Mt Dare

Same here we stayed there a couple of years ago and enjoyed our stay!!

Mattie

Yep same here, been there 3 weeks ego, got a fuel and bent rim fixed while we
waited.



Stan

That would crap you off.
When you have to wait it seem's like your waiting for ever.But you can't go any where else.Just got to get into holiday mode.
I pulled in there last July and was told I would never make it over the simpson with only 210 litres on board towing a trailer.I thought i had resheached enough about the trip not to get that part wrong.
He told me i would need at least 250 litre's.
As you can emagine my wife thought we were going to run out of fuel and die.!!!
Well i didn't buy any of his jerrycan's or more fuel and made it across with 60 litre's to spare.Some times I just don't know, (what the!!)
Cheers

Hi Jeff,

We recommend 150 litres for diesel and 200 litres for ULP when crossing the Simson Desert. The average 6 cylinder diesel uses about 100 and ULP about 130/140 in normal conditions. Last July the whole desert country and approaches was innudated with water and was boggy. Freeth Junction had up to a metre of water over it in July when I crossed last year. Had you needed to retrace your steps that margin would have been needed. You say you used 150 litres as it was, more than an average crossing and didn't mention being blocked in your crossing. When turns bad you just don't want to be there and otherwise it is a great adventure.. We prefer you to have the latter.

Last year there were deaths on the Talawana Track and Walkers Crossing with both vehicles involved running out of fuel. Nobody wants this to happen to anyone. We are here to advise not dictate. We hope you all have an enjoyable desert experience because we want you to visit again.

Enjoy it all!!
Regards
Ian@Mt Dare

No prob's Ian , mine was a petrol and I was told 250 litres and used 150 litre's.
It just freaked out the other half :-(
How much time till the new Pub is up and running.
Kind Regards

Hi Jeff,

dave has some help at the moment, apart from me, so is going gangbusters. We should be in serving grog before the end of the month and the new kitchen will follow next year. We will announce the official opening gig closer to the time. You will all be invited.

It will be novel having a roof and all sorts of normal things.

Cheers

Ian @ Mt Dare

I give in - "TROLL"?

Hit me with it, Al

George

George,

In Internet terminology, a TROLL is someone who comes into an established community such as an online discussion forum, and posts inflammatory, rude, repetitive or offensive messages designed intentionally to annoy and antagonize the existing members or disrupt the flow of discussion.

Thanks Sand Man - much appreciated.

I also have received excellent service at Mt Dare

George

Sorry George, thanks Sand Man. We seem to have had a few trolls recently, school holidays and all that.

If that is all they had to pay i would think that is good value as it is an out of the way place to have fuel and supplies delivered to (unless they have done something to the roads into MtDare). As different to Inaminka which is probably more and has a very good road(highway) right to it!!

Mattie

I paid $1.60/l about four weeks ago at Innamincka and had a kiss which I thought was pretty good value

It is quite a remote location and if you doing something like the Madigan Line
it is last place you can fillup before goin into the desert. If you are worried about
the price work out how much it would of cost ya if you took all this fuel with ya
on the trip so that you didn't had to refuel there....

Don't know why you are belly aching about fuel prices like that. This time last year we paid $1.69 for diesel at Nanutarra Roadhouse while it was $1.30 in Perth and Nanutarra is on a bitumen highway.

PeterD

"and had a kiss which" Andrew, anyone can kiss a camel. LOL

Hope you enjoyed the trip.

Site Link its easy enough to get there

Who would have thought that firey was as manipulative enough to leave out half the story like arriving after the fuel station was closed and 3/4 of the staff off having a meal. Nah, he wouldn't do that, not half. He just wanted to flame Mt Dare

a jerk he is....a wanker and a lot of other things i am not allowed to say

a ef wit?

MN1,

Shock horror !!!! Your new signature. Does this mean all posts you reply to will be ......... :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

blame willem..I got the idea from him....i would not have done it otherwise...scouts honor and all that....:))))