Coober Pedy to Kulgera drive: Distance, time & fuel stops

The Coober Pedy to Kulgera drive on a Stuart Highway road trip covers a 414km distance in a driving time of around 4h9m. The only fuel stops between Coober Pedy and Kulgera are at Cadney Homestead and Marla.

The drive from Coober Pedy to Kulgera takes you from South Australia into the Northern Territory. Almost everyone driving this route will be tackling a longer road trip, perhaps from Adelaide to Uluru or Melbourne to Darwin.

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For most, the Coober Pedy to Kulgera drive is part way through the mammoth leg from Coober Pedy to Uluru or Coober Pedy to Alice Springs.

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Coober Pedy to Kulgera distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Coober Pedy to Kulgera is 414km. That makes for a driving time of around four hours and nine minutes. If you’re expecting plenty of exciting road trip stops along the way, then prepare for some bad news – this is basically a mission through stark desert.

Best Coober Pedy accommodation choices

The most interesting places to stay in Coober Pedy are:

For gloriously weird underground rooms in a former opal mine: Comfort Inn Coober Pedy Experience.
For (usually) the cheapest rates: The Underground Motel.
For pool, playground and apartments: Big4 Stuart Range Outback Resort.
For above ground rooms made from rammed earth, with merciful air-conditioning: Mud Hut Motel.

The main attraction along the route is the Northern Territory border sign.

Fuel stops between Coober Pedy and Kulgera

There are, however, two roadhouses between Coober Pedy and Kulgera. Neither of them are particularly exciting, but they offer the opportunity to refuel, and grab a few snacks.

It’s 154km from Coober Pedy to Cadney Homestead, then another 81km from Cadney Homestead to Marla.

Kulgera, over the Northern Territory border, is another 179km from Marla.

map at Stuart Highway roadhouse in Kulgera — The rudimentary map at Kulgera is one of several eccentric attractions to be found at Stuart Highway roadhouses in the Northern Territory. Photo by David Whitley/ Australia Travel Questions

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