replenishing water

kman,

Not a lot of information to go on in your question. How long are you travelling for? How much water can you carry?

Assuming you are near the coast, that part of the world is not really remote. There are lots of towns, you could buy water at a supermarket, or what we do, is about once a week check in to a caravan park and fill tanks there. At the same time you can have a really good shower, use the washing machines and increasingly now catch up on email etc.

The other water source that is often overlooked is the automatic car wash. The final "spot free" rinse water is triple filtered through reverse osmosis. That is at least as good as the stuff you buy in bottles.

The other advantage is that you can meet other travellers, I know this is possible in free camps but in the CV Park they are concentrated and hanging around the camp kitchen often have time to talk and exchange ideas.

Duncs

Hi We recently completed a caravan holiday to Darwin we made sure we filled our tanks up at petrol stations when we purchased fuel. We always asked for permission before we filled the tanks, we never got refused. Make sure you have enough hose length and hose adaptors. I also purchased a 4 way Vandal proof tap key that I got from Bunnings for the taps that have had the handles removed (Vandal proofed) I have attached the picture. Have a great trip, one day we would like to take our van up that way.
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water options..

CV parks one a week
Council Parks
Modern Toilet block with a disability dunny
Tennis courts
RSL's
Business's
Late-Night-Raids

the last on my list is service-stations
always jerry ten litres to check for purity
don't rely on your filters unless you can afford to buy lots of them

for the reason Duncs mentioned, CV parks are the best option

nice hint on the car wash's dunc

Kman

Tourist information places also often have a tap where you can fill up.

Cheers,

Val

Hi kman

We need to refuel more often than fill water tanks. We ask at the servo, and if we can't (eg no hose fitting on tap or to use it would block the flow of cars to the bowser) we go to another outlet.

If staying by a river or lake, we leave the water in the tanks for drinking and further travels and draw and use direct from a bucket for everything else (depending on water quality). We don't put water into the tanks from rivers and pools.

I recall some years ago filling jerry cans (we had put a stone through camper water tank) at Morowa as there was a tap in the main street - i think near the public toilet block.

Otherwise if stuck ask at tourist info centres or shire offices.

Motherhen

Many thanks to all who have assisted us.just got back from trip and had difficulty getting water in Geraldton until I came across a kind service station proprietor called Ian in a caltex servo in the northern part of Geraldton on alternative road out.
kman