Hey Mittzy...... maybe an idea to talk to Gra53 about this?? He probably did more rides with Pete than anyone else, and they are/were practically neighbours in Sydney. He and Pete in fact did a run up the coast to Wauchope only a couple of weeks before his prang.
I believe Pete was a single guy. Gra has had some difficulty getting info... some guy has left a message on Pete's phone promising to ring back, but never does.
But if anybody knows Pete's situation, it will be Gra.
And separately..... I too searched the NSW Police reports and could find nothing that might relate to this..... or any news items. Maybe it happened interstate?? BUT - that's the sort of thing we just don't know, and we may have continuing difficulty discovering.