Quote Originally Posted by Throbbinhood View Post
Hey guys, I'm thinking of heading up from SE VIC to do Oodnadatta, up to Dalhousie Springs, then to Alice Springs, Back to Uluru, Cooper Pedy and then home again.

Few questions for those who have done this before..

1) Is three weeks enough to do this comfortably?

2) Any issues towing a camper trailer up the Oodnadatta? Being towed by a pretty capable GQ.

3) Is Ooodnadatta just a big long dirt road? Would I expect my fuel economy to jump considerably as it would doing beach work, or not quite that bad? From what I could see, there's ULP available every 200kms or so up the Oodnadatta

4) Anything else I should check out on the way?

5) Lastly, What's the LPG situation like out that way. Not for me, but a mate in his toyboater is lpg/fuel so trying to work out how many jerry can's he'll need.

Thanks in advance.
You should be able to do it in three weeks.
There will be a few big day of driving. If you want to relax abit once you get to the middle.

I just did that trip about 8 weeks ago. We didnt get as far as alice just to Uluru.
There is a great free camping spot about 80km out of uluru called curtin springs.

The oodnadatta track is easy going. Depending which way you go to dalhousie the tracks get abit rougher and chopped up. There is lots of water out there at moment.

As for the towing you should have no problems.

Not to sure on the lpg situation as I have a diesel and didn't take any notice