We decided to head directly north to The Grampians, from Port Fairy, Victoria, and not…

…visit Mount Gambier is South Australia, this trip.

We stopped on the south edge of The Grampians in Dunkeld.

Note Francis’s stylish socks and thongs.

Charging:

We popped into the car park at The Royal Mail Hotel, since PlugShare and others mentioned that it has destination chargers. We found two Porsche and two Tesla chargers, all of which, I think, are set to work for any EV. One of the Tesla chargers had no power.

All the bays were initially taken by ICE cars. After a few minutes, staff appeared near a parked van, looking at us. I hopped out of the car. They asked if I was wanting to use the chargers. I asked if it was available, (since I didn’t know if they are reserved for hotel guests). They said yes, and moved the van. Very kind.

We were at 50% charge. The destination charger was giving 11kW, so the estimate to fill was about three hours. We we’re only staying less than an hour to have a toilet break and get our bearings, but it was enough to get us to 62% and for the Tesla to tell us that we had enough to not charge again until Ballarat.

A BMW EV also soon plugged in, to one of the Porsche chargers. They had driven from Adelaide today.