A disused bowser at a petrol station at Yackandandah, Victoria

A disused bowser at a petrol station at Yackandandah, Victoria in December 2018

A painting on a wall of an old Holden truck - Jack Holden - with Caltex fuel drums in Yackandandah, Victoria

A painting on a wall of an old Holden truck - Jack Holden - with Caltex fuel drums in Yackandandah, Victoria in May 2018

Motorcyclists filling up with fuel in Khao Lak, Thailand

Motorcyclists filling up with fuel in Khao Lak, Thailand in September 2017

Man filling up his truck with fuel at a service station in Korat, Thailand. He is standing on the roof of his truck!

Man filling up his truck with fuel at a service station in Korat, Thailand in August 2017. He is standing on the roof of his truck!

A petrol station in Trang, Thailand

A petrol station in Trang, Thailand in May 2016

Sydney fuel truck

A fuel truck in Sydney in June 2013

LPG gas cylinders

Truck with gas cylinders in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand in August 2010

Bemboka Service Centre

The Bemboka petrol station at Bemboka in October 2009

Sacred ride

Sacred Ride, Snowy Mountains Australia stickers on a fuel cap on a car in Jindabyne in September 2013

Waiting at the gas station

Kids whiling away the time at a gas station in Khorat (Nakhon Ratchasima), Thailand in June 2011

Woman putting gas into her motorbike

Woman filling up her motorbike in Khorat (Nakhon Ratchasima), Thailand in September 2012. How does she ride it with those shoes?

Mobile smurfs

Smurfs on a petrol tank on a car in Georgetown, Malaysia in September 2012

Petrol bottles

Petrol for sale in whisky bottles in Phimai, Thailand in December 2009

Fuel emergency stop button

Fuel emergency stop button on the airport tarmac at Kuala Lumpur Airport, Malaysia in June 2011

Not for use in aircraft!

Sticker on a fuel pump at Pambula, NSW South Coast in September 2010. Ethanol enhanced petrol. Do not use in any aircraft. What are the chances of someone refuelling his plane there?

The charcoal seller

Man selling charcoal on Hee Dan street in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Warning - no fuel!

One of my all-time favourite signs and one that encapsulates the Northern Territory for me. No fuel for 420 km sign on the Central Arnhem Road outside Bulman, Northern Territory, in June 2009. Strictly speaking the sign is not correct as you can get fuel in the Aboriginal communities along the way, but you would have to know that in advance and know where they are located, something most tourists (not that there are very many, for you need a permit) would not know about.

Kitty!

Little kitty painted over the fuel cap of a vehicle at Korat, Thailand, in December 2009

Woodpile

Wood for fuel and cooking in a village near Mae Chan in northern Thailand in December 2009

Gas station

Gas station on Krung Thonburi road in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2009