Elec Tripping

No petrol in Dalgety, but plenty of power points

Snowy River Holiday Park
Snowy Mountains + Gippsland 2025–26
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No petrol, no worries.

The small town of Dalgety has no working petrol station. The last working bowser I passed yesterday was about 50km away in Cooma, along with the nearest fast EV charger. But Dalgety does have hundreds of power points, including the powered camp sites at Snowy River Holiday Park. I could have used any one of them to fill up my car.

It’s a beautiful spot. I car camped there last night. This morning, I pushed the Teraglide kitchen drawer back in, pressed the Deflate button on my Snuuzu mattress, flipped back the top (pictured), and moved the drivers seat back into my preferred position by hitting the Restore button in the Tesla. Super quick transformation, ready to drive on to the next camp site today.

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  1. Garth Luke via Facebook ↗
    But won't those powerpoints only charge your car at about 15 kmh? Good as a last resort but not very practical for touring.

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      Garth Luke You are right that a power point is slow. It’s not very practical for charging during a quick stop for lunch or a toilet, like a fast charger. But a power point is good when you’re parked somewhere for hours anyway. For example, I was at the holiday park from about 6pm to 11am, which is 17 hours. 17h x 2.4kW = 40kWh, which is 60% of my battery. Mine was already had 80% full, so it’s far more than I could have used.

      In hindsight, I wish I had used a powered site here to plug in. Later in the day, when I changed direction in the middle of the snowy plains, I could have done with a bit more range.
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  2. Tim Rees via Facebook ↗
    A lot of caravan parks won’t allow u to charge your ev’s.. even if u book a site.

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      Tim Rees We’ve used the power points in many caravan parks, after checking with the hosts. The answer has almost always been “yes”. I asked the hosts here at Snowy River Holiday Park, who also kindly said yes to EVs plugging into powered sites. I just had an unpowered site, so I didn’t actually plug in, this time.
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      1. Frankly Mydear via Facebook ↗
        Tesla Tripping that's been our experience too, all the way from Melb to Mission Beach, across to Boulia and back via Bourke and Broken Hill. You can only ask, before you plug in.
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    Answering a direct messaged question here for the benefit of all:

    The roads connecting Talgety with Cooma and Delegate were all tarred/sealed. 😊

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