How's skyrocketing fuel prices going to affect your plans?

SoloMC · Senior Member

RE: How's skyrocketing fuel prices going to affect your plans?

Aussie1 · Guru

Ger08 wrote:
Tony Bev wrote:
Paid $1.979 at Nanutarra roadhouse this morning

As I previously said, it is what it is
Nanutarra my equal least favourite favourite roadhouse. Has been a complete ripoff for years

Yep exactly. A good roadhouse to avoid. Fortunately we, like many others, carry sufficient fuel to by pass that joint.

Tony Bev · Guru

Aussie1 wrote:
Ger08 wrote:
Tony Bev wrote:
Paid $1.979 at Nanutarra roadhouse this morning

As I previously said, it is what it is
Nanutarra my equal least favourite favourite roadhouse. Has been a complete ripoff for years

Yep exactly. A good roadhouse to avoid. Fortunately we, like many others, carry sufficient fuel to by pass that joint.

I usually get either food or fuel from every roadhouse, on the long stretches

I also do not usually fill up at Nantawarra, (because of their much higher prices), but I do stop for food

I had a headwind, and decided to get $30 of splash and dash, (just in case), otherwise I would not have known the price

It was marginal if I would have reached Minillya Bridge, from Karratha, with the headwinds

Brodie Allen · Guru

I was told some time back that there's three consecutive fuel stations on the Nulla
that are all owned by the same person, and the distance guarantees that you have to
get gas or carry lots of spare.

Don't know if that situation remains but the situation guaranteed maximum prices
without any hint of competition.

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Didnt have to fuel up with 350l tank . But I often top up . You NEVER know where the next fuel station is or have any ? We had to wait 4 days in NT a few years ago . Lucky it was a nice spot !!

skins · Senior Member

The true cost of fuel

mixo · Senior Member

it won't make a difference on how many Km we do.

What it will do is less money at bakeries/maccas/junk food, crap we buy along the way.

Might be a good thing!

mixo

P.s family of 5 (2A and 3C)

oldbloke · Guru

Brodie Allen wrote:
There's two good apps to track fuel prices wherever you are.

WikiCamps and Govt sources.

Very handy in the Wiki app - we use it all the time.

If everybody chases the lowest prices, that very act keeps the pressure
on the rip-off merchants and rewards the fair-dinkum retailers.

Wikki camps app?

I use Fuel map.

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Aussie1 · Guru

Hope it continues to increase. Less caravanners buying fuel equals more space for the rest of us out there. Way to many at present :) :)

SoloMC · Senior Member

Aussie1 wrote:
Hope it continues to increase. Less caravanners buying fuel equals more space for the rest of us out there. Way to many at present :) :)

Haha

Thats the attitude!

Brodie Allen · Guru

cjt55 · Senior Member

What is will be. If you cannot afford it then your budget is too tight. Sorry but that is just my opinion only.

yobarr · Guru

cjt55 wrote:
What is will be. If you cannot afford it then your budget is too tight. Sorry but that is just my opinion only.

I'm with you Colin.If you can't afford the fuel,you can't afford the car.Just cost me $254 to fuel up,and I couldn't care less.Cheers

Wanda · Guru

It staggers me with some of the comments here at times, this is one of those times.
It is obvious there are a lot of people on this and other forums, who for whatever reason, are on very very tight budgets, or in simple terms are not well off like some of us including myself.
Would'nt it be nice to see some support for these fellow travellers and maybe just a little bit of sympathy, instead of a comment that Yobarr just posted above, "could'nt care less"
No, not possible because with him and several of you others its all about you, or as they say, "all about me me me me" !
I will leave it there
Hopefully the price of fuel drops soon for "all of us", because even I get pissed of with this blatant ripp off, and I can afford it!I sympathise with those on a tight budget or pension who are struggling but are still giving it a go.
Ian

Rob Driver · Guru

At the risk of causing a stagger

My take on the cost of fuel for travelling is that the overall spend is directly related to how far you drive in a set period.

Staying put in one place for 1 extra day per week of travel more than compensates for the 17% ( my observation) recent increase in the cost of diesel. ( similar for petrol)
If this becomes a financial problem then you either have not budgeted correctly for your travelling or you cant afford to be doing what youre doing.

Or you could just let your vehicle decide.

-- Edited by Rob Driver on Thursday 11th of November 2021 09:28:57 AM

TheHeaths · Guru

To answer the post first, we try not to let the cost of fuel interfere with the travels we plan, and will continue to take that attitude if we can.

I do agree with Wanda that it would be nice at times to see a bit more empathy to posters with different concerns. I doubt that will happen though.

To the point of my post though. I have always been interested in the view expressed by Rob here, but others at different times.

That is, that cost of fuel on a trip is a function of time. I beg to differ as whether you take 1 week, or 2 weeks to travel the distance, the fuel used will normally be the same. That is, the cost is always a function of distance.

Granted, the cost may be spread over 2 budget periods rather than 1 in my example, making it easier to find the money, but at the end of the day, you have still bought the same volume of fuel, at generally the same dollar cost, to travel the distance. Some may say that you benefit from price variations, but they are generally smaller if they exist in regional areas and so I think can be discounted pretty much.

At the same time, those proposing that the cost of fuel is lower if you travel slower, generally discount the additional costs of accomodation that may apply if you dont free camp, an additional day of food, and other such costs that may apply.

So, I agree that travel costs can be spread to perhaps better fit the budget available for the period, but if people are travelling with an amount to spend for a specific trip, I can see rising costs causing them to rethink where they go. As an aside, we did our first bigger trip during the GFC in 2008, and paid as high as $2.45 per litre for fuel at Barrow Creek on the Stuart Hwy. I have never paid near that since.

That said, now things are beginning to open up somewhat, I hope everyone is able to get back travelling how they wish soon.

-- Edited by TheHeaths on Thursday 11th of November 2021 10:47:22 AM

Warren-Pat_01 · Guru

Going on the useless information going around Qld at the moment on Covid, is it a conspiracy to punish Australia for its stance on Climate Change - to get us to buy Electric Vehicles?

I wouldn't mind a Rivian but like a Dodge Ram, I doubt whether it would fit in my garage - after if I had the money to buy one!