--- title: "Example trips" description: "Real fuel plans for the Nullarbor, the Oodnadatta Track to Uluru, Perth to Broome, the Great Ocean Road, Sydney to Melbourne, Brisbane to Sydney, Sydney to Byron Bay and Sydney to Darwin via Brisbane: fuel stops, prices, forecast wind, car beside caravan, and what FuelOracle saves against filling up at every servo." url: "https://fueloracle.com.au/examples" updated: "2026-10-13" --- # Same road. Now hitch the van. Eight real routes planned twice, side by side: the car alone, and the car towing a 3.2-tonne off-road caravan. What the wind costs, what filling everywhere would have cost, and what FuelOracle saved. - [Across the Nullarbor](https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/nullarbor): **Adelaide, SA to Perth, WA, 2,607 km.** 10 fuel stops towing, 5 solo. FuelOracle saves $105.51 against filling up everywhere. Markdown: https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/nullarbor.md - [Oodnadatta Track to Uluru](https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/oodnadatta-uluru): **Port Augusta, SA to Yulara (Uluru), NT, 1,518 km.** 6 fuel stops towing, 3 solo. FuelOracle saves $96.09 against filling up everywhere. Markdown: https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/oodnadatta-uluru.md - [Perth to Broome](https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/perth-broome): **Perth, WA to Broome, WA, 2,373 km.** 8 fuel stops towing, 5 solo. FuelOracle saves $70.49 against filling up everywhere. Markdown: https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/perth-broome.md - [Great Ocean Road to Mount Gambier](https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/great-ocean-road): **Melbourne, VIC to Mount Gambier, SA, 537 km.** 2 fuel stops towing, 1 solo. FuelOracle saves $26.68 against filling up everywhere. Markdown: https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/great-ocean-road.md - [Sydney to Melbourne](https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/sydney-melbourne): **Sydney, NSW to Melbourne, VIC, 881 km.** 3 fuel stops towing, 1 solo. FuelOracle saves $53.70 against filling up everywhere. Markdown: https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/sydney-melbourne.md - [Brisbane to Sydney](https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/brisbane-sydney): **Brisbane, QLD to Sydney, NSW, 929 km.** 3 fuel stops towing, 2 solo. FuelOracle saves $31.66 against filling up everywhere. Markdown: https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/brisbane-sydney.md - [Sydney to Darwin via Brisbane](https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/sydney-darwin): **Sydney, NSW to Darwin, NT, 4,523 km.** 16 fuel stops towing, 7 solo. FuelOracle saves $50.70 against filling up everywhere. Markdown: https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/sydney-darwin.md - [Sydney to Byron Bay](https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/sydney-byron): **Sydney, NSW to Byron Bay, NSW, 771 km.** 3 fuel stops towing, 1 solo. FuelOracle saves $5.43 against filling up everywhere. Markdown: https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/sydney-byron.md Fuel burn is modelled for this rig: the van behind it, the speed it holds, the climbs and the wind on every leg. The model is checked against the rig's real fill-ups and tuned over time. Old-school is the same driver with no planning: fill to full at every stop, and whenever the next servo is out of reach. These plans were generated once, on a fixed date, to show how FuelOracle helps you plan better and save time and money. Prices, opening hours and wind have all changed since, and every price and saving shown is a guide, not a guarantee. Do not use them to plan a real trip: [plan your own](https://fueloracle.app/register?utm_source=fueloracle.com.au&utm_medium=examples&utm_campaign=notice) and FuelOracle will plan it on today's prices and forecast. Example plans use official state fuel price feeds and Open-Meteo wind forecasts, captured once on 4 September 2026. Coastline from Natural Earth. Based on or contains data provided by the State of South Australia (Office of Consumer and Business Services 2021-2023). Copyright of the State of South Australia. Data provided by the Western Australian FuelWatch Northern Territory fuel price data © Northern Territory of Australia, sourced from MyFuel NT and used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. © State of Victoria accessed via the Victorian Government Service Victoria Platform Fuel price data for New South Wales, the ACT and Tasmania is sourced from FuelCheck, provided by the NSW Government (NSW Fair Trading) and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. Based on or contains data provided by the State of Queensland (Department of Energy and Climate) 2026. In consideration of the State permitting use of this data you acknowledge and agree that the State gives no warranty in relation to the data (including accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency or suitability) and accepts no liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of the privacy laws. FuelOracle is an independent app. It does not represent a government entity, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or authorised by any government entity or any of the agencies whose data it displays. Prices are indicative only and may differ from the price at the bowser. ## See how a plan like these is built Two short videos: planning a trip from the first stop to the total cost, and the outback version with jerry cans. - [Plan a road trip with fuel stops](https://fueloracle.com.au/tutorials#plan-a-trip) (2:54): A trip in four steps, then the plan: every fuel stop, the price, how much to put in and what the trip will cost. - [Outback trips, jerry cans and unlisted fuel](https://fueloracle.com.au/tutorials#outback-trips) (2:02): Marree to Birdsville with the van: unsealed roads, a stretch too long for the tank, jerry cans and roadhouses that aren't in any price feed. [All six tutorials](https://fueloracle.com.au/tutorials) ## Know your fuel stops before you hit the road. Put in your rig and your route. FuelOracle plans them against live prices and the forecast for the day you leave. [Plan a trip free](https://fueloracle.app/register)