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Australian Model 3 Waiting Room
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Long-time reader, first time commenting! I've ordered a M3 LR with a build date of 14/07 and an EDD of Aug 22-31 on the Gold Coast. I'm wondering, are cars delivered to Brisbane/GC from Port Kembla still, or are they delivered directly to the port of Brisbane? I think my car would've been on Viking Passama... not sure though. Still haven't received any word on an exact delivery date and not sure when to expect one!
For the latest couple of boats, QLD, NSW and ACT cars are taken off at Port Kembla (no change) but all other states are being offloaded at Melbourne.
I think Vikking Passama will leave melbourne in the 13th-Aug Port of Melbourne (Australia) - Arrivals, Departures, Expected vessels - VesselFinder
(Ihope)
I'm looking at this page: Victorian Ports Corporation - Melbourne - I think it is more reliable than the carrier's schedule since the port decides who gets in/out and when.
Viking Passama doesn't yet show on the departures tab.
The past seven months would be the time in my life where I gathered most amount of knowledge in such a short period of time, in a variety of diverse topics, vessel tracking being one of them 
. I thought I only ordered a car.
. I thought I only ordered a car.Hahah same here , I never knew there is so much information available !The past seven months would be the time in my life where I gathered most amount of knowledge in such a short period of time, in a variety of diverse topics, vessel tracking being one of them
Vic buyer and I just got my invoice this morning. It shows the exact build date (rather than just the month/year).
Getting excited now !!!!
Same frustration with ships carry Tesla destined for QLD buyers docking in Brisbane,, yet carrying our cars to Sydney before road freighting back to QLD.
I'm sure there a reason, but still seems a bit *&^%ed to me
Same!
The last 2 ships I've watched have had to anchor off the Sunshine Coast for 3-4 days before heading into port to unload a few cars (in both cases the draught only decreased by a very minor fraction) and then head down to Sydney.
Someone is unloading vehicles in Brisbane direct from China, so we can obviously handle the customs / import stuff locally. Surely Tesla would save money by doing the same thing locally. It would also surely decrease shipping costs (since they don't have to carry the additional weight down to Sydney and then truck it all back to Brisbane) and speed up delivery times.
Perhaps as the sales numbers increase, we'll see them do the same thing they're now apparently doing in Port of Melbourne (i.e. offloading cars closer to the delivery destinations)
Ormaus
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Interesting BreeL: same build date for my LR but EDD 24/8-2/9 for Canberra. They "should" both be on the same boat? probs V Passama, and yet surely delivery from Port Kembla to Cbr would be faster than to Brisbane. As some wise heads here have noted, the EDD are pretty random.
Please stop posting misinformation.Obviously VINS to come at 12:30
In-jokes don't work in a forum space that flows this fast. This "joke" is read by newer members who don't know it's a joke and think it's legitimate. And it gets repeated off forum.
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