Potable Water Availability

Potable water is generally not a major problem.

Most Tourist/visitor information centres will allow you to refill, although some have meters and some may ask for a small donation.

Generally where you find a Dump point in town you will find water near by, refrain from using any tap that is immediately adjacent to the dump point.

Often a service station in town will allow you to fill the water tanks if you have also filled the fuel tank.

Water is even available at Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, in the middle of the Nullarbor Plain, at a price of course.

Regards
Athol

'Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink' [from the ancient mariner] ....thing is water [ potable ] is a very precious commodity ... Qld even after the rains earlier this year is still in drought , 85% , NSW the same , the best is always ASK before you turn on the tap at the servo Etc for your onboard shower and for drinking / cooking buy bottled - 5 / 10lt casks - 24 packs bottles ....remember even though you 'think' your free camping ...others are paying for it .....

We Just spent 10 days in northern NSW and we stopped at parks and rest areas for lunch generally close to towns, most had taps connected to mains water. We always take two 20 litre Plastic jerry cans with us and top them up wherever possible, even if only 5 litres Michael.

Hema is good for listing water supplies outside of towns a wikicamps is good for town supplies

We have been touring since the beginning of this month and it is suprising how little drinkable water we need in this colder weather. So far just two 10 litre containers and 24 600 ml bottles. Seem to be getting through a similar amount of beer though. For showering we carry 40 litres of what ever water we can find ie bore water, town water or river water cleaned up with epsom salts, found a 20 litre jerry good for 3 guy showers or 2 lady showers.

We also find that with plenty of bob (Beer on board) we never have a problem and our fresh water tanks rarely go below 50%.
In addition to the suggestions below, we always find that a town’s information centre has water, or at least can advise where to get some.

You can also set up a hose and pump to draw water from creeks when needed.

The other alternative would be to just go to a town caravan park and pay for a night and top up there
, seems a lot of people are too tight to even do that . At least it gives back something to the country towns that are struggling .

I was surprised to see there is a drinking water station at Oodnadatta now,
it was $4 for 3 minutes (about 20 ltrs) -
I think that's great value considering where it is.

Cheers
Paul