Last night, we stayed in Mansfield, Victoria.

The Mansfield Motel is conveniently a short walk to everything. Friendly reception. Our only complaint was that the hot water pressure was woeful. Oh, and the power points next to the bed touch the floor (why do electricians do that?), so you can’t plug in a power pack for laptop, phone etc. But that’s just being picky 😉.

Like most of the areas we’ve been through this week, Mansfield is decorated by beautiful autumn trees, in shades of green, yellow, orange and red. The main street is split, with a park in the middle and a roundabout adorned with flowers.

For dinner, we grabbed Indian takeaway from Curry Garden. For breakfast, we had toast and spreads. I mention this so you know that most of our road trip meals aren’t from fancy cafes 😉.

After we checked out this morning, we grabbed a coffee at The Mansfield Coffee Merchant, 100m away.

We drove off towards Kosciusko National Park, crossing the border into NSW, aiming to get to Jindabyne tonight.

Charging:

We asked about charging at the motel, but there’s no power point outside the room. The Evie Networks fast charger is 100m away in the next street.

So, this morning, we parked the car at the charger while we grabbed a coffee. The first attempt failed because we hadn’t pushed the plug in hard enough, but second go was quick and easy. As soon as we got back to the car, we unplugged and drove off. Total of our time we spent on charging: 2 minutes (because of the first failed attempt).