Nothing I love more than a Tesla roadtrip in my 2021 Tesla Model 3 LR, and this is a 5000km round trip (2000km each way + excursions) from Sydney to Bowen in the north of the Whitsundays. He's a quick diary....
Day 1:
Pouring rain as we left Sydney. On board for this trip was my lovely wife and our dog, Jawa. The boot was packed with luggage as we were away for about a month, and a full sized spare wheel, plus two electric scooters which we aren't legally allowed to use in NSW (boooo), but QLD will be like a scootering paradise.
Full charge overnight to 100%, gets us to Port Macquarie with about 20%, but the rain had us worried. But even though the estimator lost about 5-7% on route due to the weather, we were still comfortably on track. However, I thought the tesla router would take us to Cassigrain winery superchargers where there was no lunch food for us, because the restaurant was closed on Mondays, so we diverted early to the Taree South Service centre for Subway lunch and to charge on the two Evie chargers there.
This turned into a debacle for two reasons. One, my credit card I use for the Evie chargers had been expired, so until I updated it in the Evie app, I couldnt charge, and at the exact same time, my ALDI mobile data plan had expired. Apparently you have to "renew" every year. So I had no data to update the Evie app. We decided to grab the subway and head on to the Tesla chargers.
The day took an unexpected turn for the better when the Tesla routed us to the new Thrumster chargers. Nearer the highway. More chargers, a paddock for the dog to do its ablutions, and next to a nice new shopping centre. We didnt need subway after all!. One of the best chargers around. 5 stars!
We then pushed on to Maclean where we had booked a tiny house to stay in on a farm. Booking accommodation with a dog is not always straight forward, but this was pretty cool. Still bucketting down, and we got in with 13% battery to spare. So this was a full day's driving with only 1 stop for charging! We had dinner at the Harwood Pub next to the Harwood superchargers, and topped up to 90% while we ate. The Harwood pub is..... rural.
Day 1:
Pouring rain as we left Sydney. On board for this trip was my lovely wife and our dog, Jawa. The boot was packed with luggage as we were away for about a month, and a full sized spare wheel, plus two electric scooters which we aren't legally allowed to use in NSW (boooo), but QLD will be like a scootering paradise.
Full charge overnight to 100%, gets us to Port Macquarie with about 20%, but the rain had us worried. But even though the estimator lost about 5-7% on route due to the weather, we were still comfortably on track. However, I thought the tesla router would take us to Cassigrain winery superchargers where there was no lunch food for us, because the restaurant was closed on Mondays, so we diverted early to the Taree South Service centre for Subway lunch and to charge on the two Evie chargers there.
This turned into a debacle for two reasons. One, my credit card I use for the Evie chargers had been expired, so until I updated it in the Evie app, I couldnt charge, and at the exact same time, my ALDI mobile data plan had expired. Apparently you have to "renew" every year. So I had no data to update the Evie app. We decided to grab the subway and head on to the Tesla chargers.
The day took an unexpected turn for the better when the Tesla routed us to the new Thrumster chargers. Nearer the highway. More chargers, a paddock for the dog to do its ablutions, and next to a nice new shopping centre. We didnt need subway after all!. One of the best chargers around. 5 stars!
We then pushed on to Maclean where we had booked a tiny house to stay in on a farm. Booking accommodation with a dog is not always straight forward, but this was pretty cool. Still bucketting down, and we got in with 13% battery to spare. So this was a full day's driving with only 1 stop for charging! We had dinner at the Harwood Pub next to the Harwood superchargers, and topped up to 90% while we ate. The Harwood pub is..... rural.