TRAVEL WESTERN AUSTRALIA by FACTS4YOU.NET

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I dont know about the country you live in as to what your petrol prices are like compared to ours down here in Western Australia. However, if you live in a country that maintains low, stable petrol prices, you need to be made aware that our system is crazy, before you deposit yourself down under for your holiday with your hire car.

Travelling by car around Western Australia means you are likely to cover huge distances. For example I am off on a holiday up north next weekend for a week in Kalbarri (Paradise on Earth!),  & also driving further north to visit Carnarvon, Monkey Mia & a few other spectacular places. During that trip I will drive close to 3,000 kilometres by the time we complete our scenic wanderings! Based upon current ULP prices, at around an average of Au$1.50 a litre in the remote regional areas, the fuel cost alone will be around Au$450 +!! That’s a whack of dollars just for the fuel bill!

Here’s an example of how upsy daisy our petrol prices can be from one day to the next in the Perth metropolitan area. A week prior to the Easter break unleaded petrol was averaging Au$1.08. The Thursday prior to the Easter break prices suddenly rocketed up to around Au$1.30. Now that’s a general increase of 22 cents a litre. If your vehicle averages around 10 kilometres per litre then that extra 22 cents/litre X 3,000/10 = an extra Au$66 for petrol. And the situation becomes much worse outside the metropolitan area!!

Now I realise that an extra $70 will not bust the bank for the average traveller. However you should also be aware that petrol prices rise sharply in Western Australia as soon as you drive outside of the metropolitan area of Perth. For example, once into the remote regions, you could easily end up paying Au$1.70 + per litre! Last year down around the Albany region, fuel prices were close to Au$2 per litre at various times of the year.

The trip from Perth to Albany is some 550 kilometres (approx), which means you are forced to refill your tank in the Albany region on arrival. If your fuel tank holds say 80 litres the fill will cost around Au$160 if fuel is around the Au$2 mark.

The cost of fuel at that pricing level takes on a whole new meaning when you have to cover large distances doesn’t it, as a component of your holiday costs in the remoter regions of Western Australia.

The important thing is to make sure you are aware that if you intend touring by hire car around Western Australia that the fuel cost will rip a sizable hole in your wallet. You need to plan your travel budget accordingly.

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