Day 19-Streaky Bay to Pt Augusta

We checked out of our Streaky Bay cabin just before 10 after making use of  the kitchen facilities for our bacon and eggs. First we headed to Dani and Paul's house, but, finding no-one at home, we then moved on to the Evans Oyster Shed,  where we found Paul and his Dad Tom.  We had a nice catch up with them before proceeding on our way.

Our first step was the loop route around Cape Bauer , where we saw the water whistling up through holes in the cliffs and took some chances with the sand tracks, which saw us putting our Max Trax to use (they worked very well, thank heavens) to help us get out of a tricky situation. We also saw a few birds of prey hovering over the cliffs. (White bellied sea eagles?)

Letting the tyres down a little later than we should have

Finally, at about 1230 we headed on our way out of town. The next stop was Tcharkulda Rocks, where we had our lunch in the shelter that we slept under on day 2 of this trip. It saved us from a very windy time.

We stopped to find a cache at Waddikee Rocks (between Kyancutta and Kimba ), finding out about the explorer John Charles Darke who died here after being stabbed by aborigines.

We drove once more past the land newly set aside for the army (whatever they are doing) and this time I took a photo of the signs which so fascinated me on the way over.

The weather forecast was for high winds this afternoon, so we were hoping that we could make it to Pt Augusta before the gale force winds came in again. As we headed in to that city, we enjoyed the reflected sunset on the Flinders Ranges and wondered where the wind and rain were.

We still stuck to our agreed plan to take a cabin again tonight, and are now safely ensconced in our cabin in Pt Augusta as the winds start to pick up and hoping that tomorrow night we can manage just one more night in our swags before the end of this adventure.