Petrol Prices from Mt Isa accross and down to alice, poppels corner, and Cameron
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Hi guys, We are planning a trip accross the Simpson and
places we are going to visit.. Starting at
Longreach, going to Mt Isa,
Barkly Homestead, Tenant creek,
Devils Marbles,
Alice springs, Ayers
Rock,
Finke River, Mount Dare,
Dalhousie Springs,Poppel Corner,
Birdsville & BIG RED sand du...ne, Innaminka (again) & Camerons Corner. We are trying to find out about petrol prices at all these
places and would appreciate it if anyone could help out... Cheers
Reply By: carlsp - Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 07:21
Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 07:21
Mt Isa diesel is 126 at
Shell but with a docket and spending $5 in the
shop is $1.20.
Neumanns is also cheap but not certain where it is. Just ask someone. The best
shell is just on the edge of town at the truck stop western side (opposite side to Big 4)
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Reply By: Chris & Sue (Briz Vegas) - Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 07:49
Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 07:49
Hi,
We're in the process of coming back the way you're proposing and the petrol prices we came across are as follows (in cents):-
18/05/10
Erldunda Shell 173.0
20/05/10 Ayers
Rock Mobil 161.0
22/05/10
Kings Canyon Mobil 172.0
23/05/10
Erldunda Shell 171.0
24/05/10
Alice Springs W/Cal 143.9
27/05/10
Alice Springs W/Cal 142.9
31/05/10
Alice Springs W/Cal 143.9
1/06/10 Barrow Ck BP 176.8
2/06/10 Tennant Ck BP 149.5
2/06/10 Barkly H/stead
Caltex 179.9
3/06/10
Camooweal BP 171.9
4/06/10 Mt Isa W/Cal 125.7
5/06/10
Cloncurry W/Cal 140.9
Notes:
* There's no fuel at the Devil's Marbles
* 'W/Cal' is Woolworths/
Caltex and would have been 4 cents off normal price with a Woolies docket.
* Both Ayers
Rock and
Kings Canyon are owned by the same company ('Voyages') and want an extra 1% on anything paid by credit card, including fuel.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Chris
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Follow Up By: blackienblondie - Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:14
Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:14
Thanks Chris, That is awesome, now just need to find petrol prices near camerons Corner and poppel... :) Did you guys go that way, hows the track?
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Follow Up By: carlsp - Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 13:27
Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 13:27
Thanks Chris. I need those numbers as
well.
At $1.40 / litre it is $415 to fill up my tow truck so any help is appreciated.
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Follow Up By: carlsp - Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 13:47
Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 13:47
Your numbers allow me to by pass a fill up at Barley
Homestead and
Camooweal as I can cover the 656.7 kilometers from
Shell at Mt Isa to
Tennant Creek. By making sure I fill in Mt Isa at $1.19.9 (using my 6 cent a litre
shell docket), I save 60 cents a litre. Over the 297 litres I would need to buy, makes fuel $178.20 cheaper.
Because
Tennant Creek is $1.49 however, perhaps I just save 30 cents a litre so I just save $89.10.
Whichever way you look at it, I would rather the money in my pocket.
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Follow Up By: Chris & Sue (Briz Vegas) - Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 15:57
Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 15:57
BlackienBlondie:
Sorry, but we got to Alice from
Brisbane via
Broken Hill,
Adelaide and the Eyre Peninsula so have no idea about Camerons Cnr or Poeppel's. :-(
Carlsp:
You're right about the fuel maths! The only reason we had to refuel at Barkly was that we've been pushing a 20~40kph headwind all the way east from
Tennant Creek and I didn't want to try running out of go-juice short of the Isa. The wind's still blowing here at
Winton ($1.40.9 today) but hopefully it'll ease off soon.
While towing, we haven't managed any better than 25lt/100km or about 11mpg since Tennant Ck, even sitting on 85kph. :-(
Cheers,
Chris
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Reply By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 16:19
Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 16:19
Mt Dare they are members of EO mm them
Dalhousie Springs no fuel
Poeppel Corner no fuel
Birdsville caravan park are members on EO too
Big Red no fuel
Innamincka ring em (08) 8675 9900
Camerons Corner ring them too. 08 8091 3872
We too are heading out that way in September I budget on $2/lt anything less is great.
Cant wait to get out there.
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Reply By: Yackandandah - Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 at 13:57
Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 at 13:57
Diesel price at
Birdsville on 28/5/10 was $1.60/litre and $1.84/litre at
Innamincka on 1/6/10
Interestingly on 30/5/10 diesel at Maree was 35 cents per litre dearer than
Lyndhurst!! Work that one out.
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