Braidwood Royal Mail Hotel EV charger

THE TOWN OF Braidwood has always been a welcome and enjoyable break for motorists in our region. In fact, the first horseless carriage rolled into town around 1903, and since then, tourist traffic has been pretty continuous.

My family enjoy stopping in the town, letting our dogs out to check their pee-mail in the park, before mooching down the main street into the antique shops, and cafes. We do not travel fast, and enjoy our breaks.

These days, all of our road travel is by electric vehicle, and Braidwood is still the perfect place to break our journey to and from the coast.

Getting to the coast from Canberra in an EV is a huge amount of fun. They are fun to drive, quiet, and the King’s Highway down to Batemans Bay is an awesome drive with heaps of recovered range in regenerative breaking.

However, the drive back up the Clyde Mountain can be taxing on any vehicle, and many EV owners have stated that charging infrastructure in Braidwood is urgently needed.

Although the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council has announced plans to install chargers in Braidwood, at this stage, there is no detailed information regarding timing.

In the meantime, Braidwood’s Royal Mail Hotel in the main street has announced it will support a crowdfunding campaign to install chargers at the hotel, but it needs the support of EV owners in the region.

The aim is to have the charging station up and ready for the 2023 Christmas period so that the rapidly growing population of EV drivers in our region can charge their vehicles and enjoy the many facilities that Braidwood has to offer.

So EV drivers, here is your opportunity to pay it forward by investing in part of Braidwood’s EV infrastructure. In return you will be offered additional EV charging credit for every dollar donated.