$3.00 PER LITRE

You beat me to it Signman

Ummmm, lets see now, 15ltrs/100km... hell thats pi55ed in anyones language.

blimey charlie! your only an amatuer drinker --------------- why in my younger days--------------------

Ummm where are you Willie? At home.

Here I was waiting for you to turn up yesterday.

Hello Willem - It was $3.20 and Kunawarritji ~2 weeks ago.

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$2.60 at Bulliluna and $2.75 at Mulan

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Greg

Geeez...the bubble has burst!


I am planning a foray into that part of the world next year. Will have to look carefully at where I am going to refuel to get maximum benefit. Trouble is that Kunawarritji or Punmu are the only places out there with accessible fuel supplies.

I fuelled up at home(335lts) before going to Innamincka and got there and back plus some side trips and still had 30litres left after 1750+km. Saved $120 in fuel costs.



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Hi Explorer, have you got any other photos of Kunawarritji, when we went through there in 2005 the lady in charge there took me through some houses that had just been delivered, and also showed where a knew store was being built, was wondering how all that went.

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D

Hi all,

It was still $3.20 on the 5th of July . We turned up at 11:30 and one of six vehicles were filled before "linch hapend and we had to wait 1:15 hours before the rest could be fiulled. They were very helpfull and the showers were still going for $5.00 (they were cold but come on, I could smell myslef!!!!). It scared me when I filled up al Halls Creek for $1.95 a litre for diesel and was actually happy!!!!!!!!

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Dave

Hi all,

Use Spell check while Drinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Dave & Shelley,

"They were very helpful and the showers were still going for $5.00 (they were cold but come on, I could smell myslef!!!!)".

Know how you felt however one of the vehicles that we were with in 2005 killed all four shockies between well 32 & 33, to cut a long story short our daughter had just started work at Telfa so we organised for the shockies to be flown into Telfa on the next day (a Friday) and hubby and I went over to Telfa to pick them up.... Quick way to get spares out on the Canning, we had lunch with our daughter and I had the best shower (hot) that I can remember. Got back to well 33 and all the others in our group had made casseroles for dinner which was lovely as I had just told hubby that we would be eating baked beans on toast that night. May I say it had been teaming with rain that day at well 33 but Telfa was beautiful, when we headed back the thought ran through our minds to turn around and head for the sun LOL.

Just a foot note to that story, the others had arranged with the "mechanic" to help change the shockies next morning (Sat) then we were going to all head off the Canning along the Kidson as the CSR was washed out up further, (there was stories of about 15 vehicles bogged up there) Sat morning came and no mechanic (strange that) so the guys used the square of concrete at the back of Kunuwaritji to put the vehicle on and change all the shockies, took them a couple of hours, they were then charged $100 for the use of the piece of concrete.

That's a very condensed story of our couple of days camped at well 33. No complaints from us though the two days could have and should have been 5+ days, just lucky.

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D

Dave

(they were cold but come on, I could smell myslef!!!!). I hope you are kidding!!

You mean to say you paid $5 for a shower Ktji when you could have had one at Well 33 for free....lol



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Dunworkin - sorry mate didnt take any other photos (relating to your question) at Kunawarritji. The shop in current use (direclty behind refuleing point) looked pretty old (in fact the oldest looking building on site) so doubt if it was the new one you are talking about. There were some very new, relativley large, buildings up the back which only looked months old, guess these were more for community activities.

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Greg

Thanks for reply Explorer, Geez don't know what's happened then, the houses were going up the back, there was already one there, the lady took me through it, the new store was started out the front to the right of the souvenir shop but forward of it closer to the fuel pump. Love the bird.....we didn't make it to well 40, maybe another trip!!!!!!!!!maybe

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D

That new big shed in the front with the refrigerated shipping containers is the "new shop".

I asked the manager if that meant he'd be doing sandwiches and the like, and he said, "* no way mate. I', busy enough already".

There is also a new building going up outside the gate to the community where they will be having the new bowsers.

It was $3.25 on the 17th, cheaper up the road at Punmu - $3.00.

$2.85 at Kiwirrkurra on the 9th.

Hi to Vivid Adventures, thanks for the followup, was wondering what happened with all that "progress" that was happening there back in 2005.

"* no way mate. I', busy enough already".

I think that was the problem we had with the mechanic that Saturday morning, he decided that he wasn't going to work after all on Sat morning.

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D

Great point Kev. I just returned from 13000 km trip Sydney to WA via NT and although fuel averaged $1.90/ltr, I bush camped wherever I could and my holiday costs were minimal apart from fuel. I also discovered if I cruised a bit slower, my fuel economy improved significantly. The additional benefit was I got to enjoy the country a lot more and driving was easy. I agree - touring Australia beats most other holidays.

One other observation: other fourbie explorers in the bush were invariably nice friendly people, great to talk with and appreciated the country; tarmac-only caravanners were often quite selfish in sharing rest stops and seemed to look down on fourbie explorers. (comments like: "camping in a tent - how primitive") Consequently I'll avoid bitumen even more in the future.

Peter

Funny that the price in Gundawindi was higher than the price over the border in Moree... despite the 8c a litre discount we mexicans can get in Qld (for the moment).