October 15 - 17: We stayed at a B&B at Emerald Beach, in NSW.

A year ago we were looking to buy our new home here, or nearby in Sapphire Beach. As it turns out, last week we paid our deposit on a new home in Emerald in Victoria. It must be something about the name “Emerald”.

Emerald Beach, as you can see in the photos, has kangaroos throughout the beach reserves. We had to walk around them as we went for a walk through the headland reserve next to our accommodation. One watched me from the shade of a tree as we hung out the clothes.

The B&B was right next to the reserve, which was a great spot to watch the kangaroos and black cockatoos, while I did some more coding on my current app project.

Coffs Harbour is a little bit south. We popped into the Park Beach Plaza there for a quick supercharge on the way through, while we found accommodation, and the next day for delicious veg crepes. Francis shopped while I (Tom) did some more coding in the mobile office that is the Tesla.

Charging:

We stopped briefly at the Tesla Superchargers in Coffs Harbour on day 1, while we stopped to book accommodation.

At the B&B, we asked our host if it was okay to plug in. They were more than happy and even offered an extension cord. But we used our own, since it’s heavy duty and tested. I plugged in on our last night for a few minutes. Then I checked the power point. It was warm – too warm. I unplugged and felt the prongs of my extension cord – hot. I let it cool and tried again with the current reduced from 10A to 5A. Still hot. Not safe. Something not right with the wiring in the power point, I expect. We’ve had this at one other location previously, but many more have been fine. Probably best to always check when plugging in somewhere new.

I packed up the charging cable and extension cord. We just charged the next day when we got coffee in Grafton.