| # | 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 | 75 | 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 tis location by onboarding sufficient fuel at Warburton to get to Yulara. |
| 9 | Warakurna | Yulara | 329 | 36 | Good range of facilities. |
| 10 | Yulara | Erldunda | 226 | 25 | Fuel at Erldunda is generally very expensive so bypass this location by onboarding sufficient fuel at Yulara to get to Alice Springs. |
| 11 | Erldunda | Alice Springs | 201 | 22 | Fill up. |
| 12 | Alice Springs | Hermannsburg | 185 | 20 | |
| 13 | Hermannsburg | Alice Springs | 185 | 20 | Fill up at Alice Springs. |
| 14 | Alice Springs | 30K Viewpoint | 40 | 4 | Camp overnight. |
| 15 | 30K Viewpoint | Mt Dare | 316 | 35 | Fill up. |
| 16 | Mt Dare | Dalhousie Springs | 69 | 8 | No fuel at Dalhousie Springs. |
| 17 | Dalhousie Springs | Birdsville | 443 | 90 | ‘The French Line + QAA Line’ through the Simpson Desert. 1100 sand dunes. Work on 20L/100km, i.e. 4.43 x 20 = say 90 litres. UHF 10, Sand Flags, scan all channels continuously during crossing. Call from top of sand dunes. |
| 18 | Birdsville | Haddon Corner | 277 | 30 | Must leave Birdsville full – 535km to next fuel at Innamincka. Haddon Corner is the geodetic point at which the states of Queensland and South Australia meet. No fuel. |
| 19 | Haddon Corner | Innamincka | 258 | 28 | Must leave Innamincka full. Innamincka to Tibooburra is 359 km. |
| 20 | Innamincka | Cameron Corner | 219 | 24 | Cameron Corner is the geodetic point at which the states of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia meet. |
| 21 | Cameron Corner | Tibooburra | 140 | 15 | Pump sufficient fuel to get to Bourke. |
| 22 | Tibooburra | Bourke | 425 | 47 | Fill up at Bourke. |
| 23 | Bourke | Goondiwindi | 550 | 60 | Fuel available at Brewarrina, Walgett, Collarenebri, and Mungindi but each of these more expensive than Bourke and Goondiwindi. |
| 24 | Goondiwindi | Cape Byron | 439 | 48 | Many fuel outlets between these two points. |
| PER VEHICLE | 6290 | 752 |
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