Day 140 10/08/2011 Streaky Bay – Yunta (SA)

Day 140 10/08/2011 Streaky Bay – Yunta (SA)

It is always the way, once we make a decision to do something ie Plan A the very next day things change and we are tempted to make a different decision ie Plan B.  When we got up this morning happy with our decision to head straight home and leave exploring the Eyre Peninsula to our next trip, of course there was the sun, the beautiful blue sky and not a rain cloud to be seen.  Should we stay or should we go??  No, I didn’t trust the sun today, so we packed up and hit the road.  We had decided that we would do the dash to Bathurst to stop with Lisa and Scott for the weekend.  We were excited about seeing them and their kids as it has been a few years since we last got together.



Yunta - sun peeking out at the mountains.



The trip almost came to a screeching holt as we headed out of Streaky Bay, as a very large kangaroo decided to cross the road in front of us, thankfully Pete had time to hit the brakes and the very large kangaroo bounded off the road just before we careered into it!! Wow that was close.

The drive to Port Augusta was sedate after such an exciting start!!. Since we have previously visited Port Augusta we headed straight to Coles for milk and bread and the kids were very pleased to see that the play park had been completed and they had a great time running around. As we were leaving Port Augusta we looked longingly towards the Flinders Ranges wondering if we should detour, but the dark cloud and obvious pockets of rain over the ranges convinced us we were better off leaving the Flinders Ranges to another day.  Pete was also very reluctant to take the caravan of peace, love and happiness on any bumpy dirt roads because of the broken spring!! He kept reminding me how lucky we had been so far to have the axle, given the spring had been broken for an extended period.

We headed out after lunch, not exactly sure where we would stay tonight, we eventually settled on Yunta, a small country town close to the SA/NSW border. As we got close the sun decided to once again show herself and the vision across the plains was beautiful. The kids travelled well and we were sticking to plan A – goal to make it to Bathurst for the weekend.