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#19. Broken down outside of Port Augusta.

16 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube road‑trip vlog, two speakers provide a live status update after Nina’s car breaks down about 30 miles outside Port Augusta while they are en route to Coober Pedy. They discuss the immediate plan to have the vehicle towed into Port Augusta, the need to repack luggage onto the roof of another car so that the group can continue traveling together, and they estimate travel times – roughly six hours to Coober Pedy and another six hours onward to Alice Springs. The dialogue is informal and light‑hearted, punctuated by repeated “dun dun dun” as a playful soundtrack to the situation, and ends with a mention of waiting by the roadside with a cup of tea.

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Focus in on the boats. We are 30 miles outside of Port Augusta heading to Coober Pedy, and, uh, Nina's car has just popped a what's-it, so we're not sure what we'll be doing. Probably going to tow into Port Augusta, maybe double up in the car. Let's see how we go. Status update.
Having the car towed. We may have to repack all of these things onto the roof, plus all of their things. Yes, so we can fit people in our car.
And then we've got six hours to Cooper Pedy. Dun dun dun.
Dun dun dun.
And then another eight hours or six hours? It was six hours. Six hours to Alice Springs. Dun dun dun. Wee! Here we go, mob by the road having a cuppa while we wait.