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28 May 2010

Rabbit Flat Roadhouse closing

Posted by Mick under: 4WD; Misc; Northern Territory .

Whilst catching up on some newletters that i subscribe to i found this bit of information in a Westprint newsletter from earlier this month:

On the Northern Territory side of the Tanami Track (wikipedia / ExplorOz / Australian 4×4) which travels 1,032 km from just north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to Halls Creek in Western Australia through the Tanami Desert, you will find the Rabbit Flat Roadhouse, which has been operating for 41 years.

On Friday 31st December 2010 it will be closing permanently and after that date, there will be no services or facilities available.

Until that time the services are available as follows:

Until Monday 1st November 2010 – open every day from 7am to 9pm (sometimes 7pm if no one is around)

From 2nd November 2010 to 31st December 2010 – they will revert to the “partial closures” as before. (Open Fri to Mon only for both fuel & camping)

They have EFTPOS and Credit Card facilities.

I travelled along the Tanami in 2002 and absolutely loved it. I spent a few days roaming around the area and stopped for a diesel topup at Rabbit Flat where i paid $1.50 a litre. When i left Sydney to start the trip i only paid $0.899 a litre. Being so remote I did expect it to be on the pricey side so it didn’t really worry me.