melb to perth petrol prices???

Can't help much with current prices but your cheapest fuel at the eastern end of that stretch will be at Penong. If you fill there the staff at the roadhouse may have a slip of paper with the current prices across the Bight. When returning the service station near the tourist info centre in Norseman offers a similar service (and the cheapest fuel in town.)

As far as camping goes, I tend not to plan my stops more than half a day ahead. Camps Australia Wide is as good a publication as any for info. I tend to just travel and see how far I get. There are plenty of rest areas and side roads you can use for camping. None of them are away from the main road. The only camping with dunnies on the SA side is at the camping area at Nullarbor Homestead. On the WA side there are a few rest areas with long drops.

A good info web site is the Nullarbor Net site. If you are a golfer then see Nullarbor Links and take your clubs.

Suggest that you download the following 2 apps
- http://www.wikicamps.com.au/
- http://fuelmap.com.au/

First one allows you to set filter for what you need ( ours was dog friendly, big van, Telstra Mobile).

Second one will list the current prices for fuel in your locality.

Both these site rely on user input to keep them up to date.

A good read: Outback - Across the Nullarbor - NRMA

On our first crossing, the servo at Border Village had computer trouble and no one was getting fuel. Had to wait hours for a tech to come from Ceduna to fix it. Only truck and like minded drivers were okay to continue. We had plenty to get to Nullabore Roadhouse and even Nundroo if needed. We were on our way home from the SW of WA.

Luckily some, us included, were topping up at regular intervals and could continue. I don't mind stopping to boil the billy and get fuel etc.

Don't plan. Just don't let the tanks go any lower than what you would need to get to the second next fuel outlet. We only had one 65 litre tank in a Nissan Maxima then. Now we have a long ranger with 125 litres in the tanks and I can fit two jerry cans on the back carrier. That's a total of 255 litres or 3825 kms at 15 lt/100.

Stop where you feel you like the look or have done enough Kms. If fuel price is an issue then I would reconsider your budget. Just wondering. Okay.

Phil

How remiss of us, we have all forgotten the most important site - Quarantine Domestic.. Just don't try to buck the system. If you are unsure of anything then be up front and ask their advice. It's much better to loose something than let them find something hidden.

If you budget for around $2.00/L you should have some change over, (enough for a beer or two even).
FWIW Border Village is nice but cheaper fuel is in Eucla about 10-15km inside WA.(Or it was last time I went that way)
Fuel at BP Norseman (on the corner of Eyre Hwy) is always dearer than a few k's down the road in Norseman.
As long as you are well off the road, camping is quite safe but may be noisy as trucks etc run all night too.

As others have already mentioned, be very aware of the WA quarantine requirements as you come into WA.

Hope this helps.

Disco.

Hi Matth j, We found Camps Australia good as well ,Bunda Cliffs are a great stopover ,right on the cliffs ,and another was at the base of the old repeater station pylons , about 1.5 km north of road, quiet and hardstand area as well.
Happy travels
John

General rule for fuel across the Bight: Cheapest fuel at the eastern end is at Penong, it's generally slightly cheaper than at Ceduna. Cheapest fuel at the western end is the (Shell?) service station at the corner of Roberts & Ramsay Streets. If you ask at these they often have sites of prices for all the stations between.

In the middle, Mundrabilla is generally a little cheaper than Eucla. The rest (including Border Village) will be dearer.

This is a general rule but can change.

Last week unleaded 91 at norsman Caltech 146 cents, eucla 176 cents ceduna 132 cents per litre
Cheers john

Sorry forgot to add plenty of places to pull off the road to camp, look for road or tracks and it will enable you to get far enough away from the noise of the trucks to get good nights sleep. Donga at caiguna 75 per night, motel room at ceduna 90 per night, motel at kimba 120 per night with a pokey bathroom, dirty room at Madura 120 per night.
Cheers john