Thread: Back from beyond the back of Bourke

Originally Posted by rusty1972

How much were you paying for diesel out there?

Cheers Ben

Hi Ben, not sure whether you want Dullbird to reply or us. We did the trip to Gapuwiyak & Gove in July/August going the same way as DB & MM.

Diesel prices varied - before we left we filled up and paid $1.86.9 cpl in western Sydney. Blackall (western Qld) was $1.91.9cpl. Mt. Isa $1.79.9; Mataranka was $2.00.9 . Gove was $2.10cpl (Three Ways was also $2.10 but we didn't need any there). On the way back in mid-August the price had dropped by 10c per litre at Mataranka and a couple of cents a litre at Mt. Isa.
Cheapest fuel was at Longreach ($1.69.9) and St. George ($1.61.9).
Dearest was at Gapuwiyak where we only put in 60 litres - at $2.40 cpl

It's getting fairly expensive to go on long trips now, but there were still hundreds of caravans/camper trailers on the road.

Cheers, Erich

That's nice Derek, glad it's a bit cheaper for you.

Hope Lou & Ian arrive OK on Friday. Just had a look at the BOM website and there's a bit of rain around Katherine. Looks like they're bringing it with them after reading about their drenching at Longreach!!

Cheers