Zeekr Big Lap: Day 33 - Caiguna to Nullarbor Roadhouse
Day 33 of the Zeekr Big Lap and it was plain sailing across the Nullarbor with the highlights being the Biofil charger, crossing into SA and dingoes at tonight's camp. Left Caiguna after farewelling my hapless EV travellers heading to WA, while I got a keep-cup tea and breakfast sandwich before heading east. The roadhouse staff confirmed a new solar array near the air strip was in place but hadnt yet been connected to the troublesome charger. The car had charged to 90% overnight on 15 amp. Not far along, I pulled over to celebrate the Zeekr reaching 20,000 kilometres. First charge of the day was a quick top up while we had a comfort break only 150 km down the road at Madura Pass, where the motel charger delivered 30kW. Then just a quick 116 km hop to Mundrabilla where EV hero Jon Edwards has placed one of his ever reliable 50kW Biofil chargers, this one being a free charge thanks to Horizon Energy who organised it to stop the WA EV Network charger overloading the roadhouse generator, although unlike Caiguna, this charger is apparently still outputting 30kW. A lunch of a Tasmanian chicken and Camembert pie while I charged. Charged to 98% with A Better Route Planner saying I could make it the 285 km to Nullarbor Roadhouse with 47%, so stuck to the 110kph speed limit with a slight tailwind. Felt fantastic to cross back into my home state of SA, a real sense of accomplishment posing at the retro sign. The Border Village solar charger that was crushed by a roadtrain months ago is now just a vacant site. Just love cruising along the Nullarbor, stopping at the spectacular Bunda Cliffs. Then it was dingoes and rainbows as we approached our destination at about 4.30pm, the Zeekr clock finally telling the real time again. Deciding not to push on, we charged to 66% at the NRMA Nullarbor solar charger getting 40kW, the rest we'll get from the powered site. A dingo was constantly wandering around the roadhouse campsite, so Twig is confined to Hotel Zeekr. Dinner was the roast, followed by a shower and the ritual of doing the socials and daily vlog. Bittersweet this epic journey is almost over. Tomorrow we head through Ceduna to Kimba, into Adelaide the next day and then on the ferry home to Kangaroo Island on Wednesday. Today we did 523 km at 21.3kWh/100km and the trip total for this lap stands at 14,200 km.