We had a fitful night's sleep last night so bad was the wind. However today dawned sunny but cool and the day improved progressively, reaching 21 degrees with a diminished wind.
We moved approximately 80km west from Devenport to Wynyard. The road hugged the coast pretty much and we passed through a number of towns on the way including Ulverston, Burnie and Penguin. It was a pleasant trip. The roads were good and the traffic well behaved, no rushing here.
We spent the afternoon sightseeing along the coast. The coast is not the most spectacular we have seen and there is no surf. Timber exports seem to be a major activity for Burnie. Exports are made as chips or logs.
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| 060315 Table Cape from Wynyard |
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| 060315 Doctors Rocks near Wynyard |
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| 060315 Doctors Rocks and the coast looking westwards towards Burnie |
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| 060315 A bird on a bird. The big penguin in the town of Penguin |
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| 060315 The beach at Penguin |
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| 060315 Plantation timber awaiting export from Burnie |
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| 060315 A timber jinker arriving with more logs |
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| 060315 Wood chips awaiting export at Burnie |
The highlight of the day was a visit to a whisky distillery, the Hellyers Road Distillery in Burnie. A tour of the distillery was the order of the day, as was a tasting and the decanting of Diane's very own bottle of cask strength whisky (65% alcohol) from a barrel.
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| 060315 High level of concentration - spilling nary a drop |
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| 060315 Love the control - a "natural" wouldn't one say |
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| 060315 Waxing the bottle top |
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060315 Decanting completed, celebrating a job well done and all those
barrels to go! The bond store in the background all, $70million worth |
A full day, pardon the pun, but it was most enjoyable given the wind has taken a holiday elsewhere.
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