Self-funded retirees with a penchant for caravaning have put regional WA’s minds at ease after reports surfaced that some people were thinking of cancelling their Easter holiday plans due to the price of fuel.
They have assured regional WA that their Easter plans are still very much on and to stop worrying that no one from Perth was coming down to suck them dry on the fuel front.
We spoke to a 300 Series owner who was already on the road making his way down to Denmark. He told The Times,
“There’s nothing I love more than clogging up a regional servo while I fill up multiple tanks, jerry cans, check my car’s fluids and then waltz in to demand some extra hot flat whites. The fact the regions are a bit sheepish about their fuel makes it even more fun if you ask me, gives me a real rock hard gear stick, if you catch my drift”
A spokesperson for regional WA has come out and applauded the grey nomad’s resolve and told The Times,
“I really can’t express how good it is to have grey nomads down here, they normally contribute as few dollars as they possibly can towards our local businesses but this time, they will certainly be slamming money into our fuel stations, likely to our detriment but that’s the grey nomad way”
That is a heartwarming sentiment. However, the looming threat of fuel rationing does remain. So we asked a grey nomad what he’d do if he was told he could only take 100L at a time. He said,
“Let’s just say it wouldn’t be a good day for the poor attendant behind the desk. I will scream and cry until I shit myself and then take to Facebook to talk about how the country used to be! Before people like me ruined it with our relentless greed… oh wait”
Well, that sounds like a fun day out for all involved.
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