Diesel Shortage

My dad was just telling me about this actually.. He lives in Bendigo and said most places are empty or rationing. I'm a little concerned... I have to go to Bendigo and back in 2 weeks, then on boxing day we're booked to go on the spirit of tasmania!

Anyone know if this will affect Tassie? Worst case I don't need much to get to the ferry terminal, but would need to fill up in Tassie, or it could become a rather extended holiday! (sounds good?!)

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Originally Posted by Judo

My dad was just telling me about this actually.. He lives in Bendigo and said most places are empty or rationing. I'm a little concerned... I have to go to Bendigo and back in 2 weeks, then on boxing day we're booked to go on the spirit of tasmania!

Anyone know if this will affect Tassie? Worst case I don't need much to get to the ferry terminal, but would need to fill up in Tassie, or it could become a rather extended holiday! (sounds good?!)

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BP page with a direct contact number:

VIC Diesel Update

from another forum

There is no production issue, according to my Shell guy they received a sea tanker of diesel at Geelong about a week ago.

When they were unloading the ship in to the refinery storage tanks they accidentally pumped it into one which still had unleaded petrol in it contaminating the whole shipment so have had to re-refine it all before they can sell it.

They are just calling it a production issue so they don't look stupid.

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Originally Posted by Judo

My dad was just telling me about this actually.. He lives in Bendigo and said most places are empty or rationing. I'm a little concerned... I have to go to Bendigo and back in 2 weeks, then on boxing day we're booked to go on the spirit of tasmania!

Anyone know if this will affect Tassie? Worst case I don't need much to get to the ferry terminal, but would need to fill up in Tassie, or it could become a rather extended holiday! (sounds good?!)

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Will there be enough fuel for the Spirit? :o

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Will there be enough fuel for the Spirit? :o

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:eek: I didn't even think of that... If I board with a full tank, I'll let them syphon a bit if they're desperate.

Maybe I can catch a lift on a yacht!

Which makes me think... It would be a little ironic if people can't make it to Hobart for the finish of the yacht race, and yet they sail a few thousand kms from Sydney with nothing more than the wind.

If your'e heading down the Mornington Peninsula, fill up with Diesel beforehand! All servos in Dromana and Rosebud are out, as of this evening.

Plenty at United on the Mooroduc Rd.

Cheers
Simon

I propose updates go here:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...hortage-2.html

;)

edit: or merge threads...

There are plenty of servos all over the place without diesel. Around here we had servos out on Tuesday.

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Originally Posted by Judo

:eek: I didn't even think of that... If I board with a full tank, I'll let them syphon a bit if they're desperate.

Maybe I can catch a lift on a yacht!

Which makes me think... It would be a little ironic if people can't make it to Hobart for the finish of the yacht race, and yet they sail a few thousand kms from Sydney with nothing more than the wind.

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The latest I read was that Shell resumed production on Sunday and is running extra shifts to catch up with demand. The indication was that supplies would begin to return to normal from Tuesday (11/12/2012).

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Originally Posted by OffTrack

The latest I read was that Shell resumed production on Sunday and is running extra shifts to catch up with demand. The indication was that supplies would begin to return to normal from Tuesday (11/12/2012).

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That makes me happy.... :)