water - it's the outback
Think Outback. Think water.
Less of a problem than you might think.
The early roads generally followed lines of waterholes. Pastoralists have sunk bores. Roadhouses are consistently spaced.
Water is usually around somewhere.
But sometimes it’s not. You have to carry it.
Jakub Postrzygacz, on his Canning Stock Route adventure, filtered and carried a maximum of 39 litres (almost 9 gallons), enough for 5 days and 4 nights.
Man, that’s a lake.
For the slightly less adventurous, there’s a 600 km waterless stretch on the Tanami Track. Need to get creative there, like asking passing motorists who are usually happy to help out. Gives them a good story to tell. You can go into the gold mines.
9 litres each a day. If you head out into an arid landscape, you have to take sufficient water.