We drove south from Kempsey towards the NSW Central Coast, stopping for lunch at…

…Heatherbrae Pies Hexham.

The toilets and taps have an interesting beer motif 🤔.

Charging:

We considered stopping for lunch in Nabiac, but The NRMA app warned us that it was in use, and the person there had thoughtfully logged into the PlugShare app, so we knew they would be a while. I’d like to see that wait time built into the charging apps, such as NRMA, Chargefox, Evie Networks.

We tapped on the Heatherbrae Tesla Supercharger on the car’s navigation, so it would precondition the battery for faster charging. At one point the Tesla warned us that it was a busy charging site, but when we later passed it, everyone had gone. Tesla wins in terms of keeping everyone moving quickly.

Since the Tesla chargers are on the opposite side of the highway, and it’s a busy road, we opted instead to use the BP charger on the south bound side. Just enough time charging for us to eat some pies. We unplugged at about 75% (from 25%) to give it to someone in a BYD who had just arrived. As I keep saying, we need more than one charger at these sites.