7 September 2010-Change of plan. The better part of valor was to head to Kalgoorlie, the place with the nearest Suzuki MC shop, and get new chains. The Man upstairs and I made a deal - we get to Kal without throwing a chain and ripping open our crankcase, and we would fork out the extra for another day's stay and two new chains. Ray Moore, the owner of the bike shop says it was the torrential rain out of Ceduna that destroyed the integrity of the chains and allowed them to stretch as much as they did as rapidly as they did. He helped us get fixed up with lodging, and a vehicle, and promises to be working on the bikes first things in the morning. Hope to get a good way down the road toward Perth tomorrow afternoon, and home by Thursday. Sue says she needs a perm. Kal is a mining town, and still has the feel of a Wild West kind of place. My kind of town. They have the worlds largest open pit gold mine here. Hope to get out to get a picture before the rain comes, as it apparently has of a mind to again. September showers bring October flowers....