Garry Junction Road

Hi Guys

Capricorn won't start fuel dumps again until May, rang them last week.

PS: You can also get fuel at Papunya Kevin.Kunawarritji and Kintore gave us ample, but as i said yesterday, Kiwirrkurra was cheaper had we realised when ringing before we left. We have good fuel capacity.

Mh

Found it: It was in thread 76797 which was more about timing for a trip including a number of lesser used tracks. The Gary Junction Road is fairly well used, but not as corrugated as the busier roads such as the Great Central, although it too has its bad patches and plenty of camels.

A bit of repetition, but i said

We camped at Well 33 (near Kunawarritji), then Jupiter Well the next two nights, and another overnight a little way before the NT border - pushing it to get to Kintore for the last fuel time before lunch break. Very pretty country.

As said, fuel is dearest at Kunawarritji. We should have re-fuelled at Kiwirrkurra, but we had phoned ahead to ensure supplies, choosing Kunawarritji and Kintore.

We stayed two nights at Jupiter Well because it was a weekend and we needed to get to Kintore on the Monday, and the company in the camp was good. Like the westbound group, we took the lay day as an opportunity to do some washing. We were also covered in mud due to rain - which will slow you down if the road is muddy. The westbound group had camped in the rain near the border the previous night as the rain had followed the road right through.

When we were nearing Kiwirrkurra on the Sunday, and vehicle hailed us and asked if we were wanting fuel. We said no, we had arranged Kintore, as it was Sunday. The driver said they would supply fuel on a Sunday, but were going for a drive for a few hours.

Kintore fuel times are specific, and you may need to wait some time in a long queue. Even then, they said they sometimes are closed on a Tuesday - or on any day; you cannot guarantee you will get fuel every day of the week.

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Mh

Motherhen, you are an angel. Again some fantastic info. I looked at Kiwirrkurra as a refueling option instead of Kunawarritji but on the Hema maps the opening times were less and there is no EFT/Credit Card facilities available, i figured as the community was small and more islolated it would be more expensive.

I will be carrying 170Lts of fuel, taking it very easy and have a very economical vehicle, even when loaded and in 4WD. On saying that, MickO mentioned he wasn't particularly confidant of my estimated fuel consumption so i will be recalculating on 14Lt per 100Klm usage figure.

Hi Tonbon

We also paid cash for fuel at Kunawarritji and Kintore. I recall Kunawarritji accepted EFT but not credit card to prevent locals getting into financial difficulties. At Kintore it was cash only at the fuel booth, but we could have arranged to use the card facilities at the store, but it was not worth the trouble. We had allowed for cash fuel purchases on this route.

We re-fuel more often than necessary. It is not worth the stress of running low in unforeseen circumstances.

We had no problems with supplies, but sometimes it may involve a wait until supplies arrive. Far better to ring ahead and know, and wait out in the scrub if need be.

Mh