00:02Easter's a peak time for tourism at Icarus Flinders Ranges.
00:06About a five hour drive north of Adelaide, it's the gateway to South Australia's arid outback.
00:12But with fuel prices climbing and availability uncertain,
00:17convoys of travellers are changing course.
00:19Generally get about two cancellations for everyone booking for the last two weeks,
00:24two and a half weeks, and Easter is just about fully cancelled for the majority of people.
00:30For ten years, Stephen Wilde has run this caravan park at the base of the Ranges.
00:34Record-breaking rains at the start of March has the landscape looking more lush than ever,
00:39but this Easter season is shaping up to be one of the worst.
00:43The president seems to be coming much worse than COVID hit.
00:46Queenslander Warren McIver is working remotely.
00:49He had grand plans to keep teaching aviation theory while adventuring in Western Australia,
00:55but he pulled the pin.
00:56It's been long until June I was starting to run low on fuel.
01:00And I just decided it wasn't a good idea to head across the Nullarbor.
01:03Some vendors are seeing their Easter numbers plummet as tourists avoid the possibility of not getting home.
01:09But other travellers are hunkering down, extending their stays in the safety of bigger centres
01:14like Port Lincoln and the Riverland to ride the wave of the fuel crisis.
01:20We've probably just come through the busiest summer we've ever done.
01:23Fully booked for Easter.
01:24The government wants to see that happen across the state.
01:28The RAA app really can help you just plan out your entire trip.
01:31There will be an ability for you to get to your destination with confidence
01:35because you can not only check the price, you can check the availability.
01:38A hope to keep campers on the road and off the beaten track.
01:43And for a few weeks' time, it's the A-T-S-E-R-O-K.
01:43A-T-S-E-R-O-K.
01:44The P-S-E-R-O-K.
01:44The P-S-E-R-O-K.
01:46You
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