Darwin to Perth on LPG

Hi Lesterb,
Have the same car and same thoughts. We did the eastern half this year, Adelaide up to Tennant Creek turn right across to Mossman via Normanton and then down the coast to Melbourne. Had no problems accessing gas. A website 'autogas australia' will show you a map and distance chart and the west coast seems well covered. The biggest gap in supply I think is just over 300 kms. Good luck. Keep the forum posted
Chris g

I recently did a run down to Esperance (WA) then along to Madura. The more distance you get from the major citys the more you pay. Madura was $1.27 per ltr for gas.
Traveling out of the major citys I have on a few occassions been unable to purchase gas due to the Station waiting on a delivery. As the town or roadhouses for the area all get gas from the same tanker I would sugest that you plan your re-fueling and ring ahead for the remote stops.

Craig

Wouldn't touch one with a barge pole if I intended to travel outside of the major metropolitan areas.
Take a look at the Northern Australian regional cabs. They are either petrol or diesel. Here in Cairns there are only a few gas taxis.
Reason being is not only the fuel saving is diminished by higher prices but the maintenance factor comes in as well. You can't find mechanics to work on them. There are not enough gas qualified mechanics around in the North.
Imagine having a part failure at Daly Waters & the mechanic says you will have to truck that car to Darwin because that's where the nearest gas certified mechanic is.

Gas is fine for the metro area but why would you chooses a fuel that gives you no option to carry spare fuel when you are travelling in a remote area. We all need to take responsibility for our own safety. LPG and the limited range it offers not a safe way to travel, look at duel fuel at the very least.

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There are a couple of things to consider about gass.

the first is that the price has gone up and will continue to go up in steps till there is no price advantege over petrol at all.....the government has decided.

Back in the day, running on gas was hale the cost of running on petrol...not any more.

the second is that depending on where the vehclle comes from, how good the gass system is.
I drove cabs quite some years ago & I can tell you ther are big differences in gas systems as fitted.

An owner who is prepared to shell out will fit an adequate gas system, that when properly tuned will go better than pertol...the last cab i drove went like a shower of $#@T
But the stingey bastards will put a cheaper barely adequate system and the car will go like a slug.
AND
one of the cost cuts is the size of the tank..some of the cabs I drove where flat out getting 300Km to a tank..but they did not care, plenty of gas stations.

So ya pulling a caravan and ya sucking the gas.....if the gas tank has less range that the petrol tank would...you have a problem and there is no work arround.

Ya cant just carry some jerries.

Not so long ago both diesel and gass were cheaper bay far than petrol......these days particularly with the more efficient engines, ya have to have real good reasons to go past petrol.


OH yeh and as mentioned then you have the compliance and regulation things associated with gass.

cheers

G'Day,

I have a 2004 factory Egas falcon wagon that has done over 300,000km. I drive it all up the Eastern states & over to Adelaide regularly. The wagon tank holds 118 litres & my trip computer is sitting on 12 litres per 100k driving in Melbourne traffic.
I can get from Melb to Coonabarabran (over 1,000) on a tank.

Not sure about availability of gas going to Darwin but thats a pretty good range, of course towing consumption will be worse.

I might add the car has never missed a beat & runs as good as the day I bought it.

Cheers
Stu

Hi lesterb, I have been using LPG for over 30yrs and have been fortunate to have no troubles, and have travelled around aussie , but i would definitely suggest you have duel fuel, a point to remember is that LPG power isnt as good as petrol especially if you are pulling a van... and I agree there are places where gas iisn't available if you should need it, as hasbeen stated you cant put gas in a jerry can.
If you must have gas , also have duel fuel...better to be sure than sorry..
best of luck
Stan

Hi back to the original question,, I have a Prado that runs on LPG and petrol . I went from Perth to Broome and back last year and getting gas was a bit of a PAIN . Several garages that supposed to have gas didn't have any or the pump didn't work or they were waiting for the tanker ect. I had to run the car on petrol a lot more than I wanted. LPG was 1.22 a litre in Broome and not worth putting in , not saving anything ,worked out cheaper to run on petrol. Buy a duel fuel car if possible