Moving to Perth

Anyone been across the Nullabor lately as I will be taking the bug, need to know what petrol prices are these days. Last time I did it it was 12 years ago. Yeah so in for a big one come the end of May. ( due to redundancy from work ).

Have you thought about putting your beetle on the train?

MISS VDUB wrote:Have you thought about putting your beetle on the train?

If you care about the beetle, don't do it - drive it instead... everyone I know who's transported a car by rail has had damage, including 4k worth to my 16hr old HSV.

😬

I like the drive have done it 4 times. 5 days travel. 2332cc engine shall do it. Cooler time of year too so am happyabout that

$2 ltr possibly

Hope you've for deep pockets then, well over $2 and limited servo's along the way. Might have to also wait for them to open them up when you arrive as they are often locked and only sell Opal petrol if you don't drive a diesel.

Many fiends have put their cars on the train and never had a problem.

I did it in the wench back in 2011, plenty of petrol though best to fill up each end and carry a jerry if you want to save a few $, great drive and IT'S FLAT ! 😁 so it's easy on the car, I found the best prices both on the way over and a couple of months latter on the way back to be at Norsman (at the older run down looking outlet on the edge of town) and at Nundroo Road House though things may have changed since then, it was my first trip over and the little standard 1600 TP did it fine, road is good all the way, only thing I found a worry with was bloody great 4WD's towing bloody huge vans bigger than my house who didn't like my 95 - 100 kph speed so they were overtaking me at 140 + kinda scary in a little buggy towing an even smaller trailer. 🤪

Ummm if they are only selling opal I would be surprised.... Opal usually only goes into the really remote areas with sniffing problems.....

Being a heavily trucked road, there are plenty of large servos on the route (which you already know if you have driven it), they are just a fair distance (300km or so) apart.....

All depends what route you take?

RAC Trip planner will assist you also with what you need to know.

how far is that road? like 3k km right?

I thought there was only one way across the Nullarbour unless you are meaning useing the Anne Beadell Highway (and you need a bloody good 4X if you go that way), what do you mean by depending on which rout you take?

vlad01 wrote:how far is that road? like 3k km right?

Ha Ha, if you mean how long, then all I can say is it's a f.......n long way, with one straight stretch, definatly NO bends or curves, of 146.6 km, at the end there is a yellow sign to show that the road turns right, just in case you have dozed off, then you can't see the end of the next straight stretch, buggered if I know how long that is. 🤪

it would cool to test and tweak fuel economy on that road.

are there cops on it ?

Yes.... Sadly. They do speed checks from the air too......

Doug Sweetman wrote:Yes.... Sadly. They do speed checks from the air too......

hmm, pigs in space

Sides wrote:

MISS VDUB wrote:Have you thought about putting your beetle on the train?

If you care about the beetle, don't do it - drive it instead... everyone I know who's transported a car by rail has had damage, including 4k worth to my 16hr old HSV.

😬

here's one that didnt get damage. Perhaps you are talking about general rail freight but I sent it with the Indian Pacific. competitive $, and as quick as anything else. Pick it up at East Perth passenger terminal. Recommended.

Doug Sweetman wrote:Yes.... Sadly. They do speed checks from the air too......

wtf seriously? what with?

vlad01 wrote:

Doug Sweetman wrote:Yes.... Sadly. They do speed checks from the air too......

wtf seriously? what with?

Same as other places, fixed wing aircraft and timed over a distance from marks painted oin the road surface specificaly for that purpose.

Yep.... The white lines are timing marks..... Not the start / finish line !

Hi

They use the police spotter planes in NSW as well.

Steve

Uber Kafer wrote:

Sides wrote:

MISS VDUB wrote:Have you thought about putting your beetle on the train?

If you care about the beetle, don't do it - drive it instead... everyone I know who's transported a car by rail has had damage, including 4k worth to my 16hr old HSV.

😬

here's one that didnt get damage. Perhaps you are talking about general rail freight but I sent it with the Indian Pacific. competitive $, and as quick as anything else. Pick it up at East Perth passenger terminal. Recommended.

Indian Pacific was what I was getting at. Never heard a complain from all I know up have used it.

1303Steve wrote:Hi

They use the police spotter planes in NSW as well.

Steve

they go to all the effort?

wow good use of police resources and tax money.

you haave to spend a quid to make a quid

yeah I get that point, but a plane out of all things, aren't planes really expensive to run?

cops, its all about making money these days. The crap I have seen them do to make a buck really amazes me 🙅

Super 1302

Welcome back to WA.

Newt

Hey Newt, off topic - i used to live in kal and when my family left we had to leave a couple of dubs behind and I always wondered what happened to them...

Two splitty kombis, one white with ripples down both sides, one blue straight but rusty, both went to the tip as we couldn't find buyers.... Probably crushed now I guess ?

Other one was an oval baja with splitty reduction box - unpainted and unfinished - this was sold to a bloke behind the south kal primary who owned a nice XW falcon...

Would be great to know if any of them ar still floating around.

Looking forward to great roads, better health system and prosperity, and Aussie Rules:-)