>>784921
At Loxton I found a shop selling O-Ring chains! That chain done about 14,000 kms so far, and still hasn't stretched out noticeably.

>>784920 I'll make a note of it. I've already got a few invites from Taswegians I'm met. Going there during February is of course to avoid the school holiday campers.

>>784922 The guy from one of my 2013 photos? That was from an accident with a roo -- and his story was buying a unregistered car for $40 from the Sandfire Roadhouse Manager, ripping out the passenger seat to mount his busted bike, and driving up to Broome.. Heh.

While I was staying at Darwin, I borrowed a newphew's 1989 Kawasaki ZZR250. It was a nice friendly little bike... (which could manage the 100 km/h road into town..)

>>784924 Eh.. it's been about a week between showers, and 2 months between 'proper' laundry days. usually I do a bushwalker's washing machine by putting the clothes in a dry-sack with some water and shampoo and given it a good shake.
NSW has been good for fixing free/donation campsites with a free shower. I made a list of campsites with a shower within 250 metres from Openstreetmap data: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1Emo ..a number of those are bogus/incorrect, but still it's been useful..