Route Overview and Fuel Requirements
| # | From | To | Km | Litres | Notes |
| 1 | Steep Point | Overlander Roadhouse | 173 | 19 | Depart Overlander with full tanks. No fuel at Steep Point. Note: 370 km round trip Overlander/Steep Point/Overlander. |
| 2 | Overlander Roadhouse | Murchison | 184 | 20 | Aim to finish Day 1 at Murchison Oasis. Slow refuelling at Roadhouse. |
| 3 | Murchison | Cue | 272 | 30 | Cue: historic gold-rush town, fuel and services available. |
| 4 | Cue | Meekatharra | 117 | 13 | Full tanks going out of Meekatharra – fuel is getting progressively more expensive so the strategy is to depart Meeka and Wiluna with full tanks to reduce the qty required at Carnegie. |
| 5 | Meekatharra | Wiluna | 182 | 20 | Full tanks going out of Wiluna. |
| 6 | Wiluna | Carnegie Station | 341 | 38 | Full tanks going out of Carnegie. |
| 7 | Carnegie Station | Warburton | 490 | 76 | Minimum 550 km range required from Carnegie to Warburton. Work on 15L/100km, i.e. 4.9 x 15 = 75L |
| 8 | Warburton | Warakurna (Giles) | 229 | 25 | Fuel at Warakurna is generally the most expensive on the GCR so bypass refuelling at this location by onboarding sufficient fuel at Warburton to get to Yulara. |
| 9 | Warakurna | Yulara | 329 | 26 | Good range of facilities. |
| 10 | Yulara | Kings Creek | 262 | 29 | Full tanks going out of Kings Creek. |
| 11 | Kings Creek | Alice Springs | 396 | 43 | No fuel at Glen Helen. |
| 10 | Alice Springs | Erldunda | 201 | 22 | Fuel at Erldunda is generally very expensive so bypass this location. |
| 11 | Erldunda | Kulgera | 75 | 22 | Fuel at Kulgera is generally very expensive so bypass this location. |
| 12 | Kulgera | Finke | 260 | 31 | Fill up at Finke |
| 13 | Finke | Mt Dare | 104 | 14 | Fill up everything at Mt Dare. |
| 16 | Mt Dare | Dalhousie Springs | 69 | 8 | No fuel at Dalhousie Springs. |
| 17 | Dalhousie Springs | Purni Bore Track | 26 | 5 | Via Spring Creek Trck |
| 18 | Purni Bore Track | Wonga Corner | 70 | 14 | Via Purni Bore Track |
| 19 | Wonga Corner | WAA Line | 48 | 10 | Via Rig Road |
| 20 | WAA Line | Knolls Track | 83 | 17 | Via WAA Line |
| 21 | Knolls Track | Lindsay Junction | 34 | 7 | Via Knolls Track |
| 22 | Lindsay Junction | Poeppel Corner | 41 | 8 | Via French Line |
| 23 | Poeppel Corner | QAA Line | 18 | 4 | Via K1 Line |
| 24 | QAA Line | Birdsville | 149 | 30 | Via QAA Line
Dalhousie to Birdsville – 105L at 20L/100 |
| 25 | Birdsville | Haddon Corner | 277 | 30 | Must leave Birdsville full.
Haddon Corner is the geodetic point at which the states of Queensland and South Australia meet. |
| 26 | Haddon Corner | Innamincka | 258 | 28 | Must leave Innamincka full. Innamincka to Tibooburra is 359 km. |
| 27 | Innamincka | Cameron Corner | 219 | 24 | Cameron Corner is the geodetic point at which the states of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia meet. |
| 28 | Cameron Corner | Tibooburra | 140 | 15 | Pump sufficient fuel to get to Bourke. |
| 29 | Tibooburra | Bourke | 425 | 47 | Add 40 L to get to Bourke. |
| 30 | Bourke | Goondiwindi | 550 | 60 | Fuel available at Brewarrina, Walgett, Collarenebri, and Mungindi but each of these more expensive than Bourke and Goondiwindi. |
| 31 | Goondiwindi | Cape Byron | 439 | 48 | Many fuel outlets between these two points. |
| PER VEHICLE | 6717 | 839 |
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