Further north from Wellington Point to Mudjimba, at the top end of the Sunshine Coast in…

…nshine Coast in Queensland. Lunch (veg nachos and corn fritters) at High Tide Bar Grill & Cafe. A walk on the beach, as we watched a few jumbos descending to Sunshine Coast Airport.

We booked a room, last minute (as always), down the road at Ramada Marcoola Beach Resort. Nice place, with pool, bistro, bar, gym, beach. The staff are nice, but we did get a cold sales call asking if we are interested in time share.

We took a swim (more of a float, really) in the pool. After the hot day, the pool was warmer than the air above, so we didn’t want to get out. Dinner at the bistro (veg curry and Thai salad).

A morning walk up the road to get coffee from Cuba St. Coffee Roasters. They have two branded old cars. The rust has actually fallen in piles under the cars. Cool look, though. We briefly sat on the chair outside the cafe, until we realised that the BMW parked there was pumping fumes at us, in order to keep the air con going for the owner. How did we ever think that breathing this stuff in was okay?

After a day of mostly digital nomad work, and a splash at the beach, we drove back to Mudjimba for Italian dinner at Florentina’s Trattoria.

Next, on to Eumundi Markets and Miriam Vale.

Charging:

No chargers in town and no power points in the car park. That’s fine, though. We’ll just charge after we leave on our way further north.

In the middle of the day, the Queensland sun beat down in the car, with 30+°C air temp and 51°C inside the car (according to the app on my phone). We did have the windscreen shade in place, but I opted not to bring the roof shades. The roof tint is enough to stop the sun’s rays from damaging the car. Like any car, however, the hot roof radiates heat into the cabin. I was tempted to remote activate the cabin cooling, but the car is designed to allow for such heat, and we had removed food etc from the car.

Because it’s an open car park, we left Sentry Mode active on the Tesla, which records any nearby motion on the built in cameras. Great security feature, but it uses about 7% of the battery each day.