Elec Tripping

Formerly: Tesla Tripping

Come along on our EV road trips around Australia and Europe, and follow as we progressively electrify our home in Emerald, Victoria.

Join us on the road. We set off in late 2022 and drove eastern Australia in our Tesla Model 3 — Sydney, Dubbo, Armidale, Brisbane, Cape Tribulation, then down through Queensland and back. We've since upgraded to a Model Y.

We've kept exploring — Uluru, the Snowy Mountains and Gippsland, and a longer run through Europe in 2024. There's plenty more on the map, so come along for the next leg.

At home in Emerald, in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges, we're progressively electrifying everything: rooftop solar, a home battery, a hot water heat pump, air conditioned heating and cooling, and EV charging straight from the sun. We're going fully electric, off the gas.

Got questions, or insights of your own? We'd love to hear them — please drop a comment on any post.

Maps: Australia Europe
Dec 2022 Mar 2026
Trips 561 Europe 110 Snowy Mountains 27 Cape Tribulation 10 Charging 439 Home 186 Food 51 Software Update 51 Expos 44 Camping 28 Service 13 Test Drives 12
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    First service call for our Tesla Model Y. Replacing our loaner wheel with a new wheel.

    As you can see in our posts from a few weeks ago, we hit a pothole, damaging our left rear wheel. At the time, we only knew that we had a slow leak. We logged the problem in the Tesla app. They arranged for roadside assistance to come to us, in about an hour, to install a loaner wheel, and take ours away to diagnose. Today, Tesla replaced the loan wheel with a new wheel, costing a whopping $1319. I asked them to clean the damaged wheel and put it in the back of the car. In the photos, you can see the buckle and crack. I am wondering if it is fixable. When I booked this service in the app, I also asked them to fix the water in the light bar, and some issues with the steering wheel buttons. They replaced both. I’ll discuss the steering wheel buttons in a separate post. All covered under warranty. I had a bit of trouble figuring out where to leave the car. Several after me also mistakenly parked in front of the waiting lounge, next to a sign that probably shouldn’t be there. One of the…

    7 Jan 2026 Oakleigh South, Victoria
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    Harkening back to my motorcycle days, enjoying the endless curves along the Bonang Road…

    …from Tubbut to Orbost, Victoria, leaving the Snowy Mountains. The Tesla handled the drive beautifully. FSD off, for some driving fun. I had to watch out for quite a few sharp dips, barely marked with crayon width paint on the road. This road has stopping spaces specifically for motorcycles (pictured). Yesterday, I grabbed some groceries in Bombala and noticed the "Welcomes Motorcyclists" sign. Before we bought our first EV in 2022, we did a lot of motorcycle road trips. As you can see from the photos from a decade ago, we haven't aged at all! 😉. I'd love to see some "Welcomes EVs" signs in regional places. My stay last night in Tubbut was thanks, in part, to the simple EV changer provided by Gippsland Climate Change Network. They are on to something! Charging: I'm planning to stop for a break and grab lunch in Orbost. I'll charge at the fast charger while the car is parked anyway.

    31 Dec 2025 Nurran
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    Heading south, out of the Snowy Mountains, from my overnight camp near Tubbut, towards…

    …Orbost. Beautiful mist topped mountains, after last night’s rain. After about 20km of dirt road, I spotted tar, and another sign warning that there’s no petrol around here. Charging: I charged earlier this morning in Tubbut, while having breakfast and a shower. Great facilities for such a remote location. It’s only a slow charger, which topped me up 40% battery. I generally only charge while parked anyway, rather than waiting around. The navigation says I’ll get to Orbost with 11% charge, which is fine. There’s a fast charger there for me to use while I have lunch. Disappointingly, the Tesla’s Trip Planner doesn’t recognise the Chargefox charger in Orbost as a charging destination, so doesn’t realise that will give me enough to get home. It tried to reroute me the long way around, south east through Cann River, where there is a Tesla Supercharger. I have played this game before, so I just turned off “Trip Planner” to force it to take me directly through Orbost.

    31 Dec 2025 Bonang Highway
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    Car camping in my Tesla, beside a creek, off the beaten track in the Snowy Mountains.

    It took me a while to find the site. Earlier, in my search, I pulled off onto two tracks that ended up in someone’s property. At least it gave some local kids an excuse to run outside to see what the UFO sound was I did a three point just outside their gate. I waved and grinned. A cup of tea and a snack from my Teraglide drawer, sitting in my camp chair, watching the bush life. Until the bush life started eating me (just a few bugs), signaling time for bed. I again wished I had remembered to pack a collapsible stool, to help climb into the back of the car. Followed by the commando crawl to get on top of the Snuuzu mattress and Teraglide platform. This is the highest sleeping option, which gives lots of storage space and a very comfortable bed. The only down side is requiring more effort getting in and out. Once I’m in, it’s great with plenty of room to move. Please forgive the “Tesla Tripping – after dark” photos. Hopefully it helps give a real world idea of the space inside. Sleeping…

    30 Dec 2025 Tubbut
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    Wow, possibly the best amenities for a road trip, at this spot in the middle of nowhere…

    …(in the Snowy Mountains). Seats and tables, beautiful location, playground, water, toilets, WiFi. Even has a shower and laundry tubs. Oh, and a pizza oven. Hard to beat! Gotta love the various signs on the amenities (see photos). Thanks to Gippsland Climate Change Network and Chargefox for the destination EV charger here. It’s probably the only public fuel source (of and kind) for over 100km. There are no shops or food outlets here. Fortunately, I grabbed some supplies when passing through Bombala and Cooma, over the past few days. Instant kitchen: pop the Tesla tailgate, pull out the Teraglide drawer and table, flip up the lid to reveal the fridge in the sub trunk. After a couple of hours to eat and chill, off to find a campsite for the night, nearby along the river. I’ll come back in the morning to use the shower. Charging: The EV charger here is just AC single phase, 7kW. That’s much skewer thana fast charger, but enough to give me 14kWh (about 23%) in the two hours I was parked…

    30 Dec 2025 Tubbut Hall
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    Creekside stop in Delegate.

    Pop the tailgate, pull out the kitchen drawer and dining table, grab some sustenance from the fridge. Chilling in the shade, on my collapsible camp chair. Nice. Right next to a camp site, complete with amenities. I need to find a campsite for tonight, but I’ll go further south west. Charging: No EV chargers around here. But plenty of power points, if I was desperate and staying a few hours. No petrol nearby either, according to the sign (pictured). Links:

    30 Dec 2025 Delegate, New South Wales
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    Heading further across the high plains in the Snowy Mountains.

    Not a lot of trees around, but a few wind turbines and windmills, not bothering the livestock or mobs of kangaroos.

    30 Dec 2025 Boco Rock Wind Farm
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    No petrol, no worries.

    The small town of Dalgety has no working petrol station. The last working bowser I passed yesterday was about 50km away in Cooma, along with the nearest fast EV charger. But Dalgety does have hundreds of power points, including the powered camp sites at Snowy River Holiday Park. I could have used any one of them to fill up my car. It’s a beautiful spot. I car camped there last night. This morning, I pushed the Teraglide kitchen drawer back in, pressed the Deflate button on my Snuuzu mattress, flipped back the top (pictured), and moved the drivers seat back into my preferred position by hitting the Restore button in the Tesla. Super quick transformation, ready to drive on to the next camp site today. Snuuzu mattress: https://www.snuuzu.com/?bg_ref=4fKkJb495B&country=AU Discount code: TRIPPING

    30 Dec 2025 Snowy River Holiday Park
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    Good morning! Time for breakfast, after a great night’s sleep in the Tesla.

    “Siri, open Tesla boot”. The tailgate opens to reveal a beautiful day, beyond my bare feet. Breakfast mode: 1. Pull out the Teraglide drawer and table. 2. Flip open the Teraglide rear lid. It’s assisted by gas struts, so it’s easy to lift and stays up, even with bedding on top of it. 3. Open the fridge in the subtrunk to get brekky supplies. This morning, that’s eggs, butter and milk. 4. Use the kitchen drawer bits to crack and whisk the eggs, add milk, soak some bread, ready to make French toast. 5. Stroll over to the camp kitchen. Fry the toast and boil some water for my thermos. Return to the Tesla. Enjoy my French toast, with a cuppa tea, overlooking the Snowy River. Nice. Links: Snuuzu: https://www.snuuzu.com/?bg_ref=4fKkJb495B&country=AU Discount code: TRIPPING

    30 Dec 2025 Snowy River Holiday Park
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    Photo op in Bredbo, before stopping in Cooma to figure out where to camp tonight.

    On the way, I used the Tesla’s navigation to search for “campground” and similar. One option was The NRMA park in Jindabyne. I tapped the phone icon, to make a call. Handy to do it all from the car’s controls. Unfortunately, all their powered and unpowered sites were booked for tonight. This looked like a job for WikiCamps. Since Tesla doesn’t support Apple CarPlay, I needed to pull over to use my phone. Whenever parking, I aim to charge, so I don’t lose any time. So, I pulled into the new-ish Tesla Superchargers in Cooma. This is the second site in Cooma, with more chargers and faster speed. But the only service nearby seemed to be KFC (again 🤔). No matter, I just wanted time to access my phone. Snowy River Holiday Park looks great. I rang them, gave them my ETA, entered it into the navigation, added Cooma Coles as the first destination, so I could grab some supplies. Cooma Coles also has Tesla Superchargers, but fewer and a bit slower. It does have Coles and more amenities, so I…

    29 Dec 2025 Cooma, New South Wales
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    Dinner next to the Snowy River.

    I grabbed soup and butter from the fridge in the sub trunk. Heated the soup and toasted bread at the camp kitchen. Enjoyed the simple meal as the sun set, listening to the river. Happy place. My 35L Kings fridge is in the sub trunk. It’s powered by the car’s 16V supply, with an outlet available in the boot and driver’s console. The 16V in turn is powered by the car’s massive 60kWh battery. No need to run an engine, with noise and fumes, to keep it going. Charging: I charged up the car battery earlier today, while parked in Cooma. The hosts here at Snowy River Holiday Park confirmed that in a powered site, I could have plugged in the EV to charge. I instead elected an unpowered site, since it was a nicer spot, closer to the river.

    29 Dec 2025 Snowy River Holiday Park
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    Setting up the Teraglide platform and Snuuzu mattress in the Tesla Model Y.

    Steps: 1. Folded back seats down, using the buttons in the Tesla. 2. Slid the interleaved top of the Teraglide platform onto the folded down rear seats. 3. Moved the front seats forward. 4. Unfolded the top hinged bit of the Teraglide. 5. Clipped on the side supports of the Terglide, near the doors. 6. Placed the Snuuzu mattress bag on the Teraglide platform. 7. Unzipped the bag, unrolled the Snuuzu mattress. Unclipped the mattress and opened it up flat. 8. Pressed the `Inflate` button on the mattress. Waited a minute for it to finish, then turned it off. 9. Added bed linen, blanket and pillow. Gotchas: 1. Teraglide (the business) had warned me, after seeing earlier photos of my installation a few months ago, that I had neglected to strap down the front of the Teraglide. With this in mind, I brought along the supplied straps, but I hadn’t yet installed them. When I fully extended the kitchen drawer without anything weighing down on top of the platform, the drawer started to tip over,…

    29 Dec 2025 Snowy River Holiday Park
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    Just me, the Tesla, and some brown snakes, along Lake George, near Canberra, on the way…

    …to The Snowy Mountains.

    29 Dec 2025 Lake George, Peter Badcoe VC Rest Area
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    A quick shop at Erina Fair, on the NSW Central Coast, before heading south to The Snowy…

    …Mountains, where I will car camp tonight. Charging: Since I’m parking for a few minutes anyway, I connected to one of the newish Evie DC chargers in the Erina Fair carpark. Previously, the only public charging option around here was the Tesla destination chargers in the next car park. Those are free, slower (11kW) than fast chargers, in an awkward parking spot, most often busy, sometimes ICEd. Using the Evie chargers is a breeze – just park and plug in. Since I’ve already setup “AutoCharge”, the system recognises my car without needing to use an app or credit card. The max charge rate seems to be 75kW if I’m the only one at the “bowser”, but reduces to 50kW if another is also in use. Perhaps as low as 25kW if all four are in use? Even when mine was nearly finished and only drawing 6kW, the next charger was limited to 50kW until I stopped.

    29 Dec 2025
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    While driving in our town of Emerald to get some Emerald Thai for dinner, I did a double…

    …take when I saw a Savic Motorcycles sign, randomly on the footpath. It turns out that they were running test rides today “winding through the beautiful Dandenong Ranges”. What a great idea! Test drives at dealerships and even EV shows tend to be within urban sprawls, which doesn’t offer much of a driving or riding experience. We’ve seen Savic at a few EV shows, including the recent Everything Electric in Melbourne (pictured). I wish I had known it was on, and that we weren’t recovering from a cold right now. Hopefully next time. Savic is an Australian company building electric motorcycles.

    5 Dec 2025 Elevation at Emerald Restaurant & Bar
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    Final day at Everything Electric Melbourne, starting and ending with Jack Scarlett.

    Test drives, a panel talk about road tripping, EV conversions, and a flux capacitor, some of the highlights.

    16 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    Some random shots from Everything Electric Melbourne today.

    After a few years in Sydney, this is their first showing in Melbourne. It’s noticeably smaller, but understandable for the first appearance. Interesting panel talks. Informative staff at product booths. Huge variety of test drives available, including self driving Tesla cars. A few food truck offerings. They need more undercover seating (from sun or rain). We recommend the falafel wraps.

    15 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    About $25k for a new BYD Atto 1.

    Wow. EVs are now approaching the price of comparative ICE vehicles. Unfortunately, BYD couldn’t get their Atto 1 prepped in time for the show, but they did have the Atto 2 on the floor (pictured). At Everything Electric Melbourne.

    15 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    Checking out the Farizon electric van, decked out as a camper.

    Also the popular BYD Shark electric ute (plus hybrid range extender), and some towing options. At Everything Electric Melbourne.

    15 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    Nice interior of the Geely EV, at Everything Electric Melbourne.

    So many EV options available now.

    15 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    Dancing, flipping, rolling cat robot at Everything Electric Melbourne was a crowd pleaser.

    No litter box!

    15 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    Nice to see some services (like Goodbye Gas) available to help homes get off has…

    …upgrading to electric. Better for health, monthly bills, and clean air. At Everything Electric, Melbourne.

    15 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    Some of the many scooters, motorbikes and e-bikes at Everything Electric Melbourne.

    15 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    A couple of electric police cars at Everything Electric Melbourne.

    A Tesla Model X and Kia EV6, I think.

    15 Nov 2025
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    Big wheels keep on turnin’, electrically!

    Trying out a big rig at Everything Electric show Melbourne

    15 Nov 2025 Melbourne Showgrounds
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    Back in January, we took the plunge and ordered a new Tesla Model Y “Juniper” launch…

    …edition. “Ultra Red”, white interior, 20” wheels (which was the only option for the launch edition). We chose the same battery and drive as our Model 3: RWD (rear wheel drive), LFP battery (no nickel or cobalt), 0 to 100km/h in 5.9s. The main reason for the upgrade is for the greater ease of getting in and out of the car, which has been increasingly painful on Fran’s arthritic hips. As those of you who follow our Tesla Tripping blog will know, we have looked at and test driven quite a lot of other options. The best contender was the XPeng G6. In the end we stuck with the Tesla Model Y because of the huge storage space, driving performance and the tech. The Tesla app has guided us through the whole process up to now, with registration, trade-in, insurance. Today is delivery day. The final `Start` button is still disabled in the app. I’m guessing it will enable at exactly 3pm, when we’re at Tesla Mulgrave. We are trading in our Tesla Model 3, after driving 91,000 km in 2.7 years (plus…

    14 May 2025
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    Feb 1: Test drive of a Kia EV6.

    Forgive the dust in the photos. Highlights, comparing to Tesla Model Y: - Good acceleration. Handles okay. - More physical buttons (good or bad, depending on preference). - Manual, not auto, adjusting steering column. - Much less storage. - Smaller main screen. Blind spot camera is on an additional smaller screen, behind the steering wheel … in a blind spot! At least, I couldn’t get a good view of it, which defeats the purpose. - HUD (heads up display) was a new discovery for me. It’s terrific to see your speed within the field of view of the windscreen. - 240V V2L outlet in the car, which is great. Apple Car Play. Missing in a Tesla.

    27 Apr 2025 Berwick Kia
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    Our first (and only) test drive of the new Tesla Model Y “Juniper”, at Tesla Mulgrave.

    We only had 25 minutes in the car, which isn’t much to fully test it. Not enough time to drive to some winding country roads, but we did manage to find a tightly curved on-ramp to a highway. Driving at speed around it, we definitely noticed more body roll compared to our sportier Model 3. This did freak out my passengers. They also found the acceleration more noticeable in the back seat, which seems to tilt down. Tim described the acceleration as prolapsing his sphincter. The Model Y absorbs bumps much better, finding a good median between sport and comfort. This new model has the same acceleration as our Model 3, 0 to 100km/h in 6s., one second faster than the previous Model Y. This is the RWD (rear wheel drive) model, standard range, not the AWD long range. We prefer the RWD because it has an LFP battery, which has no nickel or cobalt, and a longer life span. It’s also cheaper. But slower acceleration and less range. We booked the test drive online, following the instructions to…

    23 Apr 2025 Mulgrave, Victoria
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    Rest stop at Lake Nillahcootie, near Bonnie Doon.

    On our way back home from the Off-Grid Living Festival and Corowa, crossing back over the border into Victoria. To our pleasant surprise, coffee and toasties were on offer from the Kalari Kafe van in the car park by the lake. Unfortunately, the generators powering the van filled the area with noise and some fumes. Hopefully V2L EVs will soon become so common place and accessible that more food vans will be able to use them. Charging: Two days ago, we drove our EV, fully charged from solar, from home in Emerald, Victoria to a B&B in Corowa, NSW. While parked at our accommodation, we charged up from a standard power point, before driving home today. About 700km in total, with no visits to charging stations required.

    13 Apr 2025 Lake Nillahcootie
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    Strolling around the Off-Grid Living Festival today, in Chiltern, Victoria.

    Such a wide range of exhibitors. Excellent food options, but very little shade. Lots of dust, which destroyed the car wash we did a couple of days ago. Very thankful for a smoothie from the Barefoot Blender. Most of the site seems to be powered from solar, or from V2L EVs. Great to see. Less smelly and noisy generators. Even the security motorbikes are electric. Nice!

    12 Apr 2025 Off-Grid Living Festival
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    Any power point is a charging station.

    We drove from eastern Melbourne, Victoria, north to just over the border in Corowa, NSW. We can walk down the road and see Victoria on the other side of the Murray River. We were in Queensland earlier this week 🤪. We’re staying at an Airbnb house for a couple of days, while we attend the Off-Grid Living Festival in Chiltern, tomorrow. Charging: We charged up the car at home from solar, for free. We drove all the way without charging, arriving with 11% charge remaining. We plugged into a power point at our accommodation (yes, we checked first with our host), which brought the tank up to 76%, more than enough for our day trip to the festival the next morning. We could have charged at several fast chargers along our route, but since we didn’t need to stop for any other reason, we just drove on and charged at our destination. So many options.

    12 Apr 2025 Corowa, New South Wales
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    Road tripping through Europe gave us a glimpse into the future of EVs and road trips in…

    …Australia. Border Regional Electrification Events invited us to talk about it in the Electrification Tent at the Off-Grid Living Festival, in Chiltern, Victoria (30 minutes from the NSW border). The audience asked some excellent questions. Thanks to all those who attended. Some of the slides from our talk, included here.

    12 Apr 2025 Off-Grid Living Festival
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    We took another test drive of an XPENG G6, this time from a new dealership in Berwick…

    …Victoria, which is closer to us. Nice interior, comfy seats, great tech. The handling wasn’t bad on some windy roads, but not as sporty as the Tesla Model Y. Disappointing storage. The auto driving hesitated quite a bit around bends. The lack of full stop on one pedal driving is annoying, but they will reportedly solve that in a few weeks via an OTA (over the air) software update. The G6 includes auto parking and lane change, which costs extra in a Tesla. It has vehicle to load, but it requires some adapter plug into the external charge port, which wasn’t available. We had a chance to play with Apple CarPlay, which is great to have. But the XPeng doesn't seem to support pinch and zoom in Apple Maps, which makes it very limited. Acceleration was terrible (doesn’t move for a second), until I turned in “launch mode”. I couldn’t figure out how to enable launch mode and regenerative braking (x-pedal) at the same time, which was annoying. Later that day, we happened to watch a YouTube…

    25 Mar 2025 Berwick GWM
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    We spotted a few utes and trucks at the Everything Electric Show (Fully Charged Show), in…

    …Sydney. Some conversions, some plug in hybrid (PHEV), and one large battery swap unit for a semi, in just 3 minutes. We sat in the huge frunk of the F150 Lightning, made possible because no engine is needed. Some electric utes have been popular for mining operations, so as not to poison the air in the shafts, and to avoid the need to truck in fuel to remote sites. On the way out, we spotted a BYD Shark (PHEV) parked at a fast charger on the street. Frustratingly, they hadn’t plugged in. There were a couple of parking cops who were hopefully about to post an infringement notice. Chargers are for charging, not just parking 🤦‍♂️.

    10 Mar 2025 The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park
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    Checking out electric vans at Everything Electric (from Fully Charged Show), in Sydney.

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    At The Everything Electric Show in Sydney (by the Fully Charged Show), checking out the…

    …Tesla Cybertruck. Impressive, but ridiculously big, like most oversized utes.

    9 Mar 2025 Sydney Olympic Park Exhibition Centre
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    The Everything Electric Show (Fully Charged Show) wrapped up in Sydney for another year…

    …but will be back, for the first time, in Melbourne in November. In the car park, we walked past four guys standing around the open bonnet of a V8 ute, saying “we should have gone electric”. Very fitting end. Amber showed off her Tesla Tripping tote bag, as we said goodbye. 3000km done and 1000km to go. Car fully packed again, with the addition of four old computers we had left behind when we moved from the Central Coast, two years ago. One of the sharp iMacs showed its abandonment issues by cutting my bare foot. Next stop, for dinner, in Campbelltown. We shared a roast and dessert. Then on to Mittagong for tonight’s accommodation, booked at the last minute, as usual. Charging: Fully charged at the Superchargers in Campbelltown while we ate dinner. Well, by the time our order came, so I had to move the car. We didn't need to charge yet, but it's quick and easy to top up whenever we are parked anyway.

    9 Mar 2025 Campbelltown Catholic Club
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    A few of the electric converted vehicles at The Everything Electric (Fully Charged Show)…

    …in Sydney.

    9 Mar 2025 The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park
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    Just a few of the electric motorbikes at The Everything Electric Show (Fully Charged…

    …Show) in Sydney. Including locally built Savic Motorcycles.

    9 Mar 2025 The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park
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    Portable power. A few V2L (vehicle to load) examples at The Everything Electric Show…

    …(Fully Charged Show). Including an EV DJ, coffee machine, large TV, and power tools. Most EVs now include V2L, so you can plug just about any household appliance into your car, and power it without running an engine, so no heat, exhaust and noise. Tesla, however, does not currently offer this feature, except on the Cybertruck. Very disappointing.

    9 Mar 2025 The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park
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    Great to see some innovative new EV designs at Everything Electric (Fully Charged Show)…

    …in Sydney. This Deepal E07 has a hatch that’s kind of like a small ute tray. Full cabin plus a tray/boot. Opens electronically. You can even extend the tray length by folding down the rear seats (unlike the Cybertruck). Australian pricing and release expected at the next exhibition, I think in April.

    9 Mar 2025 Sydney Olympic Park Exhibition Centre
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    Checking out the new 2025 Tesla Model Y “Juniper”. Eas

    ier for passengers to get in and out, compared to our lower Model 3. Love the ventilated seats. So much room in this thing, more than any other competitor vehicle, it seems. And the most efficient. I’ve added photos of Phil lying down in the back of another Tesla Model Y (not Juniper), on a Tesla mattress, to show how much space there is with the seats down Still no vehicle to load (V2L) or Apple Car Play, like most competitors have. At Everything Electric (Fully Charged Show), in Sydney.

    9 Mar 2025 The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park
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    The Xpeng G6 is a strong competition against the Tesla Model Y.

    We viewed both at The Everything Electric Show (Fully Charged Show) in Sydney. A few weeks earlier, we took a G6 for a test drive at the XPENG Port Melbourne showroom (also pictured). The Xpeng G6 and Tesla Model Y both have great tech, great efficiency, ventilated and heated front seats. The G6 doesn’t have frunk storage, has small subtrunk storage, smaller boot, no glovebox, but has a bit more rear passenger room and probably more comfy seats. It has Apple Maps and Vehicle to Load (V2L). It is $10k cheaper, but requires paid regular servicing and and has longer warranty. It includes auto lane change (extra purchase on the Tesla). The Tesla has faster acceleration, sportier handling, one pedal driving comes to a full stop without the brake, and has more fast charging options. It has a screen for rear passengers and powered rear seat folding. It has much more storage overall, including huge sub trunk, boot and frunk. It has a better sound system, even though it has slightly less…

    9 Mar 2025 Sydney Olympic Park Exhibition Centre
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    Great memories, spending some time with family on the NSW Central Coast.

    Tomorrow: Off to Everything Electric (by Fully Charged Show), in Sydney.

    8 Mar 2025 Central Coast, NSW
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    A couple of visits to Erina Fair, while we’ve been staying nearby, this week.

    Pineapple fried rice at Thai Thyme. Teriyaki pizza at GPK. Tomorrow we’re off to the Fully Charged Everything Electric Show in Sydney. Charging: Erina Fair has had a couple of Tesla destination chargers for years. And for years they have been the only public chargers around, so are almost always busy. We did get lucky on Monday night, when we first arrived, to top up to full. It’s still relatively difficult to park there, but the car park entrance, around several obstacles. Plugshare shows since fast chargers “coming soon” nearby, but they have been months in progress. Twelve new Tesla Superchargers have sprung up in West Gosford, which is great.

    8 Mar 2025 Erina Fair
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    Ioniq 5 test drive. Sporty handling and acceleration.

    Nice interior. More physical buttons than Tesla (which may be good or bad). Felt smaller on the inside. At slightly higher cost than a Tesla Model Y, it seemed to be less value.

    8 Feb 2025 Ferntree Gully Hyundai
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    Continuing our look at EV options.

    The Hyundai Kona. Good price. Small. But they somehow manage to fit it a spare wheel. We didn’t test drive it.

    8 Feb 2025 Ferntree Gully Hyundai
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    After crossing Kosciusko National Park, we checked into The Jindy Inn last night.

    Great place with a balcony overlooking Lake Jindabyne. The room’s fridge had no freezer which meant we couldn’t refreeze our cold packs for our cooler bag. We didn’t bring the giant Kings Fridge on this trip. No microwave oven in the room, so we drove down the road to The Brumby Bar & Bistro to share a Brumby Burger (presumably not made from brumbies). Delicious! The inn included continental breakfast in the dining room. After slightly burning my finger on the reluctant conveyor belt toaster, I enjoyed autumn colour themed fruit salad and Greek yogurt on my cereal. After checkout, we grabbed a coffee from ESS BOARDSTORES, where they were happy to use our lactose free milk, from our cooler bag, since they didn’t stock that option. The cold temperature lowered the tyre pressures, as you can see on the Tesla’s screen. But they soon warmed up as we hit the road. Next, on to Cooma and then Gerringong. Charging: No power points in the car park at the inn, unfortunately. When we drove up the…

    30 Apr 2024 Jindy Inn
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    Francis explored Birdsnest while Tom explored the back streets of Cooma, including Nanny…

    …Goat Hill Lookout. Lunch at The Lott Cafe, then onwards towards Gerringong. Charging: We fully charged last night in Jindabyne while stopped for dinner. No need to charge today, although we could have used the Tesla Superchargers in the center of Cooma.

    30 Apr 2024 Birdsnest
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    Brief stop for toilet and a thermos cup of tea at Googong Dam, in the ACT, just outside…

    …of Canberra. Nice quiet spot for a stretch. Lots of new housing up the road, sadly with dark roofs and few trees. Charging: We charged last night in Jindabyne. We’re aiming for Gerringong or Thirroul today. We’re disabled “Trip Planner” to stop the Tesla routing us through the Superchargers in Queanbeyan. So, it now shows arrival in Thirroul at -2%. We’ll charge wherever we park next, along the way.

    30 Apr 2024 Googong Dam
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