00:03This bung-and-door coffee van is a pit stop for travellers heading to and from the coast.
00:09Much, much quieter. Significantly quieter.
00:13Drivers feeling the sting at the bowser.
00:15Safe on the road. Yeah, thank you. See ya.
00:18But not wanting to cancel their holiday plans.
00:21Just crazy. It's over $230, $240 to fill up.
00:25We normally take separate cars up, but yeah, we've driven together this time.
00:29Despite last week's cut to the fuel excise, the price of the petrol pump has been creeping up.
00:35Averaging $2.27 for unleaded and $3.11 for diesel.
00:41In Braidwood, Easter Monday traffic was heaving, meaning extra sales for some.
00:47You know when you come outside and look and you can't get a park outside, that's good for a little
00:51town.
00:52Though not all businesses are feeling the love.
00:54The price of the gas and the fuel is not very expensive, so I think heating out is like a
01:00luxury now.
01:00At Easter two years ago, this crepery turned over a $13,000 day. But now...
01:07One day was so quiet that we not even sold for $1,000, which is really bad.
01:12In Canberra, it's cost of living, not the wildlife, scaring off visitors at the National Zoo.
01:19Numbers are well below previous easters.
01:22We are down at least 10% on those numbers, if not more.
01:25We believe it has aligned to the increase in fuel prices, hikes in interest rates.
01:31And Canberrans looking to travel overseas are scaling back and choosing closer destinations.
01:38Say, an emerging destination like the Philippines or Vietnam over potentially going on to Europe,
01:44because the cost is just so much more.
01:46More than 270 service stations across Australia were out of diesel today, down from more than 400 on Good Friday.
01:54The situation is worse in New South Wales, where about 6% have run dry.
02:00Here in the ACT, four stations ran out of diesel and two have no unleaded.
02:06The Federal Government says another month of fuel has been locked in.
02:11We're now, you know, a bit into April and we have secured, contracted, legally binding supply well into May now.
02:19A small Easter sweetener, while navigating a gloomy road ahead.
02:25I've got a big deal for you.
02:25I just found the rule that you can't have that on the top.
02:25That's a good deal.
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