LPG - 94.9 in Wilcannia, NSW

Last time I filled up at the BP it was 18 cents cheaper than the Shell on the main road.
I said to the BP man you should have a sign on the main road.......not many people know you are here. He said he did a few times but the sign gets lost after a day or two.

Reiner

thanx for the heads up vince,

ive got to fuel up there tomorrow. :(

cheers.

Yep, you got it in one,

I NEVER stop in Wilcannia. Almost got myself beaten to a pulp by an unfreindly mob there once and vowed never to stop again. My touorist bucks get spent elsewhere.

Toytruck

Wilcannia is not as bad as its reputation. There are towns in this wide brown land that have had me a lot more nervous.

I have stopped there a few times and while I admit extra precautions are taken I have never had any problems. Whilst my work truck often attracts unwanted attention, sometimes good and sometimes bad, this has not occurred in Wilcannia.

When living in Broken Hill my neighbour was the Seargent of Police in Wilcannia. What he said about the place supports the anecdotal evidence that I have gathered from my own experience and that of others I know who have stopped there frequently. That is that most of the time you will have no problems but if you get there at the wrong time the problems you will have will be big ones.

It is generally safer at the BP than at the Shell. We had a picnic lunch on the grass oposite the BP one day and it was very pleasant.

Duncs

Sorry,

I should have mentioned that if you think a business is doing the wrong thing in terms of the metering on its pumps you should report it to the Department of Fair Trading. They will be more than happy to investigate and if they find a problem they will take action against the business. While this may not help you it will stop others being ripped off in the future.

I have done this and it works. I never went back to the guy I dobbed in but he did clean up his act. Even if it was reluctantly.

Duncs

I must admitt my bad experience was a long time ago, and to be honest have seen similar encounters elsewhere. Just left a bad taste, several angry men V's one innocent bystander is not much fun and one encounter I do not wish to relive.

Toytruck

Hey Duncs I have been there (Wilcannia) recently and I didnt stop, the place has a bad feel about it, and thats really disappointing, as it is a quintessential Aussie place. I would stop there only if I had to and hi-tail it outta there pronto.

Good call

HI lyndon.
What a good idea. I will try the same when I head west in July.Regards.
Vince

Aandy

Gas runs at half the price of petrol and nearly half the price of diesel - it's pretty simple. I live in Melb and tour from that base - the reason I was in Wilcannia was for a visit to Cuttaburra Bore outside Wanaaring - and gas gets me all the way - Melb to Cuttaburra and back. In addition, western NSW was last "remote" in about 1957 when I was a little boy with my parrents roo shooting. Bit like a weekend picnic these days (I did the Cutabburra bore trip over the Queens birthday weekend).

kktdw