Christmas has come early for motorists and holiday-goers across the country as petrol prices drop ahead of the festivities after record-breaking prices hikes.

As of Monday, the prices for regular unleaded in some of the cities in Australia are as follows:

• Sydney - 168 cents
• Brisbane - 151.6 cents
• Adelaide - 157.6 cents
• Canberra 169.3 cents
• Darwin - 199 cents
• Hobart - 178.4 cents
• Melbourne - 149.1 cents
• Perth - 166.3 cents

Motorists can now enjoy low petrol prices following the massive price hike earlier in the year. Credit: Getty Images.​

Price cycles are working "in our favour for once", says NRMA spokesperson Peter Khoury who also advised motorists to use price-checker apps to find the cheapest petrol stations near them.

Mr Khoury said: “Those large capital cities that have price cycles, it just so happens that this holiday season the prices are falling in the middle of the cycle rather than going up."

“The second bit of good news is that oil prices globally have been steadily falling now since October."

“We are very slowly starting to see that trickle down here in Australia and at local bowsers.”

 

[Ricci]

Now you tell me! I just took out a 2nd mortgage and filled my car up on Monday.

 

[Gregoire]

Check out the "Petrol Spy" app....

Input the type of petrol, diesel or LPG your car uses + your post code /suburb. This will provide you with a list of prices and servos in your local area for approximately 12 km.

My car uses Unleaded 95 and I found a servo 10kms away that sells petrol for 20 cents / litre cheaper than my local servos.

Worth a shot.

May you all have a happy and blessed Christmas.

Gregoire (The Aussie Frog)