Tom chauffeured Francis and our friend Nicole from Erina and Umina Beach to The Theatre…

…Royal in Sydney, to watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show on stage.

There doesn’t seem to be any drop off zone at the theatre, so we ended up in the Wilsons Parking underneath for drop off and pick up. Hoping we don’t get charged two lots of parking when we never actually parked there.

While they watched the show, I (Tom) drove off to find a place for lunch and to catch up on some work. I ended up in the Sydney suburb of Zetland at the P'Nut Asian Kitchen, eating satay veg and rice.

The underground parking is extensive and has a pervasive smell of car fumes. Even with the aid of roof mounted fan cylinders, the fumes aren’t healthy. We need more EVs.

Then the drive back to the Central Coast, starting with viewing the Sydney Harbour Bridge through our Tesla’s glass roof.

Nicole asked all about the Autopilot as we drove along, and gradually came to accept that the two blue lines on the screen meant that the car was driving and I was just holding the steering for appearances. She now wants a Tesla.

Charging:

I figured I might as well charge while parked. At first I tried one of the JOLT Charge sites, which gives free 7kWh then about 40c per kWh. But it was oddly taken by a Tesla Model S in the next parking spot. I’m guessing they were ICEd (blocked by an internal combustion engine car parked in the charging spot) when they arrived, so they compensated.

The Jolt app map now shows a count down timer of when each occupied charger is predicted to become available. That’s a great feature.

I ended up at the East Village shopping center in Zetland, charging for free from the Tesla destination chargers. Oddly, they didn’t appear in PlugShare.