Day 15 - Lipson Cove
Most people will know I'm not a morning person. At home, I am out walking at 6am on a weekday, so it wasn't beyond the realms of possibility that I was up and outside at 6am this morning even thugh I'm on holidays (and it's Sunday). But it's not often I have the opportunity to see the sunrise over the sea, so I thought I'd give it a shot. A quick drop of the blinds at 6am showed very few clouds so I thought sunrise (scheduled for 6:13am) was possible. I was up and dressed and outside walking down the beach a few minutes later. It was a beautiful morning - not a breath of wind, not cold although there had been a little rain during the night. I headed out to the old jetty remains to await the sunrise for my artistic photos.
By 6:30am, the sun was well and truly up so I went back to bed! Waking 2 hours later to the sounds of the awning flapping as the wind was picking up. Got up and got dressed again, to go outside and put the awning in. I had read there were going to be 50Km/hr gusts today.
Oh my goodness, the wind. It was relentless. All day it blew and blew, never letting up, shaking the van, blowing things away. We packed up all loose items outside and sheltered inside. After elevenses, Neill, Jude and I thought we needed some exercise and headed out for a walk to the headland. It was super windy and the flies were still present - you really couldn't win. A few hundred metres in, I spied a black shingleback lizard, so we side stepped him to allow him to keep sleeping in the sun. A few more hundred metres and I spotted an Eastern Brown Snake sunning himsef on a rock. He got a really wide berth - and a marker on the path for when we returned so we didn't stand on him coming the other way.
Back to the van for lunch and inside, a reprieve from the wind. After lunch, it seemed to pick up even more - the BOM said gusts were 59km/hr. Looking out the window at the (intermittent) sunshine, blue waters and white sand and you could be forgiven for thinking this was idyllic. The howling gales were another matter!
Neill, Jude and I attempted another walk along the beach, also very windy with the odd drop of rain. Roast pork was on the menu for dinner tonight and it had been planned to cook it in the Weber. There was no way the wind was going to allow that! So the new multifunction air fryer came out and the inverter went on. Two hours later, the van smelt divine, the pork was cooked, and our guests arrived for dinner at Cafe Phoenix. Roast pork, roast vegies and green beans was enjoyed by everyone. Such a shame the weather (wind) impacted our day so much.
The morning sunrise was truly the best part of the day! Weather wise anyway. The roast pork was probably the best part of the day!
2 Comments:
I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog. Beautifully written too. Between BT1’s blog and your blog I now have lots of recommendations of places to visit and things to do as I plan our next trip. Thank you. I hope the weather improves and those horrible flies disappear very soon.
Thanks, Julie! We’ve talked about you and Garry many times in our travels and look forward to future travels together - maybe when you come to Tassie?! Hope you are both well?
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