Holiday Fuel Prices

[bitingmidge]

What Gives???

I've just filled my car with petrol in Mooloolaba. You'd think that crawling with people, and in full holiday mode on Boxing Day I would have paid through the nose.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Does 82.7c a litre sound fair??
:D :D :D

P

[Landseka]

It sounds a lot better than the $1.03 I paid on Thursday in Bunbury WA.

Strange how long the SS tanks stay full when the oil price drops isn't it, considering how fast they need filling when oil increases in price. :(

Regards

Neil.

[ozwinner]

82.7c!!!!!

I always knew you canetoads were behind the times.
I havent paid less than 90c for years now.

Al :( :mad:

[Ben from Vic.]

82.7c!!!!!

I always knew you canetoads were behind the times.
I havent paid less than 90c for years now.

Al :( :mad:

Thats because we are subsidising their roads so that they can have cheaper petrol than us. Just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

No joke. :mad:

Of course it's not really Midge's fault that they can't find enough people to live in their state. :D


Boxing day can of worms. ;) :D


:D :D :D

Ben.

[journeyman Mick]

Thats because we are subsidising their roads so that they can have cheaper petrol than us. Just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Actually Ben, I think you'll find that the Qld gov. subsidises the fuel prices. Mind you, all you southerners should be subsidising our roads, given that there's so many of you holidaying/moving up here all the time. ;) Furthermore, neither Midge or anyone else needs to find people wanting to live in our state, it's filling nicely thank you very much with population growing faster in the south east corner faster than anywhere in Australia. :p

Mick, proud to be a cane toad :p

[Ben from Vic.]

:D :D :D

Just stiring the pot a little. :p


Thought it was a novel twist, your large, empty state, out smaller state with more people. ;) :D


I do remember reading somewhere that some of our taxes end up helping with your roads. I could be wrong.

The lower fuel prices is just salt in the wound.


I don't loose any sleep over it (either way), it's just handy for the interstate rivalry. ;) :D :D

[bitingmidge]

I do remember reading somewhere that some of our taxes end up helping with your roads. I could be wrong.

If that's the case, given the state of our roads, you blokes can't be paying much tax!

:D :D :D

P

[Iain]

It's all a matter of where it finishes up, someones pocket certainly not on the roads.
Bit like our fishing licence fees, consolidated revenue (whatever that means).
My own personal gripe is the price of LPG, at the moment about 40c, that is a weekly low and not under the big umbrella of OPEC.

[gatiep]

Will take forever and a day to fill W.A. although if we carry on with low density housing in Perth, we'll soon cover half the state.
Our petrol hasn't been this cheap in months, ULP 91.3 and PULP 96.9 at the cheapest metro sites tomorrow. PULP has been hovering at 1-10 + for ages here. Our gas is around 48c at the cheapest pumps.

:)

[Sturdee]

Don't know about petrol ( I don't sniff the stuff :D ) but gas was 36.5 yesterday and has been around that for all of last week.


Peter.

[gatiep]

The secret's out! Sturdy sniffs gas..................like all good jig builders do!


'Geniet die aand' Peter.

:)

[Sturdee]

Joe, you shouldn't have told everyone, now the price will go up again. :D :D :D


Ps. Erg leuk jongen of ben je an oudje. :D


Peter.

[DanP]

Can't remember the last time it was under a dollar. Gas is usually about 45c and petrol normally between $1.05 and $1.10/ltr.

Dan

[gatiep]

Peter

Ek is een en 'n halwe jaar jonger as jy.

Well I'll be filling up tomorrow as soon as the Tuesday fuel price comes up in an email from 'Fuel watch' at about 3 pm. If it is cheaper on Tuesday then I'll wait. I need about 50 odd liters and with the 4c off vouchers from Dewsons or Action, it does make a difference on when one fills.

:)

[Rowan]

it's filling nicely thank you very much with population growing faster in the south east corner faster than anywhere in Australia. :p

Mick, proud to be a cane toad :p


Is that growing faster or growing older faster??? :D :eek: :D :eek: ;)

[Iain]

50 litres, I wish, mine takes 140 of petrol and 120 of lpg :( :( :(

[JackoH]

But it gets you a long way Iain.
Christmas eve out here, ULP 89.9c. Boxing Day 103.9c. Barrel price must have shot up on Christmas Day!

[Bushmiller]

Eat your hearts out with ULP around 85c here in country QLD.

On the subject of interstate rivalry, I was as a new QLD resident from NSW, taken to one side where it was confided to me that the only reason for NSW's existence was to act as a buffer to keep QLD safe from the Victorians.

It wasn't clear as to whether they were just refering to petrol prices.

Seriously, the percentage share that the government takes as fuel excise would be interesting to know, along with the windfall they receive on each price hike.

Regards

Paul

[Sturdee]

Seriously, the percentage share that the government takes as fuel excise would be interesting to know, along with the windfall they receive on each price hike.


Earlier this year a service station ( an oxymoron if ever there is one for they give no service :( ) started selling petrol for about 15 cents a litre plus all taxes.

They put up a signboard and attracted lots of customers. Funny thing is the government stopped it as it is illegal to advertise a GST exclusive price. :(

As usual politicians don't want you to know how much their hand is always in your pocket. :mad: :mad: :mad:


BTW Paul, It is " Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."


Peter.

[Bushmiller]

Peter



It is as I suspected. I just did not know the actual figures. The only consolation is that we are still one of the cheaper countries for fuel as no doubt the politicians would throw back at us

The other side of the coin is that if they did not tax us there, it would have to be somewhere else.

Now you are absolutely right regarding my signature. I have used and abused the phrase so many times that I have obviously misremembered the quote. My Alzheimer's is currently in denial mode......I think...... or was it dislexia? Either way with your permission I will correct my signature (oh the indignity, it's like being told you have spelt you own name wrong!)

Regards

Pall, pawl, paul

[Sturdee]

No permission needed. And I thought I was being helpful. :D :D :D


Peter.

[Bushmiller]

Peter

You were helpful. It is a little like using the credit card. I like people to check my signature. It keeps us all honest.

As my wife says, while professing love, "But you're not perfect!" This is normally said with the tiniest degree of venom.It came as a shock to me the first time, but I am almost immune now.

I digress from the daylight fuel robbery issue; Back to the thread men.

Regards

Paul

[Christopha]

What Gives???

I've just filled my car with petrol in Mooloolaba. You'd think that crawling with people, and in full holiday mode on Boxing Day I would have paid through the nose.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Does 82.7c a litre sound fair??
:D :D :D

P

Sounds more than fair to me, anyone getting their fuel that cheap is paying around 25cents a litre less than we are here..... so stop whinging!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

[bitingmidge]

Sounds more than fair to me, anyone getting their fuel that cheap is paying around 25cents a litre less than we are here..... so stop whinging!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Whinging???

Moi???

No no no....I was really enquiring as to why the price of fuel would actually go DOWN on a holiday!!!

But if it got up your nose, then I guess I got two good deals in as many days!!!

:D :D :D :D :D
Have a Happy New Year!!
P

[Iain]

BM, sshhhh, they may hear you.....