--- title: "Sydney to Byron Bay" description: "Sydney, NSW to Byron Bay, NSW, 771 km. Every stop with litres and price, the forecast wind, and the car beside the caravan." url: "https://fueloracle.com.au/examples/sydney-byron" updated: "2026-09-04" --- # Sydney to Byron Bay: fuel stops, prices and cost, car and caravan **Sydney, NSW to Byron Bay, NSW, 771 km.** 3 fuel stops towing, 1 solo. FuelOracle saves $5.43 against filling up everywhere. Sydney, NSW to Byron Bay, NSW, 771 km. Towing the caravan, the Defender 110 burns about 18.9 L/100 km on this road and stops 3 times: Metro Lane Cove North at 11 km, Mobil Coolongolook at 266 km and AMPOL SOUTH KEMPSEY at 426 km, buying 134 L for $326.27. Solo it burns about 8.8 L/100 km and stops once, at PEARL ENERGY MORISSET at 110 km, for $135.94. A tailwind on 10 September takes $5.16 off the caravan run. A driver who simply fills to full at every servo pays $333.84 for the same run; FuelOracle saves $5.43. ## Car only (Optimised) Defender 110. $135.94. total fuel with the forecast · 57 L bought - Still air, same stops: $136.18 - Forecast wind, 10 Sep · -0.1 L: -0.24 - Old-school: filling up at every servo: $241.15 - FuelOracle saves: $4.14 - 1 fuel stop - 8.8 L/100 km, trip average - 661 km longest run | km | Stop | Detail | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 110 km | PEARL ENERGY MORISSET | 57 L at 238.5¢ | $135.94 | ## Car only (Old-school) Defender 110. $241.15. total fuel with the forecast · 96 L bought - Optimised: FuelOracle plan: $135.94 - Old-school pays: +4.14 - 2 fills to full - 8.8 L/100 km, trip average - 387 km longest run | km | Stop | Detail | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 0 km | Fill to full | 62 L at 254.9¢ | $158.80 | | 384 km | Fill to full | 34 L at 243.1¢ | $82.34 | ## Car + caravan (Optimised) Zone RV Peregrine. $326.27. total fuel with the forecast · 134 L bought - Still air, same stops: $331.43 - Forecast tailwind, 10 Sep · -2.1 L: -5.16 - Old-school: filling up at every servo: $333.84 - FuelOracle saves: $5.43 - 3 fuel stops - 18.9 L/100 km, trip average - 345 km longest run | km | Stop | Detail | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 11 km | Metro Lane Cove North | 37 L at 245.6¢ | $90.87 | | 266 km | Mobil Coolongolook | 75 L at 239.5¢ | $179.62 | | 426 km | AMPOL SOUTH KEMPSEY | 22 L at 253.5¢ · Everyday Rewards −4¢ | $55.77 | ## Car + caravan (Old-school) Zone RV Peregrine. $333.84. total fuel with the forecast · 134 L bought - Optimised: FuelOracle plan: $326.27 - Old-school pays: +5.43 - 2 fills to full - 18.9 L/100 km, trip average - 387 km longest run | km | Stop | Detail | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 0 km | Fill to full | 62 L at 254.9¢ | $158.80 | | 384 km | Fill to full | 72 L at 243.1¢ | $175.04 | ## Legs | Leg | Span | Wind | Altitude | L/100 km towing | Burn | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 0-11 km | -3% behind | -1% | 18.8 | 2 L | | 2 | 11-266 km | -3% behind | -1% | 18.8 | 48 L | | 3 | 266-426 km | -2% behind | -1% | 18.9 | 30 L | | 4 | 426-771 km | -2% behind | -1% | 18.9 | to destination | ## Questions people ask about this run ### How much does fuel cost from Sydney to Byron Bay towing a caravan? About $326.27 for a Defender 110 towing a 3.2-tonne off-road caravan, planned against the official prices and the wind forecast on 4 September 2026: 134 L over 771 km at roughly 18.9 L/100 km. ### How many fuel stops from Sydney to Byron Bay? 3 towing and 1 solo on this plan, with an 89 L tank starting a quarter full. The longest run between stops towing is 345 km. ### Does the wind matter on Sydney-Byron Bay? On 10 September it saved the caravan run $5.16 (-2.1 L). FuelOracle checks the forecast wind on each leg for the day you leave, so the same road can price differently on a different day. ### What would filling up at every servo cost on this run? $333.84 towing. FuelOracle's plan saves $5.43 by choosing where to fill and how much to buy, not by driving further or filling less than it needs. 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. 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. 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)