>>784989
None. However the entire road from Maree going south is now surfaced.

I recall that BHP has gone slow on mining the Copper there because the price for the metal was low. Maybe about half the stores had closed or became pop-up discount stores just getting the space cheap.

Heat: avoided the Wet Season this time, but got a bit of it when I finally got into the Territory after the road closures lifted. You can't wear wet-weather gear for the 4-5 Monsoon downpours each day when it's also 35C - I just rode and got wet, drying out at Motels in the evenings the 2 nights to took to get from Tennant Creek to Darwin.
Otherwise, I'm wearing a breeze-through nylon mesh riding jacket (Dririder Climate Control 3), a long-sleeve synthetic shirt underneath, Kevlar jeans without the armor, and short/'shoe' style boots with good ventilation.

>>784999 I'll find somewhere adequately epic to do it...