when the shaft was flooded and filled. You will find a track on the left hand side of the Lings Oasis sign that leads you across the railway line to the site and the picturesque rocky waterfront.

08.01.2022 What kind of flower in our front yard

07.01.2022 We have another fur friend Lily today

07.01.2022 Getting ready for Christmas

07.01.2022 Zoia is really enjoy our pet friendly guest house

07.01.2022 Breakfast has been served...

06.01.2022 Welcome to the weekend followers ! Why not add Penguin to your list of places to explore this weekend!

06.01.2022 This is a little gem

05.01.2022 Winter dish - Borscht

04.01.2022 Travel with your babies

04.01.2022 Happy Wednesday

03.01.2022 What a different day

03.01.2022 Just 2 more sleeps until our fantastic little town features on ABC Back Roads . Tune in on Monday night, 6 July at 8.00 pm on ABC . PLEASE SHARE to help spread the word .

01.01.2022 Country life is fabulous