Canning distances

The info in the EO treknotes is accurate so you should be OK with 225l.

Have a good trip and don't fill up at Cotton Ck - $4 this year!

Peter

Cotton Creek? Haven't heard of that place. Will get on the internet now to have a look!

I was planning to drive across from Adelaide, fill up at Kalgoorlie, top up at Wiluna, do the Canning, fill up at Halls Creek and then take the Tanami track back home to Adelaide.

Thanks for the info on distances. Feeling confortable with the amount of fuel I will be taking considering my GQ is the old 2.8td, it's very cheap to run (13 litres / 100km across the Simpson; double crossing). I was working on 15 litres / 100km as though the track has less dunes I will be carrying more weight though.

cheers,

forgot to ask. Apparantly credit cards are risky in some places and it's better to take cash for fuel. Is this right?

Not a problem but with the price of fuel these days I would hope I wouldn't get mugged!

Did Wiluna to Kunawarritji in July this year in a 4.2td GU IV Nissan, distance was just on 980 ks by my odo, with no side trips. Used around 17.86l/100 ks. Diesel atKunawarritji was $3.20/l!

brilliant. That matches the trek notes here then.

ta,

HI Gossy

The reason for the discrepancies may well be that there are many options on the CSR i.e. going to all the wells, visiting Calvert Range, Diebel Hills, Separation Well and various native wells and so on can add hundreds of kms. So do simple things like driving off to get some fire wood.

I am hoping to do the CSR again next year and so far my planning says I will be covering 3050 kms from H Creek to Wiluna.

Sadly doing the CSR is not just a single track and away you go. Plan your fuel carefully.

cheers

Phil

Gossy,

Cotton Creek is in Rudall River National Park. When you get to Georgia Bore turn left and it is about 1h 30m drive. Diesel only and cash only and yes it was $4.00 per lt.

I have worked on using about 160lt to Well 23, Capricorn Roadhouse fuel drop. At Well 46 I would have used another 180lt. Swapping to the 90lt tank will get me to Billiluna. The fuel used is in a 78 series RV Turbo Diesel. Other vehicle that have been away with me on this trip have used less and some more. A lot depends on the way the vehicle is driven, auto or manual and the weight of the vehicle. I also do most of the side tracks, Durba Springs, Calvert Range and Braeden Pool.

Forget about credit cards cash only, and just before you are about to leave on the trip check how much fuel has gone up.

I spoke to the owner of Capricorn Roadhouse in September this year and he told me that fuel drops from Capricorn Roadhouse will be happening next year.

I feel it is better to have a bit more fuel than required than not enough and to fill up when fuel is available

Wayne

Gossy,

The ExplorOz distance data is as accurate as you can get. We extract the entire driving distance and directions information from GPS driven plot files taken whilst travelling the route. I can fully vouge for the one that was used to build the trek note because I drove it. We visited every well and if you use the notes provided on the system you will only find a very small difference between your odo and ours. Ah the joys of GPS technology. Have a great trip and please do let us know if you find any errors however on the Canning Stock Route notes you should not find any issues at all.

As for the trek fuel - you are right we have not fully checked every entry however the system works on averages so the more data we have the cleaner the overall result (which is what is shown on the trek note itself) will be. You have to remember some have trailers or vans etc (this will effect the numbers), there are hundreds of variances and hence the reason we sum it all and work off the averages. Please load up your results when you get back to help out the next series of travellers.

Enjoy your trip and take care.
DM