Fuel prices Perth to Adelaide

Submitted: Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 14:37
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Hi all

i am planning a trip from Perth to Adelaide then onto Coober Pedy in late Sept 07 and was wondering what the cost is for diesel at the moment across the Nullarbor if anyone knows.
Just trying to cost out the trip.
I have looked at Fuel watch etc.. but there are no prices from that area.

Cheer's

Kev
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Reply By: Andrew from Vivid Adventures - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 14:50

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 14:50
Basically with a few exceptions, it is a monopoly/cartel.

One operator (working sites for various owners).
Providing very little value-added service.
Charging obscene prices.
Making a lot of money on fuel.

The operator is the owner of Border Village near Eucla on the border. I try to avoid him and his mob at all costs.

Mundrabilla SAFF is not one of the Cartel, as also the Eucla Roadhouse (on the WA side of the border) - someone else may remember which other ones are not.
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Reply By: Dave Thomson - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 14:51

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 14:51
Hi Kevin,
we done that trip last year, what I can tell you is when you get to Norseman fill both tanks there {it was a $1.30 at that time } and that should take you right across the Nullabor, you can then fill up at Minderoo for the same price as Norseman, all the way across the Nullabor the average {when it was a $1.30 anywhere else} was $1.70 plus, just a rip off mate,
hope you have a good one,
Dave
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Reply By: Wayne (NSW) - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 14:56

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 14:56
Kev,

Have a look here

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Wayne
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Reply By: disco1942 - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 15:02

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 15:02
If you fill up at the Shell (?) service station near the info station and say you are going across the Nullabor then they probably give you a note with prices on it for the trip.

www.nullarbornet.com.au/index.htm is a good web site for people making the crossing.

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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 17:11

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 17:11
Mundrabilla (?SAFF) is the best in the middle section,
then Penong Caltex truckstop is the cheapest diesel west of Port Augusta.
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 17:13

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 17:13
And if I were to guess the diesel price, I'd guess it would be $1.30 at Penong and $1.40 at Mundrabilla - just based on past experience.
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Follow Up By: joc45 - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 17:58

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 17:58
Yep, I'd be doing
- Shell at Norseman (right in town, not at the edge),
- Mundrabilla SAFF (still expensive, but not as..) and then
- Penong, which is SAFF, and quite cheap.
or the reverse of the above if you're travelling West (the best way to go..)

btw, did you ever notice, no matter which way you're travelling on the Nullarbor, you always have a howling headwind?
Gerry
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Follow Up By: Max - Sydney - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 18:48

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 18:48
Gerry - you betcha. Head winds on demand and mega fuel consumption both ways.

However - once in 1999 we had a tail wind across and had to siphon fuel out of the tanks into a jerry can. Wind blew so hard we made diesel!

Max ;-)
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Follow Up By: joc45 - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 23:59

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 23:59
Yeh, Max, a mate of mine reckoned he had a vehicle like that. Dangerous, tho. When the tank get full, it can overflow, causing a fire hazard. ;-)
Gerry
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Reply By: Wetty - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 21:26

Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 21:26
Fly man!. . . . save yourself the eye strain across the nullandboring and then with the money you save on petrol/diesel buy SWMBO something nice! LOL
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Reply By: Wizard1 - Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 12:59

Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 12:59
Can't see the point of getting fuel prices 6 months before you want to travel. We could have the threat of another war in the Middle East or natural disaster in that time and the price could be double what it is now.
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Follow Up By: Member - Kevin H (WA) - Thursday, Mar 22, 2007 at 12:08

Thursday, Mar 22, 2007 at 12:08
Wiard

you may not see the point of the question but you didnt have to reply either. you also sound rather negative about what happens in the world also.
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