22nd September 2023

Distance: 702 Km

Fuel: 76 Litres

Home Again

A long but relatively easy drive home. Most of it taking place on the Hume Highway (the main highway between Sydney and Melbourne)

One stop at Gundagai for lunch and a toilet break, otherwise plain sailing on familiar roads.

Trip Statistics

It seems hard to believe that just over a year ago fuel was hovering about $1.10 a litre, on this trip the price of diesel always started with a 2 and on one occasion a 3!

Distance Travelled: 6537 Km

Fuel used: 721 Litres

Total cost of fuel: $1727

Average cost: $2.39 per litre

Fuel consumption: 11 Litres per 100km

Cheapest fuel: $2.11/L

Most expensive: $3.03/L

Total Caravan site cost (all powered sites): $706

The fuel consumption figure is a little higher than usual, I think the first several days of gusty winds had a lot to do with it, as well as driving a bit faster to keep up with our younger travel companions.

Apart from fuel all the costs have all gone up, only one caravan park on the trip cost less than $30 per night for a powered site with all the rest charging in the mid $30 per night range. The exception ,as expected, was Yulara and Kings Canyon, the former was $52 per night the latter $62 per night, their sites were large and gravel with a heavy duty canvas area for sitting and cooking, The tent camping area, which was separate from the caravan sites, had grass sites.

The motel/hotel accommodation was very expensive at the Ayers Rock Resort, it ranged from $300 per night to over $900 per night with a minimum stay of 2 nights.