Motor Trend's Angus Mackenzie drove from Adelaide in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory. This road-trip through the Australian Outback offered harsh terrain, slippery roads, riverbeds, diverse wildlife like camels from India, kangaroos, and crocodile, hotel-in-a-cave, and scenic dunes.
BY THE NUMBERS
Total distance traveled: 3464 miles
Total distance traveled on dirt roads: 783 miles
Total distance traveled on freeway: 40 miles
Longest day: 572 miles-Alice Springs to Tennant Creek, via Glen Helen
Total fuel used: 155.2 gallons (to Batchelor, 3330 miles)
Average fuel consumption: 21.45 mpg
Most expensive gas: $7.23/gallon (Curtin Springs)
Mechanical problems: 0
Total distance traveled on dirt roads: 783 miles
Total distance traveled on freeway: 40 miles
Longest day: 572 miles-Alice Springs to Tennant Creek, via Glen Helen
Total fuel used: 155.2 gallons (to Batchelor, 3330 miles)
Average fuel consumption: 21.45 mpg
Most expensive gas: $7.23/gallon (Curtin Springs)
Mechanical problems: 0
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