Port Augusta to Barossa Valley, stopping for a late breakfast from the hatch of the car.

The fridge is conveniently located with butter for our croissants and milk for our cereal.

The mountains to the west looked interesting, so we diverted off the main road through endless green fields. Such a contrast to the endless red earth from a few days ago.

Charging:

Needing to stop for food, amenities and a stretch, we looked at the Tesla navigation for a known charger along our route. It showed a few, but none nearby enough for our pending stop. So, we typed “ChargeFox” into the navigation, and it showed some closer options.

I wish the Tesla navigation would just show all EV chargers. We have it set to show third party chargers, but it is selective about which ones it shows. Or give us Apple CarPlay so we can use apps like PlugShare on the car’s screen.

We chose this charger, near Snowtown, just a few kilometres ahead along our route. It is at a service station, but has a scenic backdrop with fields, hills, and distant wind turbines providing the power. It’s also shaded, which is a nice to have. Thank you RAA/Chargefox.

We plugged in while getting a late breakfast and using the servo amenities. There was a slight glitch when the first charger stopped after adding 10%, and wouldn’t work in subsequent attempts. We moved to the next charging pole, which worked fine. I think this is only the second fault we’ve had one this entire trip. The five minutes of fiddling here was nothing compared to the hour kerfuffle at Glendambo yesterday.

We made perfect use of our rest time to charge up the car, then headed on through the green fields.