The Good news is that he had purchased a new PBL before leaving Perth and he had to use it as he required rescuing as he had broken his collarbone
Fortunately one of his rescuers who last rode a bike 20 years ago rode his BM 150ks back to Halls Creek for him
Steve is now recuperating at the Halls Creek Caravan Park
He plans to stay there until he is fit enough in 2 to 6 weeks to ride his bike home
Steve has had a run of unfortunate bad luck over the last few weeks. The first incident was a trial run where he camped out at Paynes Find to have his Mattress deflate on him and found his sleeping bag had somehow shrunk.
He persevered the freezing temp. until 0200 hrs before riding through the night to return home.
The second incident occurred the morning after the Club ride to Karalee Rocks where Steve rode into deep sand and came off with his pannier scraping along his calf which took enough bark off to warrant him to return to Perth for medical treatment!
You would think third time lucky and I guess in some ways he is as he had his new PLB and he is still alive to tell the story but I wonder what his mental state will be in after a couple of weeks in Halls Creek??
Swampy
....option 3 looks good to me. Nurzo take note.