NRMA board director and Western NSW representative Graham Blight is currently touring the region talking to central western council and community groups about the threats.

"Oil companies will tell you there will be no disruptions but we import 91 per cent of our fuel finished and crude and we are refining less," he said.

"So the threat to your petrol supply is there," Mr Blight said.

The NRMA's report into national fuel security said Australia lacked alternative sources.

"There is no real government policy to maintain what we are getting now and looking into new sources of petrol.

"There are problems in the Middle East, the South China Sea and who knows what that problem might bring about.

"The unexpected can be expected and it flows on to things like food, medical supplies and in the longer term it will hurt consumers."

Mr Blight cited problems in Western Australia and also Victoria where petrol shortages were happening and says he is concerned about reports on an apparent fuel shortage which could affect the central west within days.

Mr Blight talked with Wellington's Council's general manager Michael Tolhurst and Technical Services director Stan Robb over the increasing poor state of country roads and timber bridges.

"These are still a major concern for our members," he said.

"We have been talking to ministers and lobbying state and federal governments for more than a decade on this.

"The public have made more than 11,000 submissions to us on the state of our roads and which roads are the worst and we are talking with the state government about this."

Mr Blight agreed the Mitchell Highway continues to be one of the state's black spots.

"This highway is among our highest priorities" he said

"It is one of the most dangerous in the state."