October 26-29. We checked into The Coast Motel in Yeppoon, for three nights.

Nice place, with a pool, laundry, room balcony, tavern next door and undercover shaded parking.

During the middle day heat, we caught up on some of the necessities of life, including work (coding and a virtual meeting), laundry. We’re not sure about the stocking lint filter on the dryer.

We chipped away at the seemingly endless admin of preparing to move into our new home, thousands of kilometres away, in Emerald Victoria, where the temperature is less than half that in Yeppoon. I think we’ll be in for a shock when we eventually go home.

In the cooler parts of the day, we gave ourselves a reprieve, with a morning coffee from Two Sisters Coffee Bar in nearby Cooee Bay, a visit to the Wreck Point Scenic Lookout. One day we drove down to Emu Park, with the soldier crabs and metal emus. We ate lunch there, watching several people stroll past in Oktoberfest clothing.

We also had several visits to Yeppoon Main Beach, mentioned in my previous post.

Charging:

I don’t know why there are no EV chargers anywhere around Yeppoon,. It’s a missed opportunity by the Livingstone Shire Council and community. We didn’t spot a single EV in town, until we were on our way out on the last day, and we waved madly at some bemused guy in another white Tesla.

We probably should have topped up at the fast charger in Rockhampton on the way into Yeppoon, but didn’t bother since we already had 80%.

I had hoped that, as usual, we could plug in to charge at our accommodation. I found a good parking spot, next to an outside power point (and painted purple smiley face). I asked at reception if we could plug in, but was surprised by his answer.

He said that he had been told not to allow EVs to charge, because they might catch fire! After my initial surprise, I mentioned to him that petrol and diesel vehicles are statistical over ten times more likely to catch on fire than EVs. But he wasn’t interested. He had been “told”, even “by a firefighter”. I thanked him and just left it there.

It is pretty easy to Google: Do EVs catch fire more than petrol cars?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Do+EVs+catch+fire+more+th…

If you don’t know, please find out ☺️. When you do know, if your previous source is shown to be nonsense, question what else you believed from that source.

It’s a shame that misinformation has made Yeppoon less likely to be visited by an increasing number of EVs on the road. We probably won’t be back until this changes. Ironically, having more EVs will actually reduce the chance of a vehicle fire.

We had enough charge for all our day trips during the three days there, but I did disable sentry mode for one night, just to conserve energy.

After we left Yeppoon, as predicted by the Tesla’s navigation, we got back to Rockhampton with 9% battery (37km), and charged, on our way to some shops.