Re-Fill gas bottles

Hi Red Frog,
do you know Rotheram st near the High School?
My grandparents lived there for many years before they passed away, and my Aunty and uncle are in Linthwaite Close.

My parents live at Clifton Springs.

We were good friends with Dick Sarah opposite Kadinia Park also.

Not sure if the Drive In is still on top of the hill when coming from Ballarat, my father erected that screen and the one at Sabastapol at Ballarat, of course that one has since gone.

So you're a Geelong Lad 96, I knew you had something extra going for you.

The drive in closed 94, I bet you spend a few nights parked up there eh! LOL

No I was only a young taker then but we lived in Ararat.

My father also built my uncle and aunties hose in Minerva rd not long after the Drive in screen.

My uncle used to own the caltex servo that was at the bottom of the hill from the drive in.

I do remember quite a few good nights at the Stawell dive in though.
But we better not get into them on here or they will play Blankety Blanks with us.

The Caltex station is now a block of 2 bedroom units built by my cousin. But the service station 1 block before that owned by Coumans does gas refills and still offers old fashioned driveway services.

Small world,
my uncle when he owned the Caltex servo he had an old Jag.
He used to show off how fast it would go down that hill.

My grandfather worked in the machine shop at the Railways in Geelong for years until he lost the eye sight in his left eye due to an accident at work.

Biggest problem with refilling is finding as real person who can get away from the console or counter to fill the wretched bottle.

We only need a 4 kg bottle every 18 months or so and i just find it easier & quicker to swap.

Never have to get the bottles tested either.

Max

Max.
Fair comment. A real person varies depending on which station and which day, Saturday night being the worst.
CliveG (NZ)

PS. A bottle test lasts 10 years here, how does that compare?

Excellent advice. If only people realised the power of the consumer. If enough people boycott the 'swap a bottle' it will soon die off. The same logic can be applied to say petrol. Boycott the service stations that choose not to discount. If enough consumers do the same thing then more discounting will appear. Can be applied to any consumer transaction if ENOUGH people join to support the move. Remember, The Power of The Consumer is overwhelming. Problem is though there are too many 'jack men' out there who either have loads of cash to spend, no common sense or just can't be bothered boycotting chosen services/businesses etc for whatever reason.

Hahaha..
Dio's starting a revolution...take up arms and run for the hills!!!!
Hang on I think hes had them banned too, didnt he?

"Problem is though there are too many 'jack men' out there who either have loads of cash to spend, no common sense or just can't be bothered boycotting chosen services/businesses etc for whatever reason."
Or pepole who dont mind having a choice weather to swap or refill????

Further to DIO's advice.
Consumer boycott may work in the big smoke (ie capital cities or LARGE country towns) but when one lives in a country town of only 250-500 people with only the one outlet for fuel, gas and everything else AND the next LARGE town is 100+ km away, that idea falls in a heap.

The potential savings made by travelling to the larger centre are often swallowed up by the travel costs.

Of course there is also the issue of supporting the local traders so that they can remain in business so the touring public can get fuel, gas and supplies as they pass through. (Said with tongue almost in cheek, as this point is an issue with me.)

Disco.

Had no option but do an exchange travelling through Millicent in SA the other week, $28.50 and my exchange bottle was well in date.
Jeez it must cost a lot to cart gas down there!!

really ? he charges me $14.00 ? - i have 2x 9 kg bottles

have spare in those emergency's so that if i do have an emergency i still wont go to a swap place to get gas ...

WILL NEVER USE A SWAP SERVICE EVER ( hope there reading this )

just have to get 3 bottles from them and you could have bought another bottle .. such A RIP OFF

Boc

Try $33.99 @ Mobil Toronto Newcastle NSW. Absolute Ripoff I will be looking for the one in Charlestown, Hoyks. Which one?

I'm not sure exactly which brand it is, but its on top of the hill, heading south, before the shops and its the servo combined with a Red Rooster.

They had a sign out the front advertising it as I was driving past it last Tuesday.

I thought Autogas was a mixture of butane and propane, whereas camping gas is propane only. If so isn't this idea dangerous?

A friend of mine has done the same thing, I am not going to for 3 reasons, the bottle gas does not carbon up the pilot flame on the frig, I do not want any problems with the frig out in the bush. Secondly the bottled gas has a different smell to the auto gas, hopefully this smell will warn me of any leaks, due to vibration, caused by us travelling over rough roads.

I am not sure also of the impact on Insurance, if you have a fire for any reason, if you use autogas can the insurance company opt out of a $60K caravan claim.

Peter

HIGHLY ILLEGAL. YES I KNOW THAT I AM SHOUTING. G.T.