Coffee · Mount White
Saddles
Start the trip with a destination breakfast in a rural waterside setting rather than a motorway service stop.
Energy for this leg~85% on arrival~75 km · illustrative estimate
EVITAL Road Trips · New South Wales
Sutherland Shire to
South West Rocks.
Choose a one-day highlights run, a three-day coastal escape or the full five-day slow coast — with charging planned around the journey.
5 daysNSW coast1 / 3 / 5 day routes3 charging anchors
Plan from your driveway
Personalise the energy plan.
Enter your starting postcode and exact EV. EVITAL uses published vehicle range, battery information where available and charging capability to tailor the journey estimate.
Tesla Model Y · Premium Rear-Wheel Drive · 466 km published range · check current DC charging specification
Choose your pace
One destination. Three ways to get there.
Take the highlights in one day, make a long weekend of it, or slow the whole coast down over five days.
5 Days · The slow coast
The drive is part of the holiday.
This route is deliberately slower than the direct run north. The best stops are places you would choose even if the car did not need charging.
Sutherland→Mount White→Port Stephens→Seal Rocks→Blueys→Port Macquarie→South West Rocks
Lookout · Port Stephens
Gan Gan Hill + Shoal Bay
Take in the Port Stephens panorama, then finish the afternoon by the water at Shoal Bay.
Energy for this leg~62% on arrivalNorth via M1 · illustrative estimate
Charge planRaymond Terrace · Terrace CentralTop up to ~86%Open charger in Maps →
Coffee · Salamander Bay
SATRA Coffee Co.
A quieter specialty-coffee stop away from the main Nelson Bay strip before turning north.
Energy for this leg~82% on arrivalLocal leg · illustrative estimate
Coast · Seal Rocks
Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse
Walk the final stretch to the lighthouse and give the headland time. This is the coastal detour that makes the route.
Energy for this leg~58% on arrivalCoastal detour · illustrative estimate
Stay · Blueys Beach
Blueys overnight
Stay in Pacific Palms so the evening and the following morning belong to the coast, not the highway.
Energy for this leg~38% on arrivalShort coastal leg · illustrative estimate
Coffee · Port Macquarie
Peak Coffee
A coffee-first detour at a working specialty roaster before Tacking Point Lighthouse.
Energy for this leg~27% on arrival~81 km Taree → Port Macquarie · illustrative estimate
Charge planTaree · Wynter StreetTop up to ~78%Open charger in Maps →
Stay · South West Rocks
Smoky Cape Lighthouse
Make the accommodation part of the destination with a lighthouse stay and two nights to explore South West Rocks.
Energy for this leg~51% on arrival~81 km from Port Macquarie · illustrative estimate
Charge planThrumster · Sovereign PlaceOptional buffer before final legOpen charger in Maps →
Alternative stays
Prefer a caravan park?
Look around Port Stephens, Pacific Palms and South West Rocks for beachside holiday parks. Confirm powered-site availability and ask the park specifically about EV charging before connecting a vehicle.
Port Stephens · stay close to Shoal Bay, Fingal Bay or One Mile.
Pacific Palms · wake up near Blueys and the Seal Rocks detour.
South West Rocks · use a park around town or Trial Bay for a two-night family base.
Charging
Charge around the journey.
Your exact EV make, model and variant should determine the final plan. These are useful route anchors, not a guarantee of compatibility, availability or range.
Raymond Terrace
Terrace Central
Corner Sturgeon & Glenelg Streets, Raymond Terrace NSW 2324
Open in MapsTaree
Wynter Street parking
37 Wynter Street, Taree NSW 2430
Open in MapsThrumster
Sovereign Place
15 Chancellors Drive, Thrumster NSW 2444
Open in MapsSouth West Rocks
Arrive with nowhere else to be.
Keep a full day for Smoky Cape, Trial Bay Gaol and Horseshoe Bay. The destination deserves as much time as the road north.
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