Friday, May 18, 2007 at 08:11
Wolfgang,
The reasons that you said are just about it.
Paying for the fuel before you leave is also a benefit. With the price of fuel jumping around, having paid for it 6 weeks ago would be cheaper than todays price.
We would pay 30-40 cents per litre less to have it delivered to
Well 23 from Capricorn Road house. Last year fuel was $2.80 p/lt at
Kunawarritji Community and was going up to about $3.00 p/lt. It would pay to
check the latest prices of fuel from this site before you make up your mind as to where you want to get your fuel from.
The
shop that sells the fuel is only open for certain hours. If you require fuel outside these hours there is a opening fee. $10 per vehicle.
The other thing is that the Community has EFTPOS, but will not accept credit cards. Cash only
Last year a petrol vehicle took on just under $900 worth of petrol, and that was for 300lt. I am glad that he had that much cash on him.
There would be more fuel at
Well 23 in drums than at
Kunawarritji in there storage tank. If a couple of big conveys come through they could very easily run low if not out of fuel.The drums in which the fuel came in were from BP with the factory seal on the bungs. the fuel was clean and had not been tampered with. We take our own
hand pump and pump the fuel out of the drum that way. All the drums are on the ground with you name on them so it is easy to know who has what drum. The empty are left in another area. Sometimes there is fuel left over and that is what some people take if they are running short.
I will, as a trip leader, tend to carry more fuel than required just in case the is a detour or in case of an emergency have to do some extra travelling.
I think that it is good to have two suppliers of fuel to do the Canning. If there was only one, how much would the fuel be then???
We do go to the
Kunawarritji Community to stock up on fresh (frozen) supplies so we are supporting the Community in a small way.
With the
Calvert Range no longer accessible, the amount of fuel that will have to carry will now be less. How much I am not sure, but I would rather have to much fuel than not enough.
Wayne
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