In the remote community of Papulankutja in Western Australia, diesel is $4.28 a litre, roughly double the price in capital cities.
One of the few sources of income in the community is its not-for-profit arts centre, but selling artworks at Aboriginal art fairs requires huge amounts of travel.
Making it to the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair in August, for example, is a journey of some 2500km, at a time when filling up the four-wheel-drive costs about $350.
"With fuel going up, prices are definitely more expensive and general travel costs have increased," arts centre worker Simone from Papulankutja Artists told AAP.
Papulankutja, also known as Blackstone, is 900km west of Alice Springs - it's a five hour drive to get to a bitumen road at Yulara, another five to Alice Springs and 15 more to Darwin.
