We left Barossa Valley with the intentions of ending in Port Augusta, which was about 3 hours away. We thought we'd stay there a night and see what happened then. We got there and realized it wasn't much more than a drive through town so we skipped in and decided on a place called Streaky Bay which was about another 4 hours away. Good to get some driving under the belt, as we have a very long trip ahead of us...
So, I drove the 4 hours from Port Augusta to Streaky Bay. It was so BORING!!!!!!!!!! There were about 2 small towns on the way there. Neither of which was really on the highway, so we didn't see much. We stopped at one, called Kimba, which was the exact halfway mark from East to West. Pretty cool. It was marked with a GIANT Galah which is an Australian bird. It was pretty impressive to say the least. 8 meters high! So funny.
On the drive we nearly lost our voices because, out of boredom, we were having screaming contests to see who could scream the loudest and who could scream like the opposite sex the best. I won both. It was awesome, but didn't leave many vocal chord action for the rest of the trip.
Finally we got to Streaky Bay and stayed at a caravan park right on the beach. It was low tide, so we walked about 70 meters out into the middle of the bay and it was only up to our knees still. It was so cool. We saw a stingray just beyond where we were, so we didn't go out much further. There were the tiniest crabs everywhere too. We also saw heaps of fish and different birds. It was like our own private wildlife preserve. Unfortunately, again, we didn't have our cameras.
Oh, speaking of, I am trying to put pictures on this site, but it's not being very cooperative, so I have linked my facebook album at the top of the page. You can see them there. I will try to keep putting some up there when I can. Go now. They're beautiful.
OK, so we stayed on the beach. There were a whole lot of bugs and it was really hot. But it was all really good.
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