tmac100

On another forum I was told that white gas/shellite/naptha is hard to find in Western Australia outside of Perth.

Last June-August in South Australia and NSW we fond it in grocery stores. I am planning a trip through WA and SA this coming June-August and would like to know of current availability.

Machka/Rowan - or anyone else, do you have any info on current availability? TIA

Aushiker

Hi

Interesting post given your comments in response to GJ Coop who was riding extensively through WA in the past few months

Andrew

tmac100

Thanks Andrew for the cross referencing. Score one for you! Yes

I am waiting for some current primary data, NOT data from 2008. That data is 3 years old and no longer valid.The data I have is current as of the Australian winter of 2011. However, that said, I want primary data, and have emailed a number of caravan parks/shops/shire offices east of Norseman. I am interested in current availability. THAT data will be more valuable than your references from several years ago, or some fuzzy-wuzzy dim memory of a past trip - or someone else's trip report through the real outback (dirt roads) that I also went on in 2006.

To that end I have emailed a number of caravan parks and shire offices asking about current availability of shellite. I await their replies. If not available, then I will switch jets and use petrol/diesel or.. OTOH, I can always find some wood, burn it down to coals and cook like I did in Canada's arctic a lifetime ago. The arctic is a cold desert. OTOH, I can always eat uncooked oatmeal, mixed with dried fruits, nuts and skim milk powder and water, and keep going and

My bad - he joined in 2008. I had no difficulty in getting shellite in the gulf region when I bicycled there in 2006 -grocery stores and hardware stores.... However, that is old data - 5 years old data.... and it is NOT specific to the Eyre Hwy in 2011 and 2012.