Turns out that wall has not yet moved. We decide that a rest day is in order. The Leisure Ville Park is pleasant, sitting in the sun and sheltered from any wind. It's quiet too. I'm sitting in the sun squinting as I go through about a week's worth of emails. Gen is catching up on sleep and intermittently waking and browsing on the net.
Wynyard is a quiet beach-side town with surprisingly little traffic. Likes it namesake in Sydney, there is a rail line and therefore presumably station here. But unlike Sydney, the trains have long since stopped running. Pity, kit would have made for a very picturesque trip from Burnie through to Stanley hugging the littoral dune, mere metres from the beach sands. The waves barely ripple this evening. Even a nipper would not be challenged. The tide is out and the rock shelves are all exposed, as are break-walls a little way off the beach and any number of rocky outrops. Yet the water is quite high on the beach. It will be interesting to see the tidal change.
There are heaps of posts on the Travelling Tasmania Facebook pages with stunning photos of Aurora Australis sightings from the north west region of Tasmania. OMG that is where we are! The only challenge is that it is only visible in the wee hours of the morning. Is that something that we might like to try? Bloody oath it is. That means that we will need to get some rest today. That is also doable! So we will go into Burnie this afternoon and treat ourselves to a movie. It's the beginning of the school holidays so the pickings are a little lean, but Gen is wanting to see Morbius, and without anything jumping out for me, that is what we opt to see. The afternoon showing will be in time to allow us an early dinner before a few hours shut-eye if we want to venture out for some night viewing.
Well, that was the plan. Turns out that our restaurant of choice didn't have any sittings until 8 pm so we decide to see a later showing before dinner. Gen was disappointed that Morbius was not dark enough whilst I was pleased that there was a half plausible story line and not too much blood and gore. The theatre did have Valhalla Ice Cream so that was another bonus. Weren't too many others in the theatre, just a group of teenage boys, with all the chest-thumping of such once the movie was over. Felt like standing up and telling them to watch out, I was the one with the crutches - don't worry you'll get it if you go and see the movie! 😄
We have booked in to have dinner at Bayviews. The menu on their website holds much promise. Put on the glad-rags and all. The first hint that we might be disappointed is the volume of noise on arrival. Making our way to the beachfront entry, we pass the bistro and takeaway downstairs. Arriving at the restaurant upstairs (there is a lift thankfully) the noise is coming from here - the 'background' music is way too loud and this is matched by the noise of dining patrons. Our tables weren't quite ready so we ordered a cocktail and sat while the server cleaned a bar booth table for us to sit at - but not the filthy floor under it. The restaurant is packed - so much so that our waiter had to ask one lady to stand, and she moved her chair to enable me to pass with the crutches to our large window side table. Covid, what on earth is that? Despite all the signage at the restaurant entrance, there is no way a 1.5m rule could be applied anywhere here.
We had like the look of the Chef's Tasting Menu at $120 per head (6 courses) but this is only available before 7:30pm. A little disappointed we chose a variety of entrees, mains, a dessert tasting plate and a 3-cheese plate. A glass of wine each and a coffee. An expensive evening wasn't totally wasted, the entree tasting plate was nice, and Gen said her lamb was really delicious, but we found the other menu choices were somewhat mis-matched. I am disappointed enough to provide some constructive criticism, but will do it directly to the management, not here.
We have realised that there is too much ambient light here to hope to see any Aurora, but hope that King Island will afford us a better choice.
Trying to decide where to book accommodation for our last couple of weeks. It's definitely more appealing to stay for more days in one spot and do day trips than it is to change accommodation daily.
Monday morning nice and early we fly from Wynyard to King Island, returning late on Wednesday. We will book another couple of nights is Burnie and I hope to catch up with a friend from my teenage years - Bruce Harpley. He and his family live in Ulverstone, a short drive from Burnie. He is a glass artist in his spare time and I have previously bought Izabella a hand-made Tardis Clock for christmas a few years back from him.
Tomorrow we are heading to Stanley and The Nut. More stories after then.
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