Hello again from the team at MotorMouth.

Now that we’ve well and truly left Easter behind I wanted to report back to you about what actually happened with fuel prices over Easter and whether motorists were getting ripped off or not.

Clearly we would be the first to jump up and down if anything fishy was going on, and it was refreshing to see Gary Fites from the RACQ in Queensland make the point that over Easter the price of fuel cycles normally just like it always does. He was absolutely right.

How do we know? Well we’ve tracked the prices up to, across and after Easter for who knows how long and guess what – the price cycle moves normally just like every other week of the year. This year was no exception (and as an interesting footnote, it was the cheapest Easter for fuel since 2005).

Thank you to those of you that participated in our last poll. The percentage breakdown was:

This was a little surprising but it’s always nice to find out something new. To those of you that voted amongst the 4% please drop me a note and let me know how you are using our site – I’m sure it will be very interesting! We’ll have a new poll out very soon…

Have a terrific month of May; take care and safe motoring.

Cheers

Sean Rennick
MotorMouth

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The average, lowest and the highest Unleaded prices for April 2009 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Unleaded in each city in April 2009 were:

Brisbane	Service Station Matilda Address 1508 Sandgate Rd & Hamilton Av Suburb Nundah Average Price for month 105.5
Sydney	Service Station Metro Fuel Address 418 Liverpool Rd & Wetherill St Suburb Croydon Average Price for month 105.4
Melbourne	Service Station United Address 893 Wellington Rd Suburb Rowville Average Price for month 116.1
Adelaide	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Address 801 Port Rd Suburb Woodville Average Price for month 116.1
Perth	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Address Attfield St Suburb Maddington Average Price for month 114.5
Hobart	Service Station United Glenorchy Address 436 Main Rd Suburb Glenorchy Average Price for month 117.8

The average, lowest and the highest Diesel prices for April 2009 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Diesel in each city in April 2009 were:

Brisbane	Service Station Matilda Address 2489 Logan Rd Suburb Eight Mile Plains Average Price for month 102.0
Sydney	Service Station United Address Canterbury Rd & Belemba Rd Suburb Lakemba Average Price for month 112.8
Melbourne	Service Station Fuel Zone Address 142 Andersons Creek Rd Suburb Doncaster East Average Price for month 111.8
Adelaide	Service Station United Address 369 Prospect Rd & Audrey Av Suburb Blair Athol Average Price for month 114.9
Perth	Service Station United Address 369 Prospect Rd & Audrey Av Suburb Blair Athol Average Price for month 114.9
Hobart	Service Station Coles Exp Brighton Address Midland Hwy & Andrew St Suburb Brighton Average Price for month 124.9

The average, lowest and the highest LPG prices for April 2009 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for LPG in each city in April 2009 were:

Brisbane	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Address 1225 Wynnum Rd Suburb Murarrie Average Price for month 49.9
Sydney	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Address 862 Hume Hwy Suburb Bass Hill Average Price for month 48.5
Melbourne	Service Station BP Address 322 City Rd & Clarendon St Suburb South Melbourne Average Price for month 44.9
Adelaide	Service Station Berdonys Address Kesters Rd & Main North Rd Suburb Para Hills West Average Price for month 53.8
Perth	Service Station Caltex Address Hartman Dr & Ocean Reef Rd Suburb Wangara Average Price for month 56.1
Hobart	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Claremont Address Claremont Village & Box Hill Rd Suburb Claremont Average Price for month 63.3

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