(Also, I picked up the Yaesu handheld when I returned to by brothers place, so I've been pinging repeaters as I travel now..)

>>784871
Stayed in Darwin for 3 months, too.
Too long.

>>784870
I've seen *one* small motorbike traveler on this trip, and only two 'big' bikes (both KTM Adv 1190s) even had a tent.. Everyone else--old feeble guys on litre-bikes staying in cabins every night. Goddamn.

Backpackers are almost extinct too. The last trip 10 years ago, they were about 20% of the traveling population. Now they're about 1-2%. Backpacker Hostels have all repurposed into Boong Hotels (Mt Isa..)

Photo 2 - WA's Willie Wagtails had massive white eyebrows on them. Irritated burd.