23 Tasmanian Servos Cut Unleaded to 219.9 in Nine Minutes, From Queenstown to St Helens

23 Tasmanian Servos Cut Unleaded to 219.9 in Nine Minutes, From Queenstown to St Helens

Between 3:51pm and 4:00pm on Wednesday, 23 servos listed under the TAS Petroleum brand cut unleaded to exactly 219.9 cents a litre. They run from Queenstown and Rosebery on the west coast to St Helens and Bicheno on the east coast. The figures come from Tasmania's official government fuel price scheme, and as of the 6am reading on Thursday 12th Nov 2026, no servo in Tasmania lists unleaded below that price.

What changed on Wednesday afternoon

The cuts ranged from 10 cents at Grove to 30 cents at Ouse, which came down from 249.9. Sixteen of the 23 sites are listed as unmanned. Caltex Devonport, also listed under TAS Petroleum, followed at 9:53pm and took the network's count on 219.9 to 24. The network's sites in Hagley (225.9) and Wynyard (235.9) stopped short.

Diesel moved in the same window. Twenty nine TAS Petroleum sites set diesel prices at 263.9, against a state diesel median of 275.9 this morning.

Who moved first

The first 219.9 appeared a day earlier. Shell Dunalley, which had the state's lowest unleaded price at 233.9 in our 1st Nov report, cut 20 cents from 239.9 to 219.9 at 9:40pm on Tuesday. Ampol Bennetts Petroleum in Copping, 7.6 km away, matched it at 8:37am on Wednesday.

Before Tuesday night, the last time any Tasmanian servo listed unleaded at 219.9 or lower was 18th September.

71 servos under 230 this morning

Across the same 238 servos with current prices, the state median was 249.9 at noon on Monday 2nd Nov, 239.9 at noon on Wednesday and 235.9 this morning. At noon on Wednesday, nine servos were under 230. This morning there are 71, and 32 of them are on exactly 219.9.

Why prices are falling

Wholesale costs are the main factor. Australian Institute of Petroleum figures put the Hobart terminal gate price for unleaded, which is what petrol costs as it leaves the terminal, at 232.2 on Monday 2nd Nov and 205.2 on Wednesday, a fall of 27.0 cents.

Over the same stretch the state median fell 14.0 cents, so the gap between the median and wholesale widened from 17.7 to 30.7 cents. At 219.9, the TAS Petroleum sites sit 14.7 cents above Wednesday's wholesale figure. Servos buy by the tanker load, so some of the fuel in the ground was bought at last week's higher price, and regional sites carry freight costs on top.

Launceston, Hobart and the coasts

Three of Launceston's 23 servos are now on 219.9: TAS Petroleum in Invermay, TAS Petroleum Connector Park in Kings Meadows, and Shell West Launceston, which followed with an 18 cent cut at 7:44pm. The city median has fallen from 249.9 to 237.9 since 2nd Nov.

Around TAS Petroleum in Invermay, Shell Reddy Express (407 metres away) and United York Park (441 metres) are on 229.9, while Bonney Energy Invermay, 524 metres away, is on 241.9. That's a 22 cent spread inside one suburb. In Kings Meadows, OTR is on 235.9 and EG Ampol Kingsmeadows on 240.9, both about 2 km from Connector Park.

In Hobart's city and northern suburbs, the median across 24 servos is 231.9, down from 246.4 on 2nd Nov. TAS Petroleum Moonah is on 219.9, while Ampol Mood Food Moonah, 495 metres away, is on 224.9, Shell Reddy Express Moonah is on 227.9 and BP Moonah is on 231.9. Berriedale also has unleaded at 219.9.

The widest gap between neighbours is on the west coast. In Queenstown, TAS Petroleum is on 219.9 and Ampol Queenstown, 87 metres away, is on 243.9, 24 cents more. In East Devonport, Shell TAS Petroleum is on 219.9 and Ampol East Devonport, 113 metres away, is on 235.9. On the east coast, Swansea's two servos, 358 metres apart, both started Wednesday on 247.9. TAS Petroleum cut to 219.9 at 3:52pm and Ampol Bennetts Petroleum matched it at 8:50pm.

Sandfly and Grove, which shared the state's lowest price at 229.9 in our 8th Nov report, are both on 219.9 now.

What it means for motorists

On a 50 litre tank of unleaded petrol, paying 219.9 instead of the state median of 235.9 saves $8.00. The savings calculator works it out for your own car.

With the state median still 30.7 cents above wholesale, our price trends page will show whether the other 206 servos follow the TAS Petroleum network down.

For Queenstown motorists this morning, a litre of unleaded costs 219.9 or 243.9 depending on which of two servos, 87 metres apart, you pull into, a difference of $12.00 on a 50 litre tank.