Yarrawonga Cuts Unleaded to 248.9 After a Month at 255.9 While Wangaratta Sits at 219.5

Yarrawonga Cuts Unleaded to 248.9 After a Month at 255.9 While Wangaratta Sits at 219.5

Right, so if you live in Yarrawonga or you're heading up to the lake for a weekend, the town's servos have finally started trimming unleaded petrol prices. The three that have cut are on 248.9, though, and the cheapest in Wangaratta, about 50 km away, is 219.5.

These are the prices lodged with the official Victorian and NSW government fuel price schemes, as of 2pm AEDT on Thursday 12th Nov 2026.

A month on 255.9

Here's the thing, right. From at least 12th Oct until Wednesday morning, all four Yarrawonga servos sat between 255.7 and 257.9 for unleaded. From 28th Oct every one of them was on exactly 255.9: Ampol Foodary on Telford Street, EG Ampol on Belmore Street, BP Yarrawonga and United on the Murray Valley Highway.

Over that month, prices across the rest of Victoria eased a fair bit. Wangaratta's seven servos had a median of 239.9 at noon on 12th Oct, 223.9 by noon on Tuesday and 221.5 today. The Melbourne median went from 242.4 to 219.9 over the same stretch.

So the gap between Yarrawonga and Wangaratta grew from 16 cents in mid October to 32 cents by Tuesday.

The cuts so far

Wednesday's when they finally moved, with all four cutting 6 cents to 249.9. BP went first at 10:22am, then United at 10:55am, EG Ampol at 12:12pm and Ampol Foodary at 2:52pm in the arvo.

This morning three of them came down another cent to 248.9: United at 6:50am, EG Ampol at 8:27am and Ampol Foodary at 9:27am. BP's listing reads 255.9 again this morning, so check the app before you pull in there.

Fair dinkum, after two days of cuts, Yarrawonga's 248.9 is still 27.4 cents above Wangaratta's median of 221.5.

Same brand, 27 cents apart

EG Ampol Yarrawonga is on 248.9. At EG Ampol Wangaratta it's 221.9, and EG Ampol Benalla is on 222.9, so that's 27 cents and 26 cents within the one brand. Ampol Foodary is the same story: 248.9 in Yarrawonga against 223.9 at Ampol Foodary Wangaratta, a 25 cent gap.

Crossing the bridge won't help

If you reckon nipping over to Mulwala on the NSW side is the go, it isn't, at least not this week. Lowes Mulwala, about 3.5 km from the Yarrawonga servos, held unleaded at 256.3 for a month and came down to 249.9 on Monday morning.

Head west along the Murray instead and Cobram is about 35 km away. BP OPT Cobram is on 232.9 and EG Ampol Cobram is on 233.9, and the Koonoomoo Store, a bit further west, is on 224.4.

The lowest price is in Benalla

The lowest unleaded price within an hour's drive is down in Benalla. Liberty Benalla has been on 209.5 since 8:21am on Tuesday, and Metro Petroleum Benalla is on 214.5. In Wangaratta, APCO on Roy Street and Mobil on Tone Road are both on 219.5.

Diesel and E10 too

United Yarrawonga has diesel on 288.9 against 262.5 at APCO Wangaratta, a gap of 26.4 cents. It's also the only Yarrawonga servo listing E10, at 244.9, while Mobil Wangaratta has E10 on 217.5. Check current diesel prices before you fill.

Worth the drive?

On a 60 litre tank, the 27 cent gap between the two EG Ampol sites works out at $16.20. That's roughly a couple of schooners for filling up in one town instead of the other.

Don't drive a 100 km round trip just to save that, though. If you're coming up the Hume from Melbourne, Benalla's a natural spot to top up before you head north to the lake. And if you're in Wangaratta anyway, for the shops or an appointment, fill up there and bring the change home.

Whether Yarrawonga keeps easing before the summer holidays fill the lake up is anyone's guess. Our price trends page shows which way things are heading, and the best time to fill up guide covers the timing side.

Look, end of the day, filling at EG Ampol Wangaratta instead of EG Ampol Yarrawonga puts $16.20 back in your pocket on a 60 litre tank. Can't argue with that.