Traveling north
Submitted by Faulkner Family on Sat, 2019-05-11 07:21
Just a word of warning for those traveling north.that dont know already.As we found out both billabong and overlander are no longer 24 hour servos. Overlander closes at 10 and reopens at 6. Luckily i had the forsight to carry a couple of jerry cans of fuel.
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RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
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Billcollector
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Overlander has a 24 hour
Overlander has a 24 hour bowser doesn't it?
Jarryd87
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Pretty sure the billabong has
Pretty sure the billabong has 24hour self serve bowsers.
Faulkner Family
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Didnt stop at billabong but
Didnt stop at billabong but think it did . Overlander had nothing we could see
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Billcollector
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South side off their building
South side off their building all by itself.
Deckie
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Yep.
Yep its a stand alone set of pumps.
Cheers & Stay safe
sea-kem
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And this is where a long
And this is where a long range tank comes in very handy.
Love the West!
Billcollector
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Yep Karratha to Perth no fuel
Yep Karratha to Perth no fuel stops works for me.
sea-kem
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Lol what are you in a
Lol what are you in a Kenworth?
Love the West!
Billcollector
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200 series that's been
200 series that's been extended and dual cabbed. 270 litres.
Last trip down topped up in Karratha and got to Perth on 255 ltres.115 kmh with cruise control and averaged 15ltr per 100.
sea-kem
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Beautiful mate, I'd love to
Beautiful mate, I'd love to see a pic of it. Old mate of mine had a modified 40 series that had been turned into a dual cab was a beast of a thing.
Love the West!
Billcollector
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pm sent Andy
pm sent Andy
meglodon
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That’s one hell of a size tank you must have
You can save a fair bit of time without stopping for fuel and eats
black gen
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Yep both have 24hr fuel
Yep both have 24hr fuel
walloped
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Billabong fuel is
Billabong fuel is significantly cheaper...cheaper than Carnarvon too.
carnarvonite
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Billabong
Cheap fuel at Billabong is at the old servo not the pub, difference of about 10 cents a litre. Most coming from the south stop and fill at the Shell [pub] and only see the difference once they pull out