Fuel and Supplies
The track is suitable for only well provisioned and experienced four wheel drivers. There are no settlements between Coober Pedy and Laverton. A roadhouse named Ilkurlka in Western Australia, opened in 2003, 165 km (103 mi) west of the South Australia border at the intersection of the Madura Loongana Track (Aboriginal Business Road) and the Anne Beadell Highway. The roadhouse caters mainly for local Aboriginal communities and may be the most isolated roadhouse in Australia. There are still no provisions for the 750 km (470 mi) between Ilkurlka and Coober Pedy.
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