We popped in to The Farm near Byron Bay to use one of the two DC chargers there.

I think they are still free from The NRMA. Both chargers were already taken by Teslas. Neither one had checked in on PlugShare, so we didn’t know they were taken or how long they would be. In fact, the previous check in on PlugShare was by someone complaining that both chargers were occupied, with no check in.

I chatted with Jack, who had hired the orange wrapped Tesla Model 3 to visit his parents in Byron. He’s been thinking about buying an EV, so hired this one to try it out. He had no idea about PlugShare or that you should vacate when the charging slows (after about 95%) if others are waiting. Perhaps those hiring out EVs should provide some simple introductory info.

None of this really affected us, since we just moved to the Tesla superchargers down the road at The Macadamia Castle in Knockrow, where we also had a yummo lunch.