Hello all, we have finally picked up our van, we had planned last year with the kids and grandkids to do up the middle to Darwin. Thank you Covid for vetoing that (although it did allow us to get our own!:) Anyway it's on again in about 5 weeks, no grandkids this time as work commitment have stopped them. Need some help if possible ? Where Or can we carry spare diesel. We know not legal on the back anymore but trying to get a straight answer from RMS in NSW is like trying to find hens teeth. Does anyone know? Am about to spend the morning ringing various state authorities to see if I can get a clearer pic for NSW.QLD,SA and NT. Any help / advice would be appreciated.
Is there some reason that you need to carry spare diesel for that trip? Is the range of your tug so bad you cannot span across between stops?
The run up the centre from Adelaide to Darwin is reasonably supported by fuel stops.
Different if you were doing the Great Central Road or Tanami
Thank you for that. We wanted to know whether it's legal to carry on the drawbar as a general rule and for future trips. It never hurts to have a little spare fuel, so they say.
I have to Jerry can holder on draw bar outside of Gas bottles - I always carry 20L of diesel nearside - old habits die hard - locked petrol jerry on offside for petrol for genny.
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Thanks to all for the great advice. Will be carrying the extra few litres as we intend to do some free camping and who knows , one of those just in case thingys .
Only a few weeks to go and getting a "bit" excited. :)
When I was a regular traveller over the Nularbor without the luxury of time to wait out the ferocious winds - having extra fuel on board was an absolute must.
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On the Eyre Highway a few years ago we started off with a nice tailwind at 7.0L/100km. The second half of the trip the wind direction changed to a pretty solid headwind at 12.0L/100km. I'm glad we don't tow!
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Hello all, we have finally picked up our van, we had planned last year with the kids and grandkids to do up the middle to Darwin. Thank you Covid for vetoing that (although it did allow us to get our own!:) Anyway it's on again in about 5 weeks, no grandkids this time as work commitment have stopped them
. Need some help if possible ? Where Or can we carry spare diesel. We know not legal on the back anymore but trying to get a straight answer from RMS in NSW is like trying to find hens teeth. Does anyone know? Am about to spend the morning ringing various state authorities to see if I can get a clearer pic for NSW.QLD,SA and NT. Any help / advice would be appreciated. 
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