Horsham’s lone LPG pump goes silent, leaving motorists to hitch a ride to the nearest town for cheap fuel

The lone LPG pump in Horsham now sits idle, its nozzle rusted like a forgotten toothpick at a barbecue. Once a popular, cheaper alternative to petrol, the station’s silence now echoes across the town’s main street.

Demand for LPG has collapsed, prompting the closure of the town’s last servo. With no local outlet, drivers are forced to embark on a mini‑pilgrimage to the nearest town to top up, adding kilometres, time and, paradoxically, a higher total cost than the now‑obsolete LPG would have delivered.

Market participants can only watch the fumes drift away, offering the usual chorus of supply‑demand analysis while the town adjusts to a world without that once‑cheap fuel.