Robina Unleaded Eases 13 Cents as Gold Coast Servos Give Motorists a Break

Robina Unleaded Eases 13 Cents as Gold Coast Servos Give Motorists a Break

Right, so I've been banging on about diesel for a few weeks now. This morning I had a squiz at the unleaded boards instead, and the best news going is coming out of the Gold Coast.

As of 16th Sep 2026 8:09am AEST, the six servos in Robina have knocked a flat 13 cents off every fuel on the board. Regular unleaded has come down from 227.2 to 214.2 a litre. E10 has eased from 225.2 to 212.2. Premium 95 is down to 230.5 and 98 has dropped to 239.8. Same 13 cents across the lot, all six servos, which tells you this is the price cycle rolling over rather than one bloke doing the right thing on his own.

What 13 cents is worth at the bowser

Here's the thing, right. Thirteen cents doesn't sound like much when you say it out loud. Stick 50 litres in a Corolla or a Camry, though, and you've just kept $6.50 in your pocket. That's a large coffee and a sausage roll, or the better part of two schooners depending on where you drink. A 70 litre tank in a Prado is closer to $9.10. Punch your own numbers into the savings calculator and see what it comes to for your car.

If you're out that way anyway, heading to Robina Town Centre or dropping a kid at Bond, top up before the cycle turns again. On the Gold Coast it always does.

E10 versus unleaded: the two cent question

In Robina right now the gap between E10 at 212.2 and regular unleaded at 214.2 is only two cents. Fair dinkum, that's the tightest gap I've seen in a while.

Most cars burn a touch more E10 to cover the same distance, somewhere around three percent. On a 214 cent litre that works out to roughly six or seven cents. So with the discount sitting at two cents, you're paying more per kilometre on E10 than you would on 91. Once the gap gets to six cents or better, E10 comes out in front. At two, stick with the 91. Have a look at the current E10 prices against unleaded petrol prices before you pick a pump, because that gap moves around week to week.

Diesel is holding up the southern end of Queensland

I know I said I'd give diesel a rest, but I can't leave this one out. Nerang, ten minutes up the road from Robina, has a servo doing diesel at 245.9. That's 23 cents under the Queensland average of 269.3, or about $18.70 on an 80 litre LandCruiser tank. The three Nerang servos run from 245.9 up to 266.9 though, so check the diesel prices page and make sure you pull into the right one.

Up in Brisbane, the southside is holding its own too. Acacia Ridge has three servos all sitting between 249.5 and 249.9, about as tight a spread as you'll find anywhere. Rocklea next door has diesel from 248.9. I wrote about that suburb last week when E10 was on the way down, and it's good to see the price has held.

The rest of the country is going the other way

While the Gold Coast eases, the big southern states are copping it. NSW diesel lifted 11.5 cents since yesterday to a state average of 268.7. Victoria lifted 7.1 to 269.6. South Australia unleaded lifted more than 21 cents at a batch of nine servos to 234.5, and one group of seven Queensland servos elsewhere in the state lifted nearly 28 cents in a single move. That's the other side of the same cycle Robina is now coming down from.

Only Western Australia is sitting flat at 266.8 for diesel, because prices over there change once a day at midnight rather than bouncing around all arvo. Queensland diesel overall eased 0.9 cents to 269.3, which isn't much, but it's the right direction.

What I'd do this week

If you're on the Gold Coast, fill up in the next few days while Robina and Nerang are at the bottom. If you're in Sydney or Melbourne, you're on the wrong end of the cycle, so only put in what you need and keep an eye on the price trends page for when it rolls over. The best time to fill up guide is worth a read too, because the Gold Coast cycle and the Sydney cycle don't line up.

Look, end of the day, 13 cents in Robina is the kind of drop you want to jump on. The servos at the bottom this week won't stay there, so get in while it's good. Pull up the interactive fuel map before you leave the house and you're a lot less likely to cop a peak price by accident. Can't argue with that.