Cabin with an EV charger
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September 15 - 20:
Our home for the week: a cabin 15 minutes walk from the beach, complete with an EV charger in the carport.
Our visiting (now local) daughter Erin, and her friends Keke and Sienna kept the pace lively.
Ingenia Holiday Parks Byron Bay has cabins, powered sites, camping, camp kitchen, cafe (coffee!) pool, in a beautiful setting of grass and subtropical trees. The staff are friendly, offering to replenish any supplies as they zip around on their service buggies, which are fully electric, with a noticeable absence of noise and fumes as they move around the park.
At least one of the staff, I suspect the manager, has a n EV. It’s a black Tesla labeled “Lola”, often parked at reception.
The reception parking area includes two EV charging spots with destination chargers.
Charging
The destination chargers in the car park require your own type 2 cable.
We were thankfully able to book one of the two cabins that include their own destination EV charger. It gives 7kW (32A x 240V, single phase), the same rate as we have at home. It includes a built in cable, which I think makes it far more practical. Plugged in, opened the Exploren app, scanned the QR code, pressed the start button. Cost 30c per kWh, which works out to about $4.35 per 100 km, compared to about $19 per 100 km for a similar petrol car. Although I miss my free charging at home from solar, I can’t complain.
Electric charging can be truly accessible like this. It’s just so convenient to just plug in when you park. No need to travel to a fuel station.
We just plugged in at the cabin every day or two while we were in Byron. Plenty of fuel for day trips to explore the wider area (see related posts). And a full tank when we leave.
Related Posts
- The drive in, and the Direct to Boot bays that morning: Please turn off your engine while parked 15 Sep 2026
- A destination charger that needed our own cable, at Urunga: Just plug in, because you never know. 14 Sep 2026
- A motel running its chargers on its own solar and battery, at Maclean: An overnight stop in Maclean 22 Feb 2025
- Another stay booked for its charger — the Hurstville Travelodge: Hurstville Travelodge, with an EV charger 30 Jan 2023
- Where we stayed in Byron last time, before we had a charger at the door: A Byron Springs Guest House stay 1 Mar 2025
Links
- Where we stayed — Ingenia Holidays Byron Bay: Ingenia Holidays Byron Bay
- Exploren, the app the cabin's charger runs on: Exploren
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