Morawa Unleaded Falls 15 Cents as Perth Servos Keep Diesel Under 226
Right, so while everyone's been watching the east coast do its usual song and dance, Western Australia has quietly turned in the biggest unleaded drop in the country today, and it's come from a wheatbelt town most of you have never driven through.
Morawa, a few hours north east of Perth, has seen unleaded ease 15.6 cents to 214.3 as of 14th Aug 2026 2:03pm AEST. Yesterday the same town was asking 229.9. Diesel out there has come off too, down 10.4 cents to 249.5. That's five servos in the data all moving the same way, so it's a proper reset and not one servo having a lend.
Fair warning, I had to find Morawa on a map. Sitting here in Western Sydney I'm never going to fill up there. Doesn't make the number any less worth a look.
Why a wheatbelt drop matters more than a metro one
Here's the thing, right. When unleaded petrol prices move in the city, you've got twenty servos within ten minutes and you can drive straight past the dear one. Out Morawa way you've got a handful of options and the next one along might be 50 kilometres of straight road. So 15 cents isn't a wobble on a graph. It's the difference between filling at home and timing your run into town around the fuel gauge.
On a 60 litre tank that's about nine dollars back in your pocket. Two coffees and a sausage roll, near enough, and that's on every fill until the local servos decide to walk it back up.
Worth remembering too that WA runs a 24 hour notice system. Tomorrow's prices go up this afternoon, so WA motorists get the one thing the rest of us never do, a full day of warning. See a number you like and it's locked in. Have a squiz at the best time to fill up before you commit half a tank at the wrong end of the week.
Down in the metro, diesel is behaving itself
The city picture is looking alright for anyone running a ute or a van. Ascot has the cheapest pump in the state at 222.7, though the suburb average sits up at 235.7, so you'd want to know which servo you're aiming at before you pull in.
Landsdale has diesel from 223.3, Forrestfield from 224.9 on a tight suburb average of 227.9, and Welshpool starts at 225.2. Beckenham and Bassendean are both from 225.3, and Kwinana Beach is holding from 225.7. Beckenham's the pick for consistency, only four cents between its cheapest and dearest servo, so you can roll into any of the three and cop it sweet.
Line that up against the 27 cent spread across Ascot and you can see why the cheapest suburb average isn't always the cheapest fill. Maddington has nine servos in the mix averaging 232.3, which is a fair few options for the one suburb if you're already out that way.
WA sits mid pack on the national ladder
State wide, WA diesel prices average 248.9 across 1,224 servos. That's a shade above Queensland on 247.4, NSW on 246.6 and Victoria on 246.0, and a touch under South Australia on 249.0 and Tasmania on 249.2. Given how much of this state sits a long way from a fuel terminal, landing within three cents of Victoria is a decent result.
That average hides plenty, mind you. Metro suburbs are trading in the 222 to 232 band while the regional and remote numbers sit well up the other end and drag the average with them. Bunbury averages 235.0, Darkan 231.4 and West Busselton 235.5, all fair enough for the distance from the city. Head further inland and the numbers climb quick. Morawa is still on 249.5 for diesel even after coming off 10.4 cents.
What I'd do about it
If you're in the metro and you run diesel, the eastern corridor through Welshpool, Forrestfield and Beckenham is where the value's sitting today, and for a lot of you that's not a special trip, it's just the way home.
If you're out in the wheatbelt, you'd be mad not to fill while unleaded has come off. Drops like Morawa's rarely hang about once word gets around, and the servos out there aren't shy about walking a price back up when the trucks have been through.
Look, end of the day, a bit of planning means more cash in your pocket for the important stuff. Can't argue with that.
