travelling to Perth in Oct

Rayza · Member

travelling to Perth in Oct

missycb · Newbie

do you know what it will ost you in fuel and do you know how many litres to the kilometre as we have just started a trip and are not sure what is good

william the third · Veteran Member

G'day Rayza and missycb, you will need several cd's as there is practically no radio on the nullabor. fuel is expensive after ceduna,reaching 1.69/l for both petrol and diesel.(22-23march)could be more by oct.You will probably miss seeing the whales as they will be gone by then.Be prepared for some cold nights on the nullarbor(0-2 c.Food prices are astronomical. so is the beer, $6 for a stubby. I was told by the barman at ****lebiddy their liquor license is $30,000

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

A long way in 2 or 3 months.
Start a couple of months earlier, there is lots to see and do.

Cheers,
Peter

jimbo · Guru

Can one possibly imagine travelling at this speed across there....Herald Sun melbourne 31st March........

MOST drivers would support a cut in country road speed limits from 100km/h to 90km/h to improve road safety, research has found

Another Brumby trick to raise revenue

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

welcome wrote:

Can one possibly imagine travelling at this speed across there....Herald Sun melbourne 31st March........

MOST drivers would support a cut in country road speed limits from 100km/h to 90km/h to improve road safety, research has found

No problem at all.
We cruise at a max of 85kph.
We are out there to see the country (and there is plenty to see, even/especially there), not to stare down a stip of black stuff.

Cheers,
Peter

JRH · Guru

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:

welcome wrote:

Can one possibly imagine travelling at this speed across there....Herald Sun melbourne 31st March........

MOST drivers would support a cut in country road speed limits from 100km/h to 90km/h to improve road safety, research has found

No problem at all.
We cruise at a max of 85kph.
We are out there to see the country (and there is plenty to see, even/especially there), not to stare down a stip of black stuff.

Cheers,
Peter

The phrase White Line Fever comes to mind.

Cruising Granny · Guru

Yeah I like it too. 85-90KPH.
The way to go when towing and touring.
Not very profitable for truckies and others needing to make miles for bucks.

brickies · Guru

Yes 85 /90 KPH is the way to go see a lot more use less fuel and pull up quicker

jonathan · Guru

.. Hi all !

We just arrived at Salmon Gums .. which is approx. 100 k's south of Norseman ..

Overall, with three vehicles, we mainly travelled between 80 - 90kph .. and on the open road across the Nullabour we travelled with vehicle 'spacing' of usually 300 to 500 mtrs. This enables the big rigs overtaking us, to pass quite easily. It was good travelling with the wind behind us all the way so far too ..

Jon

(currently at Salmon Gums CP, WA - $10.00 powered site for two pers p/n)

Rayza · Member

Someone told me the headwinds across the Nullabor can be quite bad. we are towing a 16ft van with Jackeroo which gets around 18l/100k so range is about 350-400k normally but with headwinds couls be less should there be any problems

JRH · Guru

Rayza wrote:

Someone told me the headwinds across the Nullabor can be quite bad. we are towing a 16ft van with Jackeroo which gets around 18l/100k so range is about 350-400k normally but with headwinds couls be less should there be any problems

Just make sure you top up at each roadhouse and keep the speed down between 75 - 85 and all should be OK.

Last year Nullabor roadhouse was charging $1.10 per litre for auto gas so I refused to fill up there. With the head winds I never made it to Border village.

I filled up at Nundroo and used 62 liters of auto gas and 75 liters of petrol and ran out of fuel 15 klicks East of Border Village, I was only doing around 75 K's per hour.