From Pioneer campground we decide to go to Burnie where the Makers are promoted and so we drive past more valleys till we reach the ocean again (mind you, all that in less than half an hour).
The Makers is an initiative to promote local industry and specifically those that produce unique items. So there’s the information about the poppies…
…paper production…
…the wood used for the pulp…
…and the artistic figures created from the paper mâché…
But also the local Caterpillar mining equipment manufacturer Elphinstone (who incidentally just laid off 100 people in Burnie by moving the work to cheap labour in Thailand).
After we had a nice cappuccino (Marjo) and warm apple pie with cream (Axel) we moved inland once again to look for a better waterfall. Only 27 km’s and several poppy seed fields later we were rewarded.
Marjo wanted to check them out in close up.
And I must agree these Guide Falls are nicer than the Preston Falls we saw yesterday.
Meanwhile we waited at the top.
We looked at a few of the nice trees.
And then headed for Wynyard, a friendly, colourful town.
There we saw more poppyseed fields, tulip farming (they actually export to The Netherlands!) and a nice lookout.
Accidentally we also found the founder of the Alexander technique that my dad is quite familiar with.
Then we decided to drive to Boat Harbour beach which was suggested by a fellow ferry traveler when we made the journey from Melbourne to Devonport. It was nice indeed.
And up close even better.
Then we came to Peggs beach, a bush camping near Stanley with toilets and water (not potable) and a kite beach. We camped next to a guy from Germany who travelled with his daughter in a vintage French combo.
We enjoyed the stay with kiting, and walking the beach.
Such a nice place, we decided to stay two nights.
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