Camping costs

Free Camps
Hillston Rest Area – 1 night
Cobar Old Reservoir – 1 night
Bourke Boat Ramp – 1 night
Wyandra Warrego River – 1 night
Tambo Barcoo River – 1 night
Qantas Founders Museum Carpark – 1 night
Longreach Caravan car parking – 1 night
Long Waterhole, Winton – 1 night
Middleton Hotel – 1 night
Eyre Creek, near Bedourie – 1 night
Birdsville Common – 2 nights
Bashville – 6 nights (included in the cost of Big Red Bash tickets)
Boulia Racecourse Reserve – 1 night
Quamby Rodeo Ground – 1 night
Gregory Downs riverside – 1 night
Julia Creek RV Park – 2 nights (free but made $10 donation)
Sapphire riverside – 1 night
Gindie roadside gravel pit – 1 night
WWII Plane Crash site, Carnarvon Rd – 1 night
Injune Rodeo Grounds – 1 night
RV Park, Walgett – 1 night
Wheogo Park, Forbes – 1 night

Low-cost Campgrounds
Charleville CMCA RV Park – 1 night $6
Lara Wetlands Campground – 2 nights $50
Apex Riverside Park, Longreach – 1 night $5
Winton Showgrounds – 1 night $20
Oondooroo Station Farm Stay – 1 night $25
Lara Wetlands – 3 nights $75

Caravan Parks
Longreach Tourist Caravan Park – 1 night powered $40
Argylla CP, Mt Isa – 2 nights powered $98.88
Adele’s Grove CP – 4 nights unpowered $160 (paid for 4 but only stayed for 3)
Emerald Cabin & Caravan Park – 1 night powered $44
Takarakka Bush Retreat – 3 nights powered @$55 = $165
Ups & Downs Caravan Park, Roma – 1 night unpowered $20

Total Camping Costs
Free Camps = 29 nights Cost = $0
Low-cost Campgrounds = 9 nights Cost = $181
Caravan Parks = 12 nights Cost =$527.88
Total = 50 nights Total Cost = $708.88

Fuel
Hillston $$69.27
Hillston $47.09
Cobar $65.31
Bourke $45.84
Charleville $101.33
Tambo $54.71
Longreach $92.70
Winton $64.74
Boulia $110.33
Bedourie $71.87
Birdsville $48.30
Bedourie $95.30
Boulia $53.11
Mt Isa $84.55
Cloncurry $32.49
Burke & Wills Roadhouse $55,52
Gregory Downs $44.88
Burke & Wills Roadhouse $88.08
Julia Creek $65.21
Hughenden $81.37
Longreach $115.12
Alpha $77.83
Emerald $49.70
Rolleston $$91.72
Roma $89.06
Lightning Ridge $113.46
Dubbo $93.64

Total Fuel = $2,002.53

Wood
Lara Wetlands – 2 x $15 = $30
Longreach – 2 x $10 = $20
Cloncurry – 1 x $15
Julia Creek – 1 x $14
Oondooroo Station Farm Stay – 1 x fire pit & wood $10
Emerald $26

Total Wood = $115

Gas
Bourke $32
Longreach $23
Winton $34 (most expensive 4.5kg bottle of gas ever!)
Birdsville $32
Julia Creek $14
Alpha $28
Emerald $18

Total Gas = $181

Sightseeing
Back O’Bourke Exhibition = $42
Hotel Corones Tour = $56
Cosmos Centre = Free
Royal Flying Doctor Visitor Centre = Free
WWII Secret Base = $16
WWII Secret Base Tour = $66
Longreach Hall of Fame = $136
Qantas Museum Tour & Luminescent Longreach = $160
Longreach School of the Air = $20
Waltzing Matilda Centre = $50
Age of Dinosaurs Tour = $170
Dinosaur Stampede 3/4 day tour = $290
Big Red Bash (including 2 day early entry) = $1,380.25
Helicopter Flight at BRB = $585
Outback at Isa (including Riversleigh Fossil Tour, Isa Experience & Hard Times Mine Tour) = $176
Kronosuarus Korner, Richmond = $40
Flinders Discovery Centre, Hughenden = $5
Corfield Store, Winton = $2
Australian Workers Heritage Centre, Barcaldine = $16
Miners Heritage Mine Tour, Sapphire = $35
Australian Coal Mining Museum, Blackwater = $80
Big Rig Oil Patch Guided Tour, Roma = $34
Roma Saleyards Tour & Interpretive Centre= Free
Helicopter flight at Moolyamber Gorge = $450

Total sightseeing = $3,809.25

Other
Hillston Tyres – $40
Cobar Tyres – $65
Bridgestone Emerald – $38

Total other = $143

Total trip costs = $6,959.66

Total kilometres traveled = 8,051