Why is it that the same people that are happy to pay $3.80 for 700mls of bottled water complain about $1.50 for a litre of petrol?

Our water was free in Meblourne, but parking by the beach cost $12 a day

theDoctor said...


well our bottled water is $0.70 for 1.5ltr and petrol is $1.64ltr so I don't know what the hell you're talking about

NRMA Average daily petrol prices

Average Prices for Wednesday, 04 July 2012
City/Town
Unleaded Diesel

Ballina 146.9 154.9
Bulahdelah 139.9 150.5
Buronga 143.2 145.9
Casino 142.9 145.7
Cooma 148.8 155.1
Cootamundra 147.1 149.2
Deniliquin 144.9 147.9
Forbes 144. 145.2
Forster 144.9 150.9
Griffith 141.2 142.9
Gundagai 145.9 139.9
Gunnedah 147.5 147.5
Hay 145.0 147.4
Leeton 143.0 149.1
Lithgow 148.9 149.7
Moama 145.9 146.9
Moruya 140.3 144.2
Moss Vale 137.2 147.9
Murwillumba 139.0 147.4
Muswellbrook135.7 152.2
Nowra 149.9 152.9
Parkes 145.9 145.4
Singleton 132.9 147.7
Temora 141.7 145.7
Tumut 149.9 158.5
Tweed Heads South 135.0 141.4
Wauchope 139.9 146.9
West Wyalong143.6 148.5
Woolgoolga 146.9 151.9
Sydney 129.8 140.0
Canberra 139.3 145.5
Central Coast134.5 145.1
Albury 137.9 143.0
Bathurst 145.5 150.1
Bega 145.5 148.5
Broken Hill 146.8 149.9
Coffs Harbour 143.5 149.5
Dubbo 144.9 152.9
Grafton 144.1 146.6
Inverell 139.9 144.9
Kempsey 143.6 150.3
Lismore 143.2 146.4
Moree 138.9 144.3
Mudgee 145.9 148.4
Newcastle 134.0 144.4
Orange 147.0 150.9
Port Macquarie 144.4 149.9
Tamworth 148.6 154.4
Taree 142.8 143.1
Wagga Wagga 147.1 148.9
Wollongong 137.11 143.7
Yass 133.8 144.4


Sorry Doc you are paying tooooo much for your fuel
And the water was at a local service station not a super market...

hilly said...

Warwick Shell $1.17 after 4c off Coles docket.

That one is cheap all the time even without the discount.

Price of petrol dropped about 10c to 15c per litre as soon as the carbon tax was introduced. If the carbon tax is raised petrol will become even cheaper.

My hotel last night had $3.80 bottles of water right, in the kitchen, next to the tap.
If they've sold one I have no hope for the human race.

...imagine if it were beer.

Fark you city types bitch about fuel prices
come to the bush where fuel is still better than 1.40 a litre

At least we cannot see what we are breathing
but you lot can.

I came back from Margarita/Venzuela a few weeks ago.

There, you could fill your petrol tank for 2 and a half Bolivars, which is about (I think) 32 cents - for a whole tank full!

On the other hand, the pipeline from the mainland for fresh water is supposedly leaking/poor quality so they recommend that you don't drink the tap water. I think the cost of a bottle of water was around 12 Bolivars, so maybe $1.50?

I think I prefer paying more for petrol and being able to drink tap water.

Little Jon said...

FormulaNova said...

I came back from Margarita/Venezuela a few weeks ago.

There, you could fill your petrol tank for 2 and a half Bolivars, which is about (I think) 32 cents - for a whole tank full!

On the other hand, the pipeline from the mainland for fresh water is supposedly leaking/poor quality so they recommend that you don't drink the tap water. I think the cost of a bottle of water was around 12 Bolivars, so maybe $1.50?

I think I prefer paying more for petrol and being able to drink tap water.

Those countries probably own their oil, get the profits and have low prices to aid businesses. We give it away for too little and then get ripped off buying it back

In this particular case, they have heaps of oil, but the population seem quite poor.

It appears that the government have mandated prices for some things at such a low level that the people that make those things cannot (do not want to) sell those things to make it worth it. Apparently these same things make it onto the black market where the real price is actually worth their while to sell it at.

Trust me, we seem to have a better system here! Nearly free petrol is no good if you have a country that needs a lot of infrastructure work.