We again avoided the Hume Highway, from Mansfield through Barwite and Bobinawarrah…

…including a few more unmarked dirt roads, towards Ovens. We planned on stopping for lunch in Ovens at the Happy Valley Hotel. We’ve passed it a few times before on the way to Bright, and have noticed the Tesla Superchargers beside the hotel.

We arrived, plugged in, but soon realised that the hotel wasn’t open on a Monday. There were no toilets open either. Faced with bladder range anxiety, we hopped in the car and drove back up the road to Myrtleford. Lunch at the Tu Vietnamese Street Food restaurant was yum.

Charging:

We aim to only charge when parked, rather than waiting around, so we left the Ovens Supercharger after only five minutes. The Tesla Superchargers are super easy. We just plug in and walk away – no need to use an app or tap a card. Total human time required: about ten seconds.

We’ll just charge up when we next park somewhere along our trip, probably Corryong. Unfortunately Myrtleford doesn’t have an EV charger, so we missed the opportunity to charge while parked there for lunch.