Crossing the Nullarbor with a caravan or motorhome
Crossing the Nullarbor runs 1,669 km from Port Augusta to Norseman. With a car and caravan, you're looking at about 24 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: Port Augusta · Ceduna · Eucla · Norseman
Is crossing the Nullarbor 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 5%.
- The longest run with no fuel station on our map is 189 km, from km 1,479. Fill up before it.
- Road reports change daily out here. Motocamp checks SA Department for Infrastructure and Transport and Traffic SA for the day you travel.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 1,669 km | 1,669 km |
| Driving time | about 24 hours | about 22 hours |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | under 1 km | under 1 km |
| Total climb | 3,591 m | 3,591 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 189 km | 189 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| 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
Caravan parks on the way
- Port Augusta Motorhome Park · km 0
- Discovery Parks Port Augusta · km 2
- Poochera Hotel Caravan Park · km 328
- Airport Caravan Park · km 466
- Big 4 Ceduna Tourist Park · km 467
- Ceduna Foreshore Caravan Park · km 468
- Nundroo Hotel Motel Caravan Park · km 620
- Nullarbor Roadhouse Caravan Park · km 763
- Eucla Pass Caravan Park · km 961
- Madura Oasis Caravan Park · km 1,141
- Caiguna Roadhouse Caravan Park · km 1,298
- Gateway Caravan Park Norseman · km 1,669
- and 11 more in the app
Free camps on the way
- Kimba Recreation Reserve · km 156 · caravans OK
- Wudinna (West) Rest Area · km 269
- Whitewell Tank Free Camping Area · km 749
- Gilgerabbie Hut · km 778
- Madura Pass Camprground · km 1,142
- Baxter Rest Area · km 1,364
National park and other campgrounds
- Bird Lake · km 0
- The Gums Rest Area · km 156
- Tcharkuldu Rock - West · km 292
- Penong East Rest Area · km 515
- 157k Peg Rest Area · km 792
- 38k Peg Rest Area · km 910
- Boolaboola Rest Area · km 1,080
- Culver Repeater Station · km 1,369
- Newman Rocks Camping · km 1,528
- Norseman Rest Area · km 1,669
- and 69 more in the app
Rest areas
- The Gums Rest Area · km 156
- EUCLA TRUCK STOP · km 959
- HEARDER HILL REST AREA · km 996
- CARLABEENCABBA ROCKHOLE REST AREA · km 1,094
- MOONERA TANK REST AREA · km 1,189
- CAIGUNA BLOW HOLE REST AREA · km 1,303
- WOORLBA EAST REST AREA · km 1,394
- HARMS LAKE REST AREA · km 1,505
- NORSEMAN EAST REST AREA · km 1,653
- Norseman Self Contained (Only) Rest Area · km 1,669
- and 36 more in the app
Dump points
- at Kimba Recreation Reserve · km 156
- at Penong Caravan Park · km 541
- at Yalata Caravan Park · km 672
- at BAXTER HV REST AREA rest area · km 1,364
- Southern Hills Rest Area · km 1,586
- at Norseman Rest Area · km 1,669
Fuel stops
- EG Australia · km 0
- Coles Express · km 2
- Kimba Motel Roadhouse · km 156
- OTR Ceduna · km 466
- Perrys 24Hr · km 467
- Nundroo Roadhouse · km 620
- Nullarbor Roadhouse · km 763
- Mundrabilla Roadhouse · km 1,026
- BP Caiguna Roadhouse · km 1,298
- Ampol Norseman · km 1,669
- and 18 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.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp AUS? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.