Fuel availability between broken hill and mildura

keiron · Senior Member

Fuel availability between broken hill and mildura

Mike196 · Senior Member

G'day Keiron,

There's the Coombah Roadhouse a little short of halfway to Wentworth.

Regards,

Mike.

keiron · Senior Member

many thanks Mike. Happy travels, KB

Hey Jim · Guru

Hi Keiron,

Its a good road to travel tow the van. Wentworth has fuel. A good map will indicate fuel + Food + beds etc. nice drive We liked it.

Jim & lambie.

KILLER · Newbie

yes there is fuel there went thru there 2yrs agoe. but they would only sell you $20.00 ,s. and they did the serving at the pump.

Bruce and Bev · Guru

we drove this route about 3 months ago. Cant remember ever thinking about fuel - so there must have been enough for me to not worry (but I do carry 40 litres of spare fuel just in case). I am a bit gun shy of buying diesel from old, shonky servos - you don't know how much dirt and water might be in it. If in doubt, I use my spare diesel ad fill up in a major town or city or wherever I feel the fuel is likely to be OK (like a busy roadhouse)

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Geeze bigB, "QLD shonky servos" with comments like that mate you better keep an eye out for banana skins on the ground.

wendyv · Guru

It is only about 300kms from Broken Hill to Mildura. I would not have thought you needed to refuel over that distance.

Spydermann · Senior Member

Do not rely on fuel at Coombah - half way between Broken Hill and Wentworth. Go thru there every other year. Time before last the power was off and the generaror was out of fuel. Had to spyhon enough fuel out of a vehicle to start the geneartor to get fuel to keep the generator going to fill all the vehicles up again.

keiron · Senior Member

Thanks .

I am running a 4.8 litre Petrol Nissan Patrol, pulling around 2 toone.

With the economy these things give it almost uses half a tank just to leave the servo, so to speak. They can be verrrryyyyyyy thirsty.

The Hay Plains, year before last, heading west to east, I averaged 29 litres per 100 kilometres. Just over 3 k's per Litre.

Only have 95 litre tank, and can not use it all.

But thanks for the happy tales on your confident economy experiences.

Spydermann · Senior Member

I have had to drop to 80kph sometimes to make sure I can get the the next stop.

keiron · Senior Member

Thank you all for your comments.

I deduce from them all, that if I travel slowly, I should be OK. But I will carry 1 can, just-in-case.

Cheers all, and travel good. KB

Woody n Sue · Guru

Blimey Kieron my western star truck at 45.5 tonne gets 2.2 k per litre
mind you my 2005, 4.2 diesel patrol ute towing our 24 ft fifth wheeler only gets 6.25 k per litre
That's 16 L per 100 k in other talk

WobblyNut · Senior Member

It' around 260k from BH to Wentworth.

I used to do Wentworth , Lake Tandau , Menindee , Wilcannia regularly.

Plus th Hill to Mildura , never found it "a battle" , at least not like some of

the winds you can get on th Barrier. At least doing th 80 you won't hold

anyone up on that road. Safe trip.

Desert Dweller · Guru

Coombah roadhouse was up & running when we came through not too ago. No problems with fuel availability. Have a read of this link, particularly the last few paragraphs.
www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/10/10/3866296.htm
Another example of a minority giving us all a bad name.

Radar · Guru

I hope one day to go and stop there just to support her effect.

Roses to the lady. Ralph.

Ed H · Member

All

After the ABC report we will make sure we drop in to support the Lady...!

ED biggrin

Nomad1946 · Veteran Member

keiron wrote:
Thanks .
I am running a 4.8 litre Petrol Nissan Patrol, pulling around 2 toone.
With the economy these things give it almost uses half a tank just to leave the servo, so to speak. They can be verrrryyyyyyy thirsty.
The Hay Plains, year before last, heading west to east, I averaged 29 litres per 100 kilometres. Just over 3 k's per Litre.
Only have 95 litre tank, and can not use it all.
But thanks for the happy tales on your confident economy experiences.

Sheittt, keiron!! I'd be looking for a new tug!! My unit is a 1994 Landcruiser 4L Diesel, towing about 3tonne averaging 14.5L per 100 km ..... when nothing on tow we average 9L to 100. ......... with 140 litres in the two tanks haven't had any hassles yet after having travelled over 250,000 Km .... both city and bush travel.

antigoon · Veteran Member

I lived at Broken Hill until recently. At the times I travelled I found Coombah was more often closed than open and you could not rely upon Wentworth being open after 7pm. Coombah may be better under new ownership but best tip is to make sure you have range enough to cover the 300 km from Mildura/Buronga (260 km from Wentworth) before heading out. Note there is significant wildlife on this road and to drive at night is as bad as I have seen anywhere. During the day it is pretty good as the goats are smart and generally stay off the road. There are occasional eagles feasting on the roadkill and emus to keep you on your toes but you can see them easily enough. However it is different matter from dusk to dawn when the roos and sheep are everywhere. Many locals will sleep in Wentworth if unable to get to the Hill before dark just to avoid the collision damage.

-- Edited by antigoon on Saturday 29th of August 2015 01:35:48 PM