The wind blew all night until just
before 03:30 where it paused then changed direction. Les went outside and
checked everything was still there. He could hear a bucket flapping under a car
but couldn’t find it. We then had a few drops of rain about 05:00; that just
wet the dust that covered everything. A man a couple of caravans over retrieved
his bucket from under our neighbours LandCruiser’s fuel tank. We packed up
amidst some drops of rain and headed up the Stuart Hwy. There was an extreme
North-Westerly headwind that was there all the way to our stop. We topped fuel
up at Spuds Roadhouse at Pimba, had a pit-stop and driver change. Amanda drove
the rest of the way to Bon Bon. It is very windy here; we had to park the car
& van facing into the wind. We passed a pipe line, rail-line & some
dry, salty Lake beds on the way here. All the windows are open in the van to
allow the wind to pass through and not blow the top off the van. We have put
pegs into the hard ground to hold the ropes tied to the Boat Rack on the roof.
We are waiting for the forecasted drop in the wind speed this afternoon. It
didn’t happen till late evening.
Daily Stats: Distance: 381km, Duration: 4hrs33min, Weather:
Sunny, Extremely Windy & Mild.
Port Augusta
Find the red bucket
Across Spencer Gulf through the dust to the Ranges on the Eastern side.
Spuds Roadhouse, Pimba
Dust blowing across the Stuart Hwy.
Why would you drive like an Anchor?
Bon Bon Rest Area
Wind Tunnel
Look at the dirt from last nights wind & early morning rain drops.
Ryan reading the "Hunger Games" on Kindle for PC
Port Augusta
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