I don't know how it is in Queensland Foolestroupe, but $1.25 is only one of the many prices we see here in Sydney. It all depends what day of the week you are looking. Every Wednesday the garages bump the price up about 15 cents a litre to somewhere between $1.34 and $1.40 a litre (it was even more a few weeks ago), and over the next week the price gradually works its way down to somewhere in the low $1.20s - you can see the queues out into the road every Tuesday night!

This week it actually dropped to $1.19 a litre in some places on Tuesday, but the next day it was back at $1.34 again. This cycle repeats every week. I always try to buy my petrol on Tuesday, and use a Woolworths or Coles docket to get more off the price. Even doing all that, it's a huge weekly expense!