Alarm at 5.30am again- packed the car , booked out of accommodation .
First job for us was source tyre store and get our flat fixed- found Bridgestone and someone was there at 7am - dropped doff tyre and to breakfast.
Another breaky of bacon,eggs,toast,cereal,juice - you never go hungry on EsCarpade especially at breakfast.
Leaving breakfast we all picked up our packed lunches to take with us.
After breakfast Gordon helped Dazz tighten the power steering belt and change the fan belt to stop squealing noise that had developed.
All done - checked out with Ambo 1 - unfortunately due having go back to pick up our tyre we would have to drive to lunch on the main road .
Picked up our tyre then set GPS for Yunta where we would be stopping for lunch at a rural school.
Driving on the main road - along with about 17 other entrants - we passed the border of NSW & SA - on approach we saw a quarantine sign - oh no would we have to ditch our fruit in our packed lunches? No got through no dramas.
Uneventful drive - time catch up on daily diary from yesterday . At the lunch stop we heard some good news Damo & Angus had dodged a bullet and not done too much damage to their car - at dinner last night they thought this might be the end for booger mobile in 2014 .
Got into lunch early - stopped at Yunta school to eat our packed lunch. The school has 4 children, they were treated to a puppet show.
After lunch headed out toward Port Ankara on the dirt - good run except for some inconsiderate drivers passing without calls and spraying us with rocks - left a few chips in the windscreen.
Daz and Loz cruising along nicely , the roads were not too challenging this afternoon -though a story that got a good run throughout the week - Loz said "in about 3.7 km there are humps - I'll ley know about 3.4-3.5 km" - "OK" says Daz , the guys continued chatting about lizards and how they should getting off the road Loz looked at the trip meter and "HUMPS - NOW" - we launched a little - but were more wary of the next few.
Made it into Pt Augusta without incident - the check in post was down by the water .
Pt Augusta has a bad reputation , with a few derogatory names banded about - but the bay/water area was quite nice - it was great to see water after the last few days of red dirt and sparse landscapes.
Dinner was held at the Old Army barracks , we had a pleasant stroll across the bridge with the sun setting over the bay.
The first of Ben's daily round ups , these speeches only get better and further embellished each day. Also the first auction was held , with Team Canberra buying the keys to The Mario Cart. Another $500 to the rapidly climbing EsCarpade total.
Another day done - looking forward to moving on to The Barossa tomorrow.
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