September 20

Driving Log for 3 months

Posted by on September 20, 2015 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

This is a bit of a boring post. We are three months on the road on September 22 so it does not seem too unreasonable to post my record of dates, distances, and fuel used… it might be interesting to someone!

On September 22, exactly three months into the trip:

  • We have travelled 13,538 km
  • We have used 2,522 litres of diesel at a cost of $4,073.26
  • Our most expensive fuel was around the Gibb River Road at Drysdale (214/l) and Mount Barnett (209/l)
  • The cheapest fuel was in Port Augusta (131.9/l)

Here are the data

  • June 22: Northbridge – Katoomba – Lithgow (Castlereagh highway) – Mudgee – Gulgong – Dubbo western plains Zoo, 425km / 0700 to 1330, Fuel Dubbo $127 / 90L
  • June 23: Dubbo (Mitchell highway) – Narromine – Nyngan (Barrier Highway) – Cobar – Wilcannia – Broken Hill / 744km 1000 to 1830 / Fuel Wilcannia $142, 96L
  • June 24: Broken Hill – Cockburn – Peterborough – Port Augusta (Stuart Highway) – Coober Pedy / 946km, 0730 – 1700 / 154L, $204 at Port Augusta
  • June 25: Coober Pedy – Marla – Kulgera – Erldundra (Lasseter Hwy) – Yulara (Uluru-Kata Tjuta NP) / 750km, 0830 – 1530 / Fuel Coober Pedy 100L, $163 + Kulgera 74L, $137 (187c per L, wow!)
  • June 27: Yulara (Lassiter Hwy to Luritja Hwy) – Kings Canyon Resort / 267km, 1300 – 1530 / Fuel at Yulara 105L, $211 (most expensive yet 219.5pL)
  • June 29: Kings Canyon Resort (Larapinta Drive / Mereenie Loop Road to Namatjira Drive) to Glen Helen Resort / 219km, 0930 – 1230
  • July 1: Glen Helen Resort, Alice Springs (Stuart Hwy, again), Barrow Creek, Wycliffe Well Roadhouse (UFO capital), Tennant Creek, Renner Springs, Dunmarra, Daly Waters Hi Way Inn Roadhouse / 1025km 0800 – 1815 / Fuel Alice Springs 153L, $217 & Tennant Creek 84L, $140
  • July 2: Daly Waters Hi Way Inn Roadhouse (Stuart Hwy), Katherine, Pine Creek, Darwin / 650km 1000-1530 / Diesel Mataranka 132L, $193
  • July 4: Darwin (Stuart Hwy), Humpty Doo (Arnhem Hwy), Jabiru (Kakadu Hwy), Cooinda / 305km 0900-1530 / Diesel Darwin 84L, $117
  • July 5: Jim Falls day trip
  • July 7: Cooinda ( Kakadu Hwy), Jabiru ( Arnhem Hwy)’ Cahills crossing, Oenpelli, Davidsons Safari Lodge (Private dirt road) / 160km 1000-1400 / Diesel Cooinda 105L, $166
  • July 11: Davidson Safari Lodge, Oenpelli, Cahills Crossing, Ubirr/ Merle campground / 63km 1400-1600
  • July 12: Merle Camp (Arnhem Hwy), Jabiru (Kakadu Hwy), Gunlom / 217km 0800-1530 (stopped in Jabiru for shops) / Diesel Jabiru 55L, $84
  • July 14: Gunlom (Kakadu Hwy) Pine Creek ( Stuart Hwy), Katherine, Nitmiluk, Gorge / 182km / 0900-1230
  • July 17: Nitmiluk Gorge, Katherine (Victoria Hwy), Timber Creek / 315km 0930-1600 / Diesel Katherine 94L, $131
  • July 18: Timber Creek (Victoria Hwy), East Baines River, Bullo Station (Private dirt road) / 123km 0930-1200 / Diesel Timber Creek 58L, $106.70
  • July 25: Bullo Station, East Baines River (Victoria Hwy), Kununarra ( Ivanhoe Caravan Park) / 155km 0930-1430
  • July 26: Kununarra, Lake Argyle day trip / 140km
  • July 27: Kununarra (Northern Hwy), Warnum, Purnululu NP / 310km, last 53km of bad dirt road! 0930-1530 / Diesel Kununarra 100L, $160
  • July 30: Purnululu NP, Halls Creek (Northern Hwy), Tanami Track, Wolfe Creek Crater / 256km, last 91 on dirt 0930-1500 / Diesel Halls Creek 99L, $157
  • July 31: Wolfe Creek Crater NP, Tanami Track, Halls Creek (Northern Hwy), Warnum, El Questro Station (Gibb River Road) / 517km 0830-1430
  • August 1: El Questro Station ( Gibb River Road) to Kunnunarra, day trip / 206km / Diesel Kununarra 159L, $254
  • August 5: El Questro Station (Gibb River Road), Home Valley / 50km
  • August 7: Home Valley Station (Gibb River Road), Ellenbrae Station (for scones!), Drysdale Station (Kalumburu Road) / 228km 0930-1300, all dirt roads / Diesel Drysdale 106l for $226.40
  • August 8: Drysdale station (Kalumburu Road), King Edward River (Kulumburu road) / 108km
  • August 9: King Edward River, Mitchell Plateau Camp Ground (Mitchell Falls Road) / 78km
  • August 12: Day trip – Mitchell Falls Camp to Surveyors Pool / 80km
  • August 15: Mitchell Falls Camp (Mitchell Falls Road to Kulumburu Road to Gibb River Road), Drysdale (lunch), Mount Elizabeth / 345km
  • August 16: Mount Elizabeth, Mount Barnett Roadhouse (re-provision) / 68k x2 / Diesel at Mount Barnett126L for $263.36
  • August 17: Mount Elizabeth (Munja Track), Jameson’s Arch(lunch), Bachsten Camp / 146km 0900 -1730
  • August 23: Bachsten Camp (Munja Track), Turkey Creek / 100km 0900-1600 / Bogged exiting xxx creek and trailer wheel flat
  • August 24: Turkey Creek (Munja track), Mount Barnett (GRR), Silent Grove / 213km 0800-1600 / Bogged on Magpie Jump up / Diesel at Mount Barnett 95L for $198.54
  • August 25: Day trip – Silent Grove, Bells Gorge / 20k
  • August 26: Silent Grove, Tires on the range (new camper tires), Galvin’s Grorge (GRR), Mornington Wilderness Camp / 215km
  • August 29 Mornington, Gibb River Road, Derby (Derby Hwy) / 324k 1100-1500 / Flat car tire on Mornington Road, new car tyres x4
  • September 1: Day trip – Derby (Derby hwy), Gibb River Road, Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek NP (Fairfield Leopold Downs Road) / 185km x2 / Diesel Derby 155L for $240.27
  • September 3: Derby (Derby Hwy), Great Northern Hwy, Broome / 189km
  • September 7: Broome, Cape Leveque Road, Koolijaman Resort / 206km / Diesel Broome (6th) 128L for 186.75
  • September 14: Koolijaman Resort, Cape Leveque Road, Broome / 206km
  • September 20: Broome, Roebuck Plains Roadhouse ( Great Northern Hwy), Eighty mile beach, Pardoo Station / 461km
  • September 22: Pardoo (Great Northern Hwy), Port Headland (lunch), Karinjini NP / 504km