Up Swifts Creek, along the Great Alpine Road
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Beautiful sunny winter’s day in East Gippsland. Perfect for a half day trip from Metung, along the Great Alpine Road. We only drove as far as Swifts Creek, this time, having previously traveled all the way to Bright and beyond.
Swifts Creek is a charmingly quiet small town, where I attempted to blend in with a couple of the locals (see photo).
The Great Alpine Gallery’s Winter Festival Exhibition was somewhat oversold, but interesting nonetheless.
Bakery for lunch, coffee, a thermos of tea, and packed snacks.
Then back south, taking any chance along the way for a detour and a photo.
Charging
All charged up over night from the power point at our accommodation. I scheduled the Tesla app to charge long after the evening peak grid demand.
On our return, just to try it out, I plugged into the complimentary destination charger in the grounds of our accommodation. The voltage dropped slightly to 216 V, so at 32 A single phase it gave 6 kW, still nearly three times the speed of a power point.
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- Day one — packing up and the drive down to Metung: Packing our chef and barista, for the road trip 24 Jun 2026
- Day two — around Metung and out to the peninsula tip: Right on the tip of Metung 25 Jun 2026
- The same road, the full version — Bairnsdale up over the alps: Driving the Great Alpine Road 7 Feb 2024
- Going the whole way — over the alps to Bright: Over the alps from Maffra to Bright 9 Dec 2025
- Day four — the Metung Winter Festival: Metung, Winter Festival 27 Jun 2026
Day one — packing up and the drive down to Metung:
https://www.facebook.com/111877721758491/posts/1089195567…
Day two — around Metung and out to the peninsula tip:
https://www.facebook.com/111877721758491/posts/1090067590…
The same road, the full version — Bairnsdale up over the alps:
https://www.facebook.com/111877721758491/posts/4348075894…
Going the whole way — over the alps to Bright:
https://www.facebook.com/111877721758491/posts/9282857267…
Next — day four, the Metung Winter Festival:
https://www.facebook.com/111877721758491/posts/1091762847…