Kerang Petrol Drops 12 Cents as Regional Victoria Servos Do the Right Thing
Right, so everyone's been carrying on about diesel for weeks now, and fair enough, but the story that caught my eye this arvo is good old unleaded. And it's not happening in the big smoke either. It's happening up in Kerang, a Murray River town about three and a half hours north of Melbourne.
As of 2pm on Friday 12th June 2026, unleaded across the six servos in Kerang has come down 12 cents to an average of 180.1 cents a litre. That's a proper drop, the kind you actually notice on the board as you drive past. On a 50 litre tank, 12 cents works out to six bucks back in your pocket. Most of a pint, every fill, and it adds up quick when you're filling weekly.
Premium followed it down, which hardly ever happens
Here's the thing, right. Premium 98 in Kerang came down as well, 11.6 cents to an average of 203.9. Premium hardly ever follows regular unleaded down like that. When a servo drops the price of regular, the premium stuff usually just sits there looking smug. Both moving together tells me the local servos are genuinely sharpening their pencils.
Now compare that with what's going on closer to Melbourne. Springvale premium 98 went the other way, up 9.9 cents to 206.9. Over in Gippsland, Sale premium 98 lifted 11 cents to 207.1. So right now a country town on the Murray is selling premium 98 cheaper than suburbs sitting inside the metro area. Fair dinkum, you don't see that every day. If you run a performance car and you're heading up the Loddon Valley Highway anyway, have a squiz at premium 98 prices before you leave town.
But back to regular unleaded, because that's what most of us are pumping. Kerang at 180.1 is a handy yardstick for the rest of Victoria. If your local is charging north of 190 for unleaded right now, they're having a lend. The unleaded petrol prices page will show you plenty of Victorian servos doing better than that.
Diesel's quietly decent too
The diesel picture in Victoria isn't bad either. The state average is sitting at 207.8, which makes Victoria the cheapest state in the country for diesel today. New South Wales is at 209.0, Queensland and South Australia are both on 210.5, and Western Australia is at 211.3. Nobody's popping champagne over any of those numbers, but if you're in a ute or towing for work, Victoria is the place to be this week.
And the regional towns are doing the heavy lifting there as well. Moe down in the Latrobe Valley has diesel from 186.5, with all three servos within two cents of each other, which means real competition. Epsom on the edge of Bendigo has diesel from 185.8, and Stawell out in the west is from 189.9. Even down Geelong way, Grovedale and Belmont are both sitting around the 192 mark with barely any spread between servos.
That tight spread matters more than people reckon. When every servo in town is within a cent or two of each other, nobody's taking the mick. When the spread blows out to 15 or 20 cents, like you see in some metro suburbs, somebody's banking on you not checking before you pull in.
So what do you do with all this
Simple enough. If you're in regional Victoria, fill up now while the locals are sharp, especially around Kerang, Moe and Epsom. Melbourne mob, don't panic, but do check prices before you commit, because the gap between the cheapest and dearest servo in some suburbs is the price of a counter meal. And if you want to see which way things are heading before the weekend, the price trends page is worth a look.
Look, end of the day, the bush is showing the city how it's done this week. A bit of planning means more cash in your pocket for the stuff that actually matters. Can't argue with that.
