Free parking in Byron, with EV charging

September 16 - 17:

A few visits into town and beaches while we stayed in Byron.

Fran sent Tom on a quest to buy her a pair of thongs, even though he’s not a shoe person. He got lost in Barefoot Boulevard.

Lunch at That Crepe Shop, whilst laughing at the coffee/decaf bag labelling.

Charging

Byron Bay seems to have paid parking throughout the town and main beaches. I happened to find an EV charging spot that’s exempt from parking fees. The charging fee is very cheap, at 20c per kWh. Bargain!

We charged up mainly from the EV charger at our cabin, at 30c/kWh.

Here are comparison costs to travel 100km:

Free from excess solar at home
$2.89 at 20c/kWh (Byron car park)
$4.35 at 30c/kWh (our cabin)
$18.86 at $2.36 per L of petrol

I found it on PlugShare. There seem to be two listings for the same charger, which is confusing.

It requires your own type 2 cable, and the Chargefox app. 7kW.

Byron also has Tesla Superchargers in town, and Woolworths has destination chargers.

Related Posts

Share via

11 comments

  1. At least you found a cafe that serves coffee and tea 🤣🤣

    Give bakery’s a miss 😁
    1

    Reply Report

    1. Daniel Rond What kind of backwater town doesn't serve coffee at the bakery? Next you'll say they don't (yet) have an EV charger 😉
      1

      Reply Report

      1. Tesla Tripping I can name a few….ok, maybe just one at the moment 😁
        1

        Reply Report

  2. Saw you guys parked here that day and also in Lennox on another day..

    Do you need to bring your own cable for that charger in Byron?
    1

    Reply Report

    1. Todd Laurendet Hey 👋. You should have come said hello 😊. Yes, that EV charger in Byron needs your own cable. I should have mentioned. Thanks.

      Reply Report

  3. Where was the free parking and charger?
    1

    Reply Report

    1. David Nye Good question. Sorry for the oversight. I’ve added map photos to show the location.
      1

      Reply Report

  4. Raphael Claverie via Facebook ↗
    Loving these posts gives me more confidence in doing these types of trips.
    Thanks for the advice the other day too, our trip from Adelaide to Sydney was great trouble free and our chauffeur (FSD) ha de the charging stops and sightseeing fantasticly doing the return leg soon was planning on heading through Cobar but not sure on charging infrastructure and speeds unfortunately we have a time constraint on our return
    1

    Reply Report

    1. Raphael Claverie So glad you find our posts useful. Thank you for the feedback. Wow, Adelaide to Sydney – impressive. Yes, FSD makes it a breeze (when I’m not occasionally arguing with it).
      1

      Reply Report

      1. Raphael Claverie via Facebook ↗
        Tesla Tripping only intervened a couple times and only in daylight hours found it to be excellent at night
        1

        Reply Report

    2. Raphael Claverie We haven’t been through Cobar yet. Closest we’ve been is West Wyalong and Dubbo, I think. PlugShare shows one fast charger in Cobar.

      Reply Report

Leave a comment