Above – charging up at a 15amp plug at Warrawong On The Darling

Cobar

We left Cobar this morning at 7.30 with 100% SOC and the temperature at 23C.  It was cloudy and stayed cloudy for the rest of the trip to Wilcannia.  I set the cruise control to 100kph and arrived at 10.30 with 24% SOC.  Distance travelled was 265Ks.
Even though the speed limit on the Barrier Highway is 110, most people seemed to stay around 100. No one went rushing past us and only one semi saw the need to pass us.  With our cruise control set on 100, the GPS in Google Maps says we are going about 96.  so we are happy about that given that it is double demerit points over the Christmas New Year period. We have used the onboard navigation for all of the trip and it has worked very well.  And it regularly lets us know when we are over the speed limit, which we are pleased about.

Wilcannia – Plan B

We arrived in Wilcannia at around 10.30 to find that the NRMA charging stations at the hospital were not working. I phoned up the NRMA who told us that they have to get someone out to fix them.  So it was off to Plan B.
There is a caravan park on the banks of the Darling River where we have stayed in the past, when we had the caravan.  So we turned around and travelled a few Ks back along the Highway to Warrawong On The Darling.
In spite of it being around 11am, the young lady who seems to run the caravan park was very happy to help us by renting a cabin for the night and allowing us to plug into a 15amp caravan point.  She wasn’t sure what to charge for charging up the car but I offered her $20 on top of the cabin hire and she was pleased about that. It was a bit expensive but what more can you ask for out on the middle of the desert. And they were all very helpful and interested to know what it is like driving an electric car out in this part of the world.

As can be seen from the images below, there is lots of water around. The park manager was very pleased firstly to have the water and secondly to be sure that the Darling River has reached its peak and is slowly receding. One young man, probably in his twenties, who lives in Wilcannia and was working at the park said he had never seen the river this high in his life time. I’m