- For other places with the same name, see Wynyard (disambiguation).
Wynyard is a rural and fishing town on the North West Coast of Tasmania. It has amazing coastline and views, especially around Table Cape and into Boat Harbour.
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]Burnie Airport (BWT) is located in Wynyard, around 2 minutes from the village centre. Rex Airlines flies four times a day in and out of Wynyard. The fares are usually for around $160 per person, each way but can get up to $350 if you get caught out with a full plane. Plane services also operate to and from King Island with Sharp Airlines.
By car
[edit]Wynyard is around a 15-minute drive from Burnie and around a 50 minute drive from Smithton. Cars can also be hired from Wynyard Airport.
Get around
[edit]Wynyard has one of the four interstate airports for Tasmania. Also at the airport are hire cars and scenic flights.
Metro Tasmania busses and Redline busses operate in and around Wynyard. These busses connect to other towns such as Somerset and Burnie but also larger towns such as Launceston and Hobart (this is on the Redline service). However, like most of Tasmania, travelling by car is the fastest, easiest and most convenient form of transport.
See
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There are many amazing places to go that are located within and very close to Wynyard.
- Table Cape Tulip Farm and Lighthouse: A picturesque drive around Table Cape and up the Tulip Farm and Lighthouse is a great way to spend an afternoon. The Tulip Farm is best in early spring, around the time of the tulip festival, when the flowers are on full bloom. The lighthouse tour is also informative and gives stunning views of the ocean and surrounding coastline.
- Fossil Bluff: A pretty beach within Wynyard. It has stunning geological formations of layered sedimentary rocks and fossils. There is also a lookout that provides stunning views from a small, yet uphill walk.
- Wonders of Wynyard, 8 Exhibition Link, ☏ +61 3 6443 8330, [email protected]. Oct–Apr: daily 9AM–5PM; May–Jul: daily 10AM–4PM; Aug–Sep: M–F 9AM–5PM, Sa Su 10AM–4PM. This exhibition centre showcases local art, products and history. It is also home to a large collection of vintage vehicles. Free entry to centre. Entry to car museum costs adults $8, concessions $7, children under 15 free.
Do
[edit]Goldie Street is the main street, with most of the shops and services, banks, a supermarket and many small coffee shops and small retails shops. Some of these shops feature local produce and products. Other services such as doctors clinics, schools and churches are on the adjoining streets.
- Tulip Festival - A wonderful festival located in Gutteridge Gardens. October each year. Showcases local art, music, food, drink and tulips. Usually amazing (if the weather holds up!). Many shops in town hold a tulip sale to coincide.
- Wynyard Foreshore Market - 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month. Old fashioned outdoor country market, vintage, handmade, food & drink, beside the beach on Old Bass Highway.
- Wynyard Christmas Parade - Christmas Eve each year, main street (Goldie St) is closed for the Wynyard town Christmas parade, which is well worth watching.
- Wynyard Golf Course - Play the nine-hole sea-front golf course, located on a peninsula between the Bass Strait and Inglis river.
- Wynyard Penguin Tours - Take a twilight penguin tour to see the penguins come ashore to nest. Bookings essential. Run from April to September.
Buy
[edit]- Lemon Tree Providore, 44 Goldie St, ☏ +61 421 831 575, [email protected]. M-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 11AM-3PM, Su 11AM-3PM (December only). Boutique and ice cream palour, stocking unusual, artisan and Tasmanian food, gifts and homewares.
- Mother Hubbards, 46 Goldie St. M-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 10AM-2PM. Secondhand and vintage rummage store.
- Something Special Jewellery & Gifts, 62 Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 2438. Giftwares & jewellers.
- Kumala Moon, 68 Goldie St, ☏ +61 438 022 728. M-F 9AM-5PM, Sa 9AM-2PM. Nepalese, Indian, alternative and pagan gifts, clothing, jewellery and leadlight lighting.
- Chille, 90-94 Goldie St. M-F 9AM-5:30PM, Sa 9:30AM-2PM. Homewares, women's and children's clothing and accessories boutique,
- Flourish Boutique, 72a Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 1137, [email protected]. M-F 9:30AM-4:30PM. Giftwares boutique & florists.
- Sole Merchant / Domus Town & Country, 66 Goldie St. M-F 9:30AM-5:30PM, Sa 10AM-3PM. Women's clothing boutique and shoe store. They have combined two previously separate shops.
- Inkspot Bookshop, 42a Goldie St (up a side lane on Goldie St, near the community center), [email protected]. Tu - F 10AM-4PM, Sa 11AM-3PM. New and old independent bookstore.
Eat
[edit]There are many good places to eat and have drinks. Most of them are in Goldie Street. The three pubs offer good food and sometimes have live music. Some other eating options include:
- 1 Cafe Umami, 60 Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 4799. M-F 7:30AM-4PM, Sa 8AM-noon :. Cafe Umami offers raw, gluten free and paleo foods. Also very good for coffee
- 2 Noah's Coffee Lounge, 13 Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 2426. M-Sa 7:30AM-7PM, Su 7:30AM-6PM. Casual takeaway fish and chip shop or dine in lunches. $5 for chips.
- 3 The Vault, 7 Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 5236. Daily 7AM-9PM. Restaurant, cocktail bar and cafe located in converted bank. Must visit the toilets, which are built inside the bank vault.
- 4 The Lunch Company, 102 Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 1314. M-F 6:30AM-3PM, Sa 8AM-2PM. Speciality coffee cafe with light all day breakfast and cakes. Does good cheesecake.
- 5 French Sticks, 17 Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 1206. M-F 8:30AM-5PM, Sa 8:30AM-1PM, Su 9AM-1PM. Bakery and pie shop, also selling fresh vegetables and salad roll bar on weekdays.
- 6 Bruce's Cafe, 145 Old Bass Highway, ☏ +61 3 6442 4113. 8am-3pm Tuesday-Sunday. Coffee shop and cafe opposite the ocean in an old general store.
Drink
[edit]Wynyard's three main pubs, The Wharf Hotel, The Federal Hotel and Wynyard's Top Pub (referred to by locals as the bottom, the middle and the top pubs) are all located in Goldie Street. The pubs all offer good food and the bottom and middle pubs offer accommodation. Top pub is temporarily closed in 2023.
- Alchymia Distillery, 599 Tollymore Rd, ☏ +61 447 619 291. F-Su noon-4PM. Whisky, vodka and gin small batch distillery. Open for distillery tours and tastings.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 The Wharf Hotel Wynyard, 10 Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 2344. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM.
- Alexandria Bed & Breakfast, 1 Table Cape Rd, ☏ +61 3 6442 4411. A federation mansion overlooking the Inglis River. $125-150 per night.
- Waterfront Wynyard Accommodation (Wynyard Waterfront Motel), 1 Goldie St, ☏ +61 3 6442 2351. $200-350 per night.
Connect
[edit]Wynyard Library is located on Exhibition Link Road and has free WiFi and computer access. A street little library is located in the plaza next to Noah's Coffee Lounge on Goldie St. Cafe Umami also offers wi-fi to patrons.
Australia Post is located at 33a Goldie St and offers banking services. There is a Telstra phone box (free to use) at 35 Goldie St, next to the park with the cow statues.
Go next
[edit]| C214 jcn to Arthur River ← Rocky Cape ← | W A2 E | → Somerset → Burnie |