We drove from Lakes Entrance, back to Scoresby, in eastern Melbourne.

We popped in through Gembrook to look at a house. The air hand dryer in the park in Gembrook had a familiar brand name.

It bucketed rain at one point along the Princes Highway, which seemed to wash off all of the bugs. It pushed the AutoPilot to the limit, but it managed to keep on steering us through the lane. I suspect the rain impacted our range a bit.

Because of the rain, we looked for somewhere sheltered for lunch, and headed into Traralgon shopping centre. We tried, but failed, to find the chargers there, until we were leaving, so didn’t bother. Shopping centers should have better signs and arrows for visiting EVs to find them.

As we were leaving, David and Sam flagged us down in the car park, showing a picture of us from our posts. Sam commented to Dave “He’s got bare feet!”. I’m not sure if that’s how they identified us 🤔. We chatted a bit about our travels, their off grid setup in Rawson, and small town politics. Thanks for saying hello!

Charging:

We started the journey with a full “tank” after charging at the caravan park. The Tesla navigation suggested that we recharge at Moe, but we skipped it since it predicted we’d finish our journey with 6%. As we ventured through the Dandenong Ranges, it started warning us that there were no Tesla chargers around. As planned, we arrived in Scoresby with 6%, no problem, and started charging. Best not to leave it overnight with low charge on cold days, as per the notification from the Tesla app.