A protective buffer strap for securing first and second spaced-apart articles (100, 200) including: a strap; and an elongate body from which the strap extends, the elongate body having a spine having an inner and outer surface (18, 20) during use in a wound condition, and a plurality of projections on the inner surface extending from the spine, wherein: the projections graduate in length, at least partially over the span of the elongate body as defined between opposing first and second longitudinal ends (14, 16) thereof, the elongate body being deformable between: an unwound condition, wherein free ends of the projections are spaced from one another along the spine; and a wound condition, wherein at least one of the elongate body and the strap assume a closed loop form with the free ends of the projections moved into closer relative proximity with one another than in the wound condition jointly to define at least a portion of a bore for receiving a first article therein, which bore is eccentric relative to the closed loop form; and wherein the strap is elongate having a dimension sufficient to extend about the closed loop form to retain the protective buffer strap on the first and second articles, the first article captured, in use, between the inner surface of the spine and the strap, and the second article is captured between the outer surface of the spine and the strap, such that first and second articles are spaced by a distance coinciding with the length of the projection or projections located between the first and second articles, with such distance being variable by rotating the closed loop form about the first article to locate projections having another length therebetween; and characterized in that the outer contact surface of the spine is castellated defining a plurality of grooves in which the second article is locatable when operatively sandwiched between the spine and the strap. a strap; and an elongate body from which the strap extends, the elongate body having a spine having an inner and outer surface (18, 20) during use in a wound condition, and a plurality of projections on the inner surface extending from the spine, wherein: the projections graduate in length, at least partially over the span of the elongate body as defined between opposing first and second longitudinal ends (14, 16) thereof, the elongate body being deformable between: an unwound condition, wherein free ends of the projections are spaced from one another along the spine; and a wound condition, wherein at least one of the elongate body and the strap assume a closed loop form with the free ends of the projections moved into closer relative proximity with one another than in the wound condition jointly to define at least a portion of a bore for receiving a first article therein, which bore is eccentric relative to the closed loop form; and wherein the strap is elongate having a dimension sufficient to extend about the closed loop form to retain the protective buffer strap on the first and second articles, the first article captured, in use, between the inner surface of the spine and the strap, and the second article is captured between the outer surface of the spine and the strap, such that first and second articles are spaced by a distance coinciding with the length of the projection or projections located between the first and second articles, with such distance being variable by rotating the closed loop form about the first article to locate projections having another length therebetween; and the projections graduate in length, at least partially over the span of the elongate body as defined between opposing first and second longitudinal ends (14, 16) thereof, the elongate body being deformable between: an unwound condition, wherein free ends of the projections are spaced from one another along the spine; and a wound condition, wherein at least one of the elongate body and the strap assume a closed loop form with the free ends of the projections moved into closer relative proximity with one another than in the wound condition jointly to define at least a portion of a bore for receiving a first article therein, which bore is eccentric relative to the closed loop form; and an unwound condition, wherein free ends of the projections are spaced from one another along the spine; and a wound condition, wherein at least one of the elongate body and the strap assume a closed loop form with the free ends of the projections moved into closer relative proximity with one another than in the wound condition jointly to define at least a portion of a bore for receiving a first article therein, which bore is eccentric relative to the closed loop form; and wherein the strap is elongate having a dimension sufficient to extend about the closed loop form to retain the protective buffer strap on the first and second articles, the first article captured, in use, between the inner surface of the spine and the strap, and the second article is captured between the outer surface of the spine and the strap, such that first and second articles are spaced by a distance coinciding with the length of the projection or projections located between the first and second articles, with such distance being variable by rotating the closed loop form about the first article to locate projections having another length therebetween; and characterized in that the outer contact surface of the spine is castellated defining a plurality of grooves in which the second article is locatable when operatively sandwiched between the spine and the strap.