Fuel Stops between Alice and Darwin

When we were in Tennant Creek (2009) the independent servo at the north end of town was the cheapest - and they offered a 4c/litre discount for Senior's card - and they told everyone about it.

Motherhen

Hello Motherhen,
Senior's Card? What's that?.
I'm 39 (for one more week at least).
Good info though because generally a servo that offers that sort of service to the Nomads suggests they care. That usually translates into better facilities, fresher fuel and clean toilets.
Thanks.
Fab.

Cant Buy fuel @ Larrimah, Either push your luck and drive into Mataranka or buy fuel at Highway inn.

Would be much easier & cheaper to buy fuel at Alice, Tennant, Katherine.
Price of fuel in Darwin is currently the same price as Katherine.

Thanks Veight,
I did think Alice, Tennant and Katherine, but I reckon the stretch from Tennant Creek to Katherine (673 kms) is pretty opptomistic out of a 46 litre tank.

I really need somewhere just short of Mataranka to tie me over.

Cheers.
Fab.

Just had another look..... Alice, Tennant Creek, Daly Waters, Katerine then into Darwin looks like another option.

I know there's a pub at Daly Waters but is fuel available there and is it at a "normal" price or an inflated "tourist" price like say The Prairie Hotel at Parachilna?

Fab.

There is Daly waters "Highway inn" (A Road house meters off the stuart highway) or about 10km further up the stuart highway and about 5km is Daily waters Pub.

Purchase fuel from "highway inn"

You wanted a place "just short of Mataranka to tie me over"

The Daily waters Highway inn is about 165 km short of Mataranka
or you can go to Dunmarra Wayside inn which is about 210km short of Mataranka

Thanks Veight,
Now I know where the Highway Inn is. I googled "Highway Inn" before and got thousands of hits.

Distance wise....it's sounds perfect.
Thanks.....Fab.

Cheers John....I'll do that.

Fab. I have a simple rule when driving in remote Australia. Never drive past a roadhouse. Certainty beats price and smiling faces every time. I am amazed that a bloke who has driven a Capteva to the top of big red is so traumatised about driving a Barina to Darwin. And there is a major roadhouse on the highway at Daly Waters. The pub is a few km off the highway but definately worth a visit.
Cheers
Kevin

Good memory Kevin...well done mate.

The Captiva was a totally different experience. I had 40 litres in Jerry cans and the diesel gave me plenty of range. Worse case scenario, the Captiva would have made it from Marree, to Birdsville, up Big Red, back into Birdsville and probably as far back as Mungarainie.

The Barina scares me with it's puddle sized tank, plus it's an unknown. It's a brand new car that I wouldn't have driven so I have no idea about what sort of REAL mileage it gets when hooking along at 130km/ph.

By the way...I've been back up Big Red since then but this time in my Pajero io that you might recall I bought. I've done a few mods since I bought her and she did the trip with ease.

Incidently, on the trip home, the bowser at Mungerainie had died and I had to do a Jerry Can splash and dash at Lake Harry. Hence, with no Jerry Can in the Barina, I'm cautious not to run out.

Hopefully this link works. If not, search Youtube by gzwbyc Big Red 2012.

My Pajero io playing in the sand pit

Fab.

The link worked. Good video. Looks like the little Paj was made for climbing Big Red. Looks like the kids liked Big Red as well.
Is the Barina the little hatch? My wife has a Barina sedan. In a long trip we get between 7 and 8 km per litre. You should get at least 500 km out of a tank and by the time you get to the long stretches between roadhouses you will have a good feel for what it will do. You will enjoy the trip, I'm sure.
Cheers
Kevin

Yeah Kevin....it's a hatch. 5 door TM with a 6 speed auto and (thankfully) cruise control. Good to hear they return decent fuel figures.

Sounds like it should be a walk in the park...be it a squeezy one..hehe.

Cheers. Fab.

Same model (and colour) as this one.

TM Barina

It looks very smart Fab. My wife's Barina is an 06 model but she has had it since new and loves it dearly.
Kevin

Thanks Rockape.

No bad prices considering the remote locations.
Birdsville 2 weeks back was 175.9 for ULP which I though was pretty damn good too. (That wasn't in the Barina..hehe.)

Fab.

Fab,
should have added these are diesel prices.