Fuel Prices for the Great Central Road and beyond.
Submitted: Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:48
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Member - Stephen L (Clare SA)
People often ask fuel prices for areas that they intend to travel. For anyone intending to drive the
Great Central Road, these were the prices of fuel that we paid in August. The prices below are for Diesel only, and those with Petrol, Opal is all the way with the exception of
Laverton.
Yulara $1.59.2 cents per litre
Warakurna R/H $2.00 cents per litre
Warburton R/H $2.05 cents per litre
Tjukayirla R/H $1.90 cents per litre
Laverton BP $1.44.5 cents per litre
Can also recommend the Warakurna and Tjukayirla Roadhouses for good
places to
camp. If you intend to have a
camp fire, make sure that you collect wood before you get there.
Cheers
Stephen
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:58
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:58
Don't leave your shoes outside the swag at warakurna - the local
dingo has collected more shoes than Imelda Marcos!
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:03
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:03
Hi Phil
We are
well aware of what dingos do with stray shoes. We always place them behind our heads, against our sarlon headboard.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 at 21:27
Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 at 21:27
peeeeyew!!
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Reply By: TrevorMR (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:49
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:49
Hi Stephen, What is the condition of the road? What would your thoughts be on towing a caravan - Supreme Getaway which is reasonably robust, from the west as far as
Alice Springs?
I realise that the condition of the road depends on when it was last graded but based on what you experienced, what do you think.
Trevor
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Follow Up By: Member - Glenn H (NSW) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:11
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:11
Hi Trevor, a friend towed his on - road Jayco
Penguin W to E in mid July with no problems. Just some dust in the storage space under the bed. Tow vehicle was an LC Sahara.... Glenn
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Follow Up By: Crackles - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:18
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:18
Trev we just returned last week from
Warburton & the road in general was in pretty good condition. The usual sections of corrugations & rocks but nothing too bad. We saw several medium duty vans being towed accross but really only you know how
well protected yours is, what the dust sealing is like & condition of tyres etc.
Cheers Craig..................
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:30
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:30
Hi Trevor,
Like above. The road a few weeks ago was in very good condition for most of the way. Rocky sections east of Warakurna, keep you speed and tyre pressure down and no dramas. There were quite a few vans on the Great Centre, all driving to the conditions. When the conditions were good, they were able to sit on 90kph, down to 60 to 70 kph in the slow stuff.
The road see a lot of traffic, from the smallest to the largest. I would not stay within 50 kilometres of
Warburton.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: fisho64 - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 01:05
Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 01:05
"I would not stay within 50 kilometres of
Warburton. "
why?
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 07:39
Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 07:39
Fish064
Warburton is not the ideal Aboriginal, with still big problems of petrol sniffing. One guy in our group insisted staying not far out. We could not persuade him on travelling on to Warakurna where we were all travelling to. During the night, they tried to break into him car twice. Not liking their company, he then set out in the middle of the night for Warakurna. Shortly later he was flagged down by a group with a flat tyre - going to a funeral in the "middle of the night". Helping them out, they tried to break into him car, just as
well it was locked while he was out of it. 50 metres down the road, he has a flat tyre. While jacking up his vehicle, they try to get in again..
Do your research and you will hear similar stories.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Member - Zig (WA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 13:11
Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 13:11
I agree with Stephen re
Warburton. Had to stay there once due to a medical problem with one of our travel mates.
Tjukayirla is a top spot. the couple running it are really nice and their hamburgers are worth the drive alone.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 13:55
Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 13:55
Hi Zig
Yes our pick of the
places on the Great Central is Tjukayirla. Andrew and Sue are top operators. Andrew found some caves recently, lets people visit them, so I am doing a new Trek File Report for here on EO soon.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 at 20:47
Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 at 20:47
TrevorMR (WA)
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Cheers
Richard
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Reply By: Holden4th - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 19:05
Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 19:05
I stayed in
Warburton at the roadhouse. Despite being hassled by some dike working for the WA govt about me having a beer with my meal (terribly un PC) it was a good place to stay and reasonably secure. The guys at the front desk told me which way to go to the
toilet to avoid the dogs they had roaming around. As for
camping outside the compound - wouldn't recommend it.
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