Adelaide to Darwin on the Stuart Highway with a caravan or motorhome
Adelaide to Darwin on the Stuart Highway runs 3,036 km from Adelaide to Darwin. With a car and caravan, you're looking at about 41 hours behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Adelaide · Port Augusta · Coober Pedy · Alice Springs · Tennant Creek · Katherine · Darwin
Is Adelaide to Darwin on the Stuart Highway OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- No long climbs: the steepest kilometre is about 4%.
- The longest run with no fuel station on our map is 253 km, from km 598. Fill up before it.
- It keeps you off 3 nearby roads with a signed limit your rig wouldn't clear, like Topham Mall (2.03 m high), Chief Street (2.9 m high) and Rosetta Street (3 m high).
- Road reports change daily out here. Motocamp checks NT Road Report, SA Department for Infrastructure and Transport and Traffic SA for the day you travel.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 3,036 km | 3,036 km |
| Driving time | about 41 hours | about 39 hours |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | under 1 km | under 1 km |
| Total climb | 6,369 m | 6,369 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 253 km | 253 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 3 | 3 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
- Adelaide · km 0
- Salisbury · km 24
- Port Wakefield · km 103
- Snowtown · km 152
- Crystal Brook · km 202
- Port Pirie · km 225
- Napperby · km 228
- Coober Pedy · km 851
- Alice Springs · km 1,540
- Elliott · km 2,301
- Pine Creek · km 2,811
- Acacia Hills · km 2,977
- Palmerston · km 3,018
- Darwin · km 3,036
Caravan parks on the way
- Adelaide Caravan Park · km 0
- Port Wakefield Caravan Park · km 102
- Port Augusta Caravan Park Cabins · km 304
- Riba's Underground Camping & Caravan Park · km 846
- Marla Travellers Rest Caravan Park · km 1,086
- Discovery Parks - Alice Springs · km 1,535
- Outback Caravan Park · km 2,048
- Dunmarra Wayside Inn · km 2,403
- Riverview Tourist Village · km 2,720
- Hayes Creek Wayside Inn · km 2,867
- BIG4 Howard Springs Holiday Park · km 3,012
- Malak Caravan Park · km 3,029
- and 43 more in the app
Free camps on the way
- Port Germein South Rest Area · km 241
- Ranges View Rest Area · km 374
- Bookaloo Rest Area · km 394
- Monalena Lagoon Rest Area · km 415
- Island Lagoon Lookout · km 467
- Bon Bon Rest Area · km 682
- Off the Road Banana Loop Bush Camp · km 730
- Stuarts Well Roadhouse Freecamp · km 1,448 · caravans OK
- Tropic of Capricorn Rest Area · km 1,571 · caravans OK
- Bonney Well Rest Area · km 1,960
- Elsey freedom camping · km 2,602 · caravans OK
- Bridge Creek Rest Area · km 2,891
- and 6 more in the app
National park and other campgrounds
- St Kilda Boat Ramp Car Park · km 28 · fees apply
- Baroota Rodeo Ground & Camping Area - · km 252
- Lake Hart Lookout · km 525
- Pootnoura Rest Area · km 928
- Marryat Creek North Rest Area · km 1,213
- Burt Plains Bush Camp · km 1,577
- Karlu Karlu-Devil's Marbles Campground · km 1,943
- Newcastle Waters Rest Area · km 2,324
- Pussy Cat Flats · km 2,812
- Fishers Rest · km 3,003
- and 60 more in the app
Rest areas
- Truck Parking Bays · km 69
- DICK ROGERS LHS · km 1,321
- LEN TUIT · km 1,440
- PROWSE GAP · km 1,687 · toilets · water
- 1KM STH BONNEY WELL · km 1,958
- SPARE ASSET ID TO US · km 2,247
- NOEL HEALY · km 2,476
- KING RIVER · km 2,673 · toilets · water
- WEAVERS CUT SOUTH · km 2,896
- TRUCK CENTRAL · km 3,023
- and 74 more in the app
Dump points
- at Levi Park Caravan Park · km 0
- at Adelaide Showground Caravan Park · km 1
- Dump Point · km 224
- at Discovery Parks - Alice Springs · km 1,535
- at Ti Tree Roadhouse · km 1,734
- at BIG4 Howard Springs Holiday Park · km 3,012
- at Darwin FreeSpirit Resort · km 3,019
- Free Septic Dump Point · km 3,029
Fuel stops
- OTR Pulteney Street · km 0
- OTR Welland · km 7
- Coles Express · km 10
- Mogas · km 23
- Stirling North Fuel & Take Away · km 304
- Spuds Roadhouse · km 485
- BP Gap Road · km 1,537
- Central Service Station · km 2,048
- Hayes Creek Wayside Inn · km 2,867
- Blue Taxi Fuel · km 3,036
- and 62 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 25-foot off-road caravan or a 10-metre motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
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