Electric vehicles are the future of transport and the future has just driven up, quietly.
While you’re here on holidays unplugging from your stress, you should know where to plug-in your EV.
If you’re reading this then you’ll probably already know all the benefits of owning an electric vehicle (EV). But if you’re an EV newbie, then here’s a quickly summary of why you should be buying one:
- Cheaper to run (even cheaper if you use your own solar panels as your source)
- Cheaper to maintain (less moving parts, no expensive engine bits that can break)
- Better for the environment (less pollution, can use renewable energy as the source plus some models use recycled materials for extra eco-credits)
- Health benefits (ever stood next to conventional traffic for a while?)
- Safety benefits (lower risk of fires or explosions in an accident)
- National energy security (who wants to be propping up the OPEC cartel when you could be running your car off the sun?)

As an EV owner, you’re probably clever enough to find the latest list of charging points all over Australia at www.plugshare.com.au
But just in case, here’s our list of charging point locations in the Barrington Coast and on approach nearby. So don’t lose the buzz while you’re on holiday!
- Bombah Point NRMA Myall Shores Holiday Park (Type 2)
- Bulahdelah Bowling Club (caravan mains socket)
- Bulahdelah Motor Lodge (Type 2)
- Dungog Royal Hotel (wall outlet 3112)
- Crowdy Bay Eco Resort (wall outlets 15A)
- Coolongolook BP (wall outlet 3112)
- Coolongolook Evie (coming soon) (CHAdeMO; CCS2)
- Darawank Wallamba River Holiday Park (wall outlet 3112; 10A 240V)
- Diamond Beach Sea Horse (Type 2)
- Diamond Beach Seafarers (Type 2)
- Forster 22 (wall outlet 3112)
- Forster Fairways Community Charger (J-1772)
- Forster Holiday Village (Type 2)
- Forster Stockland Mall (J-1772) & 2 Tesla Destination chargers
- Gloucester Billabong Lane carpark (three phase 32A)
- Hallidays Point Big4 Happy Hallidays Holiday Park (Type 2)
- Harrington Hotel (Type 2)
- Hawks Nest 94 Booner St (Type 2 EVX polecharger)
- Hawks Nest Providence Bay Park (wall outlet 3112)
- Heatherbrae BP (CHAdeMO; CCS2)
- Heatherbrae Supercharger (Type 2; CCS2)
- Johns River Tavern (wall outlet 3112: 240V 15A)
- Karuah BP (CHAdeMO; CCS2)
- Kew Camden Haven Information Centre (wall outlet 3112: 10A)
- Kew Motel (Type 2)
- Nabiac Park NRMA Fastcharger (CHAdeMO; CCS2)
- Port Macquarie Cassegrain Winery (Type 2; CCS2)
- Port Macquarie Service Centre (CHAdeMO; CCS2)
- Port Macquarie Thrumster Sovereign Place NRMA Fastcharger (CHAdeMO; CCS2)
- Port Macquarie Thrumster Sovereign Place Town Centre (CCS2)
- Seal Rocks Treachery Camp (wall outlet 3112)
- Stroud Showground (wall outlet 3112; three phase 32A)
- Tarbuck Bay Marina Villa (Type 2)
- Taree South Service Centre Evie (CHAdeMO; CCS2)
- Taree Alabaster Motor Inn (Type 2)
- Taree In Town Motor Inn (Type 2)
- Taree Park (CCS2)
- Taree Yalawanyi Ganya (MidCoast Council building) (Type 2)
- Tea Gardens Tillermans (three phase 32A)
- Tea Gardens Anzac Park (wall outlet 3112; three phase)
- Tuncurry NRMA Forster Tuncurry Holiday Park (Type 2)
- Twelve Mile Creek at Australian Motor Homes Tourist Park and Fish Farm (wall outlet 3112; three phase 32A; caravan mains socket; 10A 240v)
List current at 2 Oct 2024, sourced from www.plugshare.com.au

Mechanics are even starting to realise that electric cars have few downsides. Craig Salmon is one that loves them:
“They’re spectacularly simple. You don’t get your hands dirty because there’s no oil. They don’t have exhausts. They don’t have turbos. They don’t have all the things that break on petrol cars."
"Car enthusiasts hate them because they run so silent: you can’t get any noise out of them. Mechanics think they’re the antichrist because they’re so damn reliable. For me? Driving something renewable is amazing.
"We’ve had 100 years of pouring fuel down a plughole, so to speak. To plug a car into your roof – it is incredible.”
Are you convinced yet?

Ex-MidCoast Council councillor David West is a big fan of electric vehicles. "Facilitating EV motoring in our region is a natural fit for us, in keeping with our strong focus on environmental protection and conservation. Tourism is vital to our economy and the Barrington Coast's unique offering of nature-based experiences attracts visitors who are also interested in EV motoring.”