On our final “wilderness style” camp before we head to Melbourne for the Formula One we ended up choosing another national park site, camping at the side of Lake Eildon.
During the trip across we ended up following yet more mountain roads and a section of unsurfaced and gravelled road that is a precursor of things to come. It took me a while to settle into a rhythm on the unsurfaced track as there tended to be a lot of loose material on the outside of the bends that would drag you into understeer and then washboard sections on the inside that would do the same. It seemed to be a case of finding a sweet spot between the two and not heading too fast into any of them.
We filled up at Alexandra and were reasonably happy with the fuel consumption given how much time we’d spent on off road climbs and on steep mountain roads since the last fill up. It returned around 23 MPG which should give us a baseline for our practical range. Both tanks combined hold 28 gallons so that gives us at least 644 miles or 1036 Km. We’ll need to confirm that after we’ve done some more sustained dirt track mileage, we’ve managed just short of 27 MPG on more normal parts of the journey so far (756 miles or 1200 Km).
The fuel sender on the main tank was playing up slightly after filling up but it seemed to sort itself out after a while so hopefully no repeat of yesterday’s wobbly but I’ll need to keep an eye on it.