No Thai, but still a free charge
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From Gloucester, we headed south towards the coast, and our destination for the next few nights, a villa in Erina.
We stopped in Raymond Terrace just long enough to use the amenities and reply to some messages.
Then Erina Fair, for some takeaway rice paper rolls and a few items at Coles. Our old favourite Thai Thyme Express was sadly gone. We lived on the Central Coast until three years ago, when we sold up and set off road tripping, so Erina Fair is familiar territory.
Charging
No special planning. We just plugged in when we stopped at Raymond Terrace, under a canopy of solar panels that shades the cars and helps charge them. Long before we were ready (13 minutes), it said we had enough charge to continue the trip.
At Erina Fair, we happened to spot an available free Tesla destination charger, so we parked there while getting dinner.
The villa has its own 7 kW charger. We plugged in when we arrived, then stopped the charging. It was already dark, so any charge that night would have come from the grid. The next day, we restarted the charging, when the solar panels on the roof could do much of the work.
For those who are interested, the chart at the end has all the geeky energy stats, pulled out of the app logs afterwards.
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