An impassable bridge, a beautiful walk near Kurth Kiln
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Not all routes are equal. We took the slightly longer map option to Kurth Kiln National Park, expecting we could take the shorter route home. But, no, some bridges are impassable.
We randomly picked this spot for a walk, using the AllTrails app. It allows us to filter difficulty, duration, distance away, elevation, and monitor our walk along the way, even with no Internet connection in the bush.
The information boards included the history of charcoal fuel production here, and the hurdles for vehicle drivers to overcome new fuel types, like petrol 😉.
FSD (Full Self Driving) took us along the windy country roads without an issue, until the motorbikes behind our car brought out the biker in me. I switched to human driving, to push the bends more than the overly cautious FSD. FSD was also happy to drive back along the narrow dirt roads in the national park, but I switched to manual to minimise the corrugation jitters
Then, back to our staycation B&B (which is of course, just our home in Emerald). Our hosts (which is us, in this scenario) prepared a lovely ploughman’s plate. We can pretend.
Charging
I almost feel guilty when the car fills up each day, for free, from the solar panels on our roof. We feel compelled to go exploring, just to make use of it.
The solar panels aren’t free, but we have them to power the house anyway, so, not an added expense for the sake of our car.
If we didn’t have solar panels, then we’d probably just charge from the grid during free electricity periods from many retailers, when solar or wind is over abundant.
We get paid for export.
Enjoy!
FSD is more than just lane keeping. It approaches an intersection, slows or stops, indicates, waits for a break in the traffic, turns the wheel, accelerates, etc. It does all the driving.