Nullabor diesel prices

Submitted: Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 22:32

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Member - johntoyo

Hi, I am due to travel to Qld in a few days from WA, could other members give their advice of the places to try and avoid filling up. I know it's going to hurt the wallet, but if I can make it a little less so from advice from fellow members that would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

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Reply By: 08crd - Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 00:13

Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 00:13

google the roadhouses and ask them their prices. Generally Nullabor, Border Village, Madura and Cocklebiddy are the dearest. Also the service station in Norseman is cheaper than the roadhouse at the tee junction.

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Reply By: Life Member-Doug T NSW - Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 04:25

Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 04:25

When I moved from Perth to El Arish back in 2007 towing my Van I topped up in Southern Cross then next top up was Pt Augusta , 2000 Klms , of course I had capacity of 360 Lts and It was really good to by-pass all the Nullabor fuel stops just stopping for an Iced Coffee.

I don't think it would be worth the expense to buy 4 or 5 jerry cans , you won't gain any benefit by spending money on them.

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Follow Up By: member - mazcan - Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 13:39

Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 13:39

hi doug T
360lts of diesel fuel that is a lot of extra weight to be dragging across the nullabor
plus a caravan
to me thats a typical mind over matter case
you may have believed you where saving money????
but I doubt it cheers

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Reply By: Member - Rod N (QLD) - Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 06:23

Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 06:23

Read this recent thread Topic/103153/ Cheapest_diesel_and_safe_free_camp_across_Nullarbor.

The search function works well.

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Follow Up By: glids - Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 08:53

Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 08:53

I'll save you the trouble... here is the detail from Richard:

This was mid July diesel prices, may have altered.
Norseman- $1.65 BP
Caiguna- $2.09 BP
Cocklebitty _$2.05 BP
Mundrabilla $1.89 Mobile
Eucla- $1.89 Caltex
Nullarbor - $2.04 Mobile
Nundroo-$1.62 Liberty
Ceduna-$1.55 Shell

As you can see a bit of difference so depending on your range pick the cheapest if possible. We had two stops- Caiguna - only power free showers, which was ok and Nullarbor only power and pay for shower, which was good. Make sure you find the Shell in Ceduna as it is 10cents cheaper than others.

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Follow Up By: Member - johntoyo - Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 09:20

Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 09:20

Thanks Glids, concise and to the point. I have about a 850km range going over, so quite a bit of choice. Coming back I will be pulling a van I am going to collect so we shall see what the consumption is then.

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Follow Up By: member - mazcan - Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 13:31

Sunday, Aug 04, 2013 at 13:31

hi glids
can you tell us if the Caltex diesel at Eucla is -- bio diesel-- or straight normal diesel
some diesels have a problems when you put bio diesel in them
cheers

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