A 20-minute detour through Brayton dirt

The navigation showed red traffic ahead on the highway towards Goulburn. We saved ten minutes of slow traffic, by taking an off ramp. Pretty proud of myself until the detour turned into a long dirt road through Brayton, which probably added twenty minutes to the trip. The photo shows an easy part of the road, but a few sections were pretty rugged. Glad to have the higher clearance of the Model Y (compared to our previous Model 3), but the 20 inch low profile tyres on this “Launch” model aren’t ideal for off road.

I wish the navigation showed which roads are unsealed, and the length before reaching tar.

This was our first major christening of the new car on dirt roads. Great scenery.

The flat bum of the Model Y Juniper accumulates the dust. But the rain and a quick hosing at our motel sorted it out.

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Evert Numan via Facebook ↗ 22 May 2025

Don't forget to service it. Nothing worse than running out of that water needed to wash the windscreen, eh?

Isaac Jones-McGrath via Facebook ↗ 22 May 2025

That gravel road looks better than the Bruce hwy here in central Qld LOL

Anura Samara via Facebook ↗ 22 May 2025

I’ve e had that happens as well. It’s frustrating that you can’t tell the Tesla to avoid dirt roads.

Peter Hofland via Facebook ↗ 22 May 2025

I get a bit tired of travelling the same roads & highways so when time allows I occasionally follow the old Hume sections. Most parts are single lane with the occasional 3 lanes for overtaking. To imagine that all the traffic once travelled these old sections, often bypassed for good reason.

Alan Gilbey via Facebook ↗ 23 May 2025

I checked Waze and it covers this in Settings/Navigation/Unpaved roads.
Three options, allow, don't allow, avoid long ones.

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