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Coffee in Yamba, by the lighthouse

Yamba, New South Wales
Queensland Coast 2023
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We continued south, crossing the Clarence River on the Harwood Bridge, near Maclean, then headed east to find coffee in Yamba. Had a bit of a stretch and explore there at Turners Beach, just under the Yamba Lighthouse.

Then back on the road to Woolgoolga for lunch at the Beachouse Cafe. The Tesla navigation plotted what I guess it thought was the shortest route to Woolgoolga Beach, but the turn off from the Pacific Highway turned out to be a long windy dirt road through monotonous terrain, so we aborted immediately and headed back onto the highway. The underlying Google Maps sometimes doesn’t seem great at determining or showing road conditions when plotting a route.

Charging

We left Ballina with about 90% charge from the power point on the deck of our glamping tent. No chargers at our stops at Yamba or Woolgoolga (but there are in nearby locations such as Maclean). We grabbed a nine minute charge at the Tesla Superchargers in Coffs Harbour, then continued on towards Kempsey.

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  1. Mel Legge via Facebook ↗
    I had my Tesla plan a really weird route for us earlier in the year. We were staying at Old Adaminaby, and I wanted to go home via Canberra. The obvious route is to stay on the Snowy Mountains Hwy to Cooma. The nav wanted us to turn off some onto a side road that was probably slightly faster and would have brought us out on the far southern end of the ACT. However, it was also 46km of dirt road.

    To be honest, if I wasn’t in a hurry, I probably would have taken the back way because I like exploring. However, I had my 12 year old son in the car with me, we needed to be home in Port Stephens by that evening, and I figured I was better off sticking to the main roads.
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    1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
      Mel Legge Usually we’re quite happy, though a bit surprised, when the Tesla/Google navigation routes us through some dirt road. But it would be good to have the option to be notified or avoid.

      For example, one of our trips east of Canberra:

      https://www.facebook.com/share/RZMQf3YShcBWjGj2/

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  2. Keith Strib via Facebook ↗
    Some recent discussions on social media sites have suggested that the Google Maps data is delivered differently for Tesla navigation compared to an android phone for instance
    Something to do with a background software engine, or something like that, that is being used for the Google mapping data by Tesla that is not always as efficient and effective as it should be 🤷‍♂️
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