Opal Fuel in Arnhemland and Kakadu.

Agree with you totaly

At our store we only have opal and diesel
and I have heard that there is a push for opal all the way to Kal

We have a few in our communities that suffer the effects of a petrol sniffing history and it is very sad and not reversible

Loose a few sales or loose a few lives or quality of life - I know what I'd rather

having been in Maningrida when it was first rolled out and having seen first hand the damage it does to kids i support it 100% ..............
I may add the we at Doomadgee have and will ONLY sell Opal as long as we are here, we even have been questioned by our own board as to why we need it and my answer is blunt, we will sell only Opal as long as we work here ....
I also have (someware packed away) detailed reports and tests from BP as to the changes made over the last few years and the effects long term on outboards and car engines and it is all "hype" made up by those against it, after all would a VERY big company sell any kind of fuel that has any potential to affect the warrenty of a car or boat engine ?????? NO as the liability would be far to big to carry as the car/boat engine manufactures would take them to the rails without a doubt .............

And no.... i have no connection with it as well, but i love kids of any kind, shape, race or background and it hurts to see the damage that it does, yes we can smoke cigs and we do get addicted and they do damage, kids only need to do it once and they are hooked and it ruins then for the rest of there lives .... we just finished filling up for the wet.... Opal cost us $120,000 to fill up, yep one hundred and twenty grand and can only get it from South Aust so have to freight it up ..... a childs life is worth what, a million, billion, priceless ???????
So in short, i back it .....

Hi Boh Boh

I can ststae that here at Mulan, in Billiluna, Balgo, Ringers Soak, Warmun (Community not roadhouse), Frog Hollow, Wangkatjungka, Kupatiya, Bayulu, and a variety of other communities, opal is the only fuel for standard cars. Of course all still sell diesel.

There have been no incidents of sniffing in nearly 5 years, and the suicides have dropped from averaging 8 - 10 a year, to one in the last 3 years. Am I in favour of this petrol substitute, you had better believe I am.

I run my 4.5 kw Honda gen set on opal, and never had a problem, as well as our lawnmower and whipper snipper, and chainsaw. We have not had a problem.

Some of the above communities have placed by-laws into effect banning petrol on their lands. I agree with that two. My wife and I have already buried two nephews who suicided when high on petrol, we don't ever want to have to do that again.

Cheers

Is there a premium version? Some late model cars have to run 95/98 octane especially European. I had a Subaru Outback about 4 years ago that had to run at least 95. I had to get keys and sign for the petrol at Uluru. I have no problem with it at all. What happens now? Mike