Today was just a short run of around 230km down to Streaky Bay. A roadside sign advertising the bakery at Wudinna suggested this would be a good stop for morning tea as there had been a lack of bakeries along our journey through the 'outback'. As we entered Wudinna our route right into the town centre where we presumed the bakery was, was blocked by a grain train that was very slowly shunting along the railway line which ran parallel to the highway. But that was fortuitous as because we had slowed down, our attention was drawn to a very large granite sculpture on the other side of the highway.

The sculpture was titled 'Australian Farmer' and it was completed in 2009 after 2 years of work by the sculptor, Marijan Bekic and 17 years of planning prior to that . It is asid that the sculpture is a reflection of life, spirit and soul of the farming community which is expressed through a summary of stylized and symbolical expressions created and carved in a human form. It was certainly a very impressive work of art and credit to the local community for making it happen.

Incidentally there was an information centre adjacent to the sculpture. The lady there told us there was another alternative railway crossing just a few hundred metres down the road and the railways were not allowed to block both at the one time. So we were able to get to the bakery and enjoyed a nice cup of tea and cakes - Lucinda had a honey bun and I had a chocolate éclair.

At Poochea we unfortunately had to turn left towards Streaky Bay rather than continue along the Eyre Highway towards Ceduna and beyond to Perth! Poochea is famous for its primitive ants. Apparently researchers travel from across the world to study these ants as they are not only the most primitive living ant, but the second most primitive creature even when fossil records are included. They are extremely timid, nocturnal, only 1cm in length and a golden honey colour. Because of this and the importance of grain farming in the area, the sign at the entry to the town has an ant and sheaf of wheat on it.

As the temperature outside rose to 29degC it must have attracted the lizards onto the warm road surface and we had to manoeuvre to avoid a few . So by around 1:00pm we arrived at Streaky Bay and set the caravan up on a nice water front site. We went into town and enjoyed a nice sandwich lunch before walking down to the pier. There were quite a few water birds sunning themselves on the top of the swimming enclosure attached to the pier. Also at the pier was a fishing boat unloading its catch of crayfish, but unfortunately we were told we could not buy them in town as they were being shipped to Port Lincoln - perhaps we'll get one when we get there later in the week.

Further down the waterfront was a large 'shed' which houses the Powerhouse Museum. This was opened in 1992 and houses over 400 engines of all shapes and sizes that have been restored and are now in working conditions. There were a few examples of Ronaldson Tippett engines which obviously came from Ballarat.

We found out that Streaky Bay was originally named Flinders, but in 1940, after continued local usage, the name was officially changed to Streaky Bay.

By the time we got back to the park the tide was moving out and the wind that had buffeted us on our journey here had dropped to nothing. It is a very quite and peaceful environment to sit and watch the water recede.

Dinner will be chicken and vegetable stir fry. Tomorrow we will do some sightseeing around the area as there are a couple of coastal loop drives which we understand are very enjoyable.