$1.04 a litre...must have been 3-4 years since I paid that. The problem for many years in Australia was the tax take, I can remember when petrol got to 80c the tax take was something like 50c. They are saying its only about 35% of the price now, which is still a lot higher than the States, but a lot lower than Europe. I can remember relatives probably 4-5 years ago coming back from trips to France and telling me they paid about $2 (AUD) a litre for fuel there then!
As for the conversion: what's a gallon :-) Aside from the odd reason the US never adopted the metric scale (and you work for a defence company, so you'd work in Metric, right? I know Boeing does because the whole world does now except the US), Weight and Liquid imperial measurements are totally foreign to most Australians. I get inches, and I get feet, because my parents generation grew up with this, and I know there is roughly 2.45cm in an Inch (a lot of rulers you buy have both on it), and of course you often see inch measurements online and with things like paper, but the other stuff....no idea :-)Speed and temperature are pretty hard to get around as well. I know 35 miles is about 60km, and I know 100F is about 38C, but that's the extent of it. I was watching the Government funded ethnic broadcasting channel (SBS) the other night (they show South Park, so they aren't to bad) and I caught their news, they showed temps in C for the US....I was quite impressed to see NY at 24 for example, given its about that here now in mid Autumn :-)
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As for the conversion: what's a gallon :-) Aside from the odd reason the US never adopted the metric scale (and you work for a defence company, so you'd work in Metric, right? I know Boeing does because the whole world does now except the US), Weight and Liquid imperial measurements are totally foreign to most Australians. I get inches, and I get feet, because my parents generation grew up with this, and I know there is roughly 2.45cm in an Inch (a lot of rulers you buy have both on it), and of course you often see inch measurements online and with things like paper, but the other stuff....no idea :-)Speed and temperature are pretty hard to get around as well. I know 35 miles is about 60km, and I know 100F is about 38C, but that's the extent of it. I was watching the Government funded ethnic broadcasting channel (SBS) the other night (they show South Park, so they aren't to bad) and I caught their news, they showed temps in C for the US....I was quite impressed to see NY at 24 for example, given its about that here now in mid Autumn :-)