Diesel prices!

In Tibooburra on Friday diesel was 2.09 a litre .
I asked the woman in the servo how the locals cope. She said it was hard especially since they needed large 4WDs as the roads are BAD dirt for about 300Km minimum in every direction.
When you consider that there has been drought for 6 years out there and wages are also lower it must be tough.
I think the servo owner as profiteering quite a bit as the only other servo in town was broken down. Diesel in Broken Hill was about 1.76 a couple of weeks ago, and is probably 1.8 something now.
Regards Philip A

I am dreading my next top-up here in Tassie. I heard that last weekend diesel had already topped the $1.90 mark. That was before the $11/barrel for crude that hit recently.

Rovers4

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Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

I take the opportunity to fill up at an independant servo near work (freedom fuels I think, at Rothwell anyway) as they are usually about 4-6cents per litre cheaper than the Shell and BP servos on the same road.

Still can't come to grips with $172 per fill tho :eek:

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Yea but it is still cheaper than the $263 to fill my beast:angrylock:

I wonder how much the Federal Government Bureaucrats and Politicians are paying and whether we poor bastards are subsiding discounts for them, Regards Frank.

About time we all had our say to the Prime Minister!!! (see below)
He has set up a 'Fuel Commissioner' or some such title - to look into PETROL pricing, diesel not included. Why not?
The country's livelihood depends on diesel - all the trucks and trains. He needs to get his head around the problems associated with diesel.

Why is it dearer in Australia than petrol when its cheaper in other countries than petrol? Look at NZ at the present time - about 20c / l cheaper , I believe.

When will he start placing the large semi trailers on trains to get our food supplies to capital cities etc?

I have sent my email to him and await my reply. Send yours in too.

Prime Minister of Australia - Contact your Prime Minister

$144.57 to fill up my disco today:mad:......i remember when it used to cost , me a little over $97

Hi Guys, we are also feeling the pain, Diesel is currently $1.79 ish for diesel, $2.00 for reular, God only knows for premium, sounds cheap huh, then factor in $3.00 per 100kms for 'Road User Tax' for diesel powered vehicles.That works on gross vehicle weight, so my Disco runs on a 3 ton sticker, HGVs run on various stickers according to what they are carrying. We also pay appox $105 per year extra to register a diesel for the road., Take into account the more frequent servicing of a Tdi etc and a small petrol is staring to look pretty good. Can you fit a roof top tent on a Sumurai?

Regards, Jack

P.S. Just bought 2 Mountain Bikes for me and the wife!!

Thanks to a gas explosion in a Nor West production facility WA has lost 30% of its natural gas supply,out of action for atleast 2 months!!!!.Brick factories,commercial laundries,mine sites and many others have had their gas cut off.
Western power has 2 coal fired powerstations on shutdown.
Minesites are reverting to diesel generation as to are Western power.
Guess whats going to happen to the price of diesel????
Not only is BP Kwinana already at full production,imported diesel no longer meets import standards,SO WHY ARE WE PAYING THE SINGAPORE BENCH RATE THAT CONTROLS AUSSIE DIESEL PRICES!!!!!!.
So Im guessing it has to come from over east. I guess you guys over there will also cop increased diesel prices over it too.
Andrew

Jumped to $1.96.9 in Alice Springs this weekend. Thank god I'm not driving an F250

Now that the gas plant has blown up I hope we dont get that crapy Singapore diesel again with out the additives for keeping seals healthy.

Last time a batch came into perth my fuel distributer went west and cost me around $350 to replace.

I think I will have to remove my fancy roofrack it adds an extra litre per 100ks and the bullbar could come off as well theres another 1/2 a litre per 100 ks.

I dont need either around town and they can go back on for a bush trip.

Must put some injector clean through the tank as well.

My td5 used to get 9 litres per 100ks when new without mods its getting around 11 at present.

I am so glad I sold the SS ute it used to get around 18 litres per 100ks but it was a lot of fun.:twisted:

Mike