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Spring in Bright, day two

Bright, Victoria
Queensland Coast 2023
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Day 2 of our latest road trip. We stayed in Bright last night (and tonight) at Motel Sierra. We wandered around town, marveling at the spring foliage, including lilacs and azaleas. The Ovens River is flowing fast, presumably from melted snow and recent heavy rains. We suspect that the river was recently higher, judging by the blocked pedestrian bridge.

We had dinner last night at Hometown Bright. Mushroom pizza and Italian meatballs.

Today we ventured out on some electric bikes, detailed in our next post.

Charging

The guy at motel check in noticed that we had an EV and asked “Would you like to plug in to charge? You can use this power point while the builders aren’t using it”. Very kind. I’ve plugged in this evening (the second night here) which should top us up from 50% to 100% overnight while we sleep, ready to leave with a full tank in the morning ☺️.

There is also a fast charger in town and a Tesla supercharger up the road in Ovens, but charging while we sleep is super easy.

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  1. Liz Burgstahler via Facebook ↗
    Great info
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  2. Dave Coates via Facebook ↗
    Yes, there was a lot of rain earlier this week including 200mm on Mt Hotham (a 24 hr record) that immediately flowed into the Ovens River going through Bright & Ovens, the places you mentioned.
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  3. Harry Karra via Facebook ↗
    Charge while you sleep.... wake up refreshed and 100% rearing to go!
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  4. Melissa Jane via Facebook ↗
    Bright is a beautiful little spot!
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  5. Andrew Ho via Facebook ↗
    A GPO charging at 2kW will get you from 50 to 100% overnight?

    Assuming you're plugged in for a generous 12 hours, that's only 24kWh of charge isn't it?

    Agreed with the sentiment though. Love waking up to a full tank 😎👍
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    1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
      Andrew Ho Yes. Bear in mind that you get 240V x 10A = 2.4kW. There is minor loss in heat and battery conditioning. The car’s UI just shows it rounded off to a whole 2kW.

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    2. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
      Here’s how it started.

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    3. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
      Andrew Ho And here’s how it’s going.

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      1. Andrew Ho via Facebook ↗
        So 16h to go from 50 to 100%... Pretty good! 😎👍
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