Port Lincoln ..across South Australia

Tuesday 04/11/08 Port Lincoln to Yunta
Left Lincoln about 8 and rode up the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula towards Port Augusta, riding was hard running into a strong head wind, getting battered.
Went to stop at Arno bay for fuel, and as sometimes happens out in the wilds, none available, only 25 Kms to the next fuel stop, but inland.
It was a lucky move as we got out of the head wind, off the main road, and into some nice twisty riding roads upto the small town of Cleve, filled up then headed upto Kimba.
Kimba to Port Augusta, was like being back in the NT, Red Dirt, Red Rock, heated up from cool in Port Lincoln to hot to Port Augusta. Passed by Iron Knob, a massive Iron Ore mine and then onto Port Augusta, where we stopped for lunch and then headed down the Adelaide road before taking the turn off at Wilmington towards Broken hill.
Road from Willimington to Yunta was beautiful, firstly up and over a range and then out on to a massive plain, late afternoon sun again lighting up the low scrub and rural land, huge vibrant blue sky, streaked with skinny clouds.
Massive landscape, had the feeling of floating through a painting. When we got off the bikes in Yunta, remarked to Geoff, "That was like a religious experience".
Yunta was pretty small with a little old pub, and since we were still looking for a night in a classic Aussie pub, we decided to stay rather than camp.
Pub was good, food was great, classic simple country cooking (read...heaps of meat)
We however were the only people there apart from the publican and his wife, who were also bike riders and so it went on..