First leg on our 4000km journey: Emerald to Maffra, in Gippsland Victoria.

The tall trees of our Dandenong Ranges gave way to rolling green hills.

FSD (Full Self Driving) makes the (non) driving a breeze. One minute I’m singing its praises after it flawlessly indicates and merges into traffic. The next I’m cussing at it for complaining that I was looking at the navigation too long.

We stopped in Maffra to grab some lunch, and just made it before small-town-closes-o-clock (2pm), to grab a veg toastie, banana bread and coffee.

Next, north, over the alps towards Bright. What are the chances of a sealed road all the way?

Charging:

We left home with a full tank of solar. At Maffra, we still had 69%, so we didn’t _need_ to charge. But, whenever we’re parked, we aim to plug in. We used the Evie charger conveniently located in the car park behind the barista. It was only 50kW but had fully topped up by the time we were ready to leave.

Evie’s “Autocharge” feature is great. You just plug your car in and walk away. The charger system recognises your car, and which account to bill. Just like Tesla’s chargers. Much faster to use than a petrol pump.

But this time, I realised that my credit card on their system had expired, so, I had to enter my new card details into the Evie app. Next time, no dramas, for real 😉.