Driving Day

Well what an adventurous day on the road we had today.
Headed out from Kimba quite early on our way to Port Augusta for breakfast. Pete was voluntold to chart our course to the foreshore, but as we all know Google Maps has its own ideas. It took the convey down residential streets and made us do a u turn (with four vans – lots of fun!) Finally got us into the main town, dodging pedestrians and the cat that ran in front of us, to our final destination. And there’s a big sign “Caravans not permitted past this point”. Julie thought it was hilarious but poor Pete was doing his nut. Finally found a place to park at the shopping centre, and no coffee shop. So back to the servo for brekky. We all thought it was funny but I don’t think Pete did!
Back on the road. The Flinders Ranges scenery was fabulous, and the sections with wildflowers really pretty. Drove through some cute little towns and past lots of green farmland.
And then there was a 8 metre wide load covering both lanes of the highway. Two trucks, two police escorts pushing everyone approaching off the road, a front escort and a rear escort. It was a sight to see and also quite entertaining as the rear escort talking to us was a crack up. They had us overtake all of these vehicles on the left shoulder. Anne did an awesome job getting past, but said she felt a bit sweaty afterward! Not sure what happened to the bloke on the push scooter they were heading towards but the escorts in front thought it was hilarious to see what was going to happen to him. I take it he went bush when he saw them all barrelling down the highway towards him.
We are a great team, the four vans. It’s generally us up front giving directions and road conditions ahead. Pete and Dave take turns bringing up the read and they are both doing a fabulous job at letting us know what is about to be overtaking and calling through any truckies behind us. Special mention to Pete who provides the comic relief over the 2 way.Read more