G'day all - Just a quick post to notify recent diesel prices I found whilst travelling
Perth to
Darwin in the first half of July 2012.
I know these prices are quite volatile, and no more so than at present, as the world oil price has trended down substantially in recent weeks.
I won't post any of the readily available current prices, in the areas logged by Fuelwatch W.A., as these are constantly available online.
http://www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au/fuelwatch/pages/home.jspx (click on "Country" and then on the highlighted price)
My notes:-
July 1st - Overlander - 148.9c litre
July 2nd - Nanutarra - 189.9c litre (reported as charging 199.9c a fortnight before)
July 4th - Pardoo - 184.4c litre
July 4th - Sandfire - 179.4c litre
July 6th -
Broome - 168.7c litre - Shell/
Coles Express
July 7th -
Fitzroy Crossing - Ngyali Roadhouse BP - 163.7c litre
July 7th -
Halls Creek - Shell/
Coles Express - 163.7c litre
July 9th -
Kununurra - BP - 179.9c litre
July 10th -
Timber Creek Hotel - 199.9c litre (independent retailer up the East end of town was 193.9c litre)
July 10th -
Victoria River - 176.0c litre
July 11th -
Katherine - 154.7c litre (not much variation all through town)
July 12th -
Darwin - Diesel selling around 151 cents/litre to 153 cents/litre ..
What is amazing to me, is how there is still a 20c premium on diesel in
Perth, as compared to
Darwin - where the price difference between ULP and diesel is around 2.0 - 3.0c a litre?!
Be aware that there has been a substantial amount of diesel shortages throughout the
Pilbara, as the fuel companies have inadequate storage to keep up supplies during periods of high demand. The
Pilbara Echo ran a big article about this problem, which is not getting any better.
We got to Nanutarra at 4:00 PM with only 1/5 tank of fuel, only to find that Nanutarra had no fuel. We had to spend the night there and wait until 11:00 AM the following morning for the diesel tanker to arrive.
This was on 2nd July, 4 days before the W.A. school holidays started!