Perth to Brisbane

[MDK]

I'm actually really looking forward to driving the Great Ocean Road, so I'm driving via Penola to Portland, and the next day via RACV Torquay to Richmond.

And apparently RACV Torquay has 3phase sockets in addition to the HPWC, so my planned 3 hour stop for lunch might be reduced to 1 hour.

 

[mhh]

I'm actually really looking forward to driving the Great Ocean Road, so I'm driving via Penola to Portland, and the next day via RACV Torquay to Richmond.

And apparently RACV Torquay has 3phase sockets in addition to the HPWC, so my planned 3 hour stop for lunch might be reduced to 1 hour.

Great idea!

 

[cashie]

Wow, this is going to be epic to keep track of. Looking forward to seeing your updates, don't forget the pictures.

 

[omniwolf]

this is amazing
we should organise escorts...

 

[Blue heaven]

this is amazing
we should organise escorts...

Will Craig Thompson be paying for those?

 

[TesAus]

Will Craig Thompson be paying for those?

Just bung it on his organisations credit card, no worries everyone except him does it?

 

[brewster]

I'm actually really looking forward to driving the Great Ocean Road, so I'm driving via Penola to Portland, and the next day via RACV Torquay to Richmond.

And apparently RACV Torquay has 3phase sockets in addition to the HPWC, so my planned 3 hour stop for lunch might be reduced to 1 hour.

If you are wanting a charge in Portland (PlugShare), you are most welcome to use my HPWC. If you are staying overnight at the Richmond Henty Hotel/Motel for charging, maybe we could catch up.

 

[MDK]

If you are staying overnight at the Richmond Henty Hotel/Motel for charging, maybe we could catch up.

Yes I'm staying overnight at the Henty on Sunday night; would love to catch up for sure.

 

[Dylanpete]

Wishing you a very safe trip! See you in 3 weeks at the end point of your epic trip!

 

[mhh]

Adelaide owners - we should convoy with MDK out of Adelaide and buy him a coffee in Hahndorf or something...

 

[NovoCasGreeny]

The journey begins!! Good luck MDK, I'll see you in Newy in a few weeks!!

 

[paulp]

Adelaide owners - we should convoy with MDK out of Adelaide and buy him a coffee in Hahndorf or something...

Great idea but its mothers day.....and I value my life! (Not mother, more the wife)

 

[mhh]

Great idea but its mothers day.....and I value my life! (Not mother, more the wife)

Ah yes. That does make it trickier...

 

[alpal]

Good luck! Report back often. I love Tesla road trips!

 

[eclectricdave]

You can see where they have charged & for how long and travelling speed. I would have thought 110ks a bit greedy on power consumption.

 

[eclectricdave]

They didnt indicate where they charged at Boulder which I suspect was the DMR facility and probably not for public facility.

 

[NovoCasGreeny]

You can see where they have charged & for how long and travelling speed. I would have thought 110ks a bit greedy on power consumption.

Maybe they're tavelling fast with one long stop during the day and then an overnight recharge rather than hypermiling it?

 

[NovoCasGreeny]

They probably charged at the caravan park electricdave

 

[Blue heaven]

Maybe they're tavelling fast with one long stop during the day and then an overnight recharge rather than hypermiling it?

Looking at the pushpin data it appears the car was charged twice yesterday, first at Merridin ( now on Plugshare) and then late afternoon in Kal, both using 32/3 phase, seems to be a fair bit of 110kmh cruising, can also see a point this morning where a slower moving vehicle was passed on the way to Norseman.

 

[baillies]

They didnt indicate where they charged at Boulder which I suspect was the DMR facility and probably not for public facility.

They charged at the netball courts at the goldfields oasis, photo on Twitter and visibletesla tracker shows from 5pm to 8:30pm

Thank you MDK for sharing, Bon voyage. Looks like the mobile coverage has been very good so far, maybe Telstra should have sponsored you...I guess it should get a lot more patchy tomorrow and Thursday though.