Arriving at a cafe before 2:30 makes all the difference.

On the way north, last week, we stopped here at about 3pm and all the lunch places were shut. On our way south now, The Hill Cafe is a great option for stopping to charge the belly and charge the car. There’s a big sign on the way into the shopping center in Thrumster (near Port Macquarie) that says something like “Shop, Eat, and Recharge”. No petrol station on this side of town. It’s a snippet of the future.

Charging:

We arrived with 12% charge, as predicted by the navigation. The Tesla Superchargers in the car park charged our car up to 97% ish while we had lunch. No need to wait for 100%, since the last bit can take ages. We just left as soon as we were ready. The car park also has a couple of The NRMA EV chargers.