Had a *VERY* lucky escape with the no fuel at LEC thing the other week. Was ferrying a machine south and spent the night in Alice. Days previous I'd phoned ahead and confirmed fuel at all my stops, and all was well.
I rang my first stop out of Alice, YOOD, to confirm with the guy that he'd be there, give him an ETA etc. He asked me where I'd be heading too next, which was LEC, and luckily, he told me, that they had no fuel.
After a flurry of phone calls ended up going YOLD - YBHI to avoid LEC. Everyone though was very helpful, especially someone along the line who suggested YOLD, which has PPR etc. and managed to get moving with a new plan for the day in less than an hour.
Would have been a big challenge doing that in YOOD with no mobile phones, while still trying to make it to the final desitantion that day. As it turns out, got to where I was going only a few minutes before last light!