The navigation showed red traffic ahead on the highway towards Goulburn.

We saved ten minutes of slow traffic, by taking an off ramp. Pretty proud of myself until the detour turned into a long dirt road through Brayton, which probably added twenty minutes to the trip. The photo shows an easy part of the road, but a few sections were pretty rugged. Glad to have the higher clearance of the Model Y (compared to our previous Model 3), but the 20 inch low profile tyres on this “Launch” model aren’t ideal for off road.

I wish the navigation showed which roads are unsealed, and the length before reaching tar.

This was our first major christening of the new car on dirt roads. Great scenery.

The flat bum of the Model Y Juniper accumulates the dust. But the rain and a quick hosing at our motel sorted it out.