Simon Haslam
Byron’s marketing message does influence the sort of people we attract, hopefully the sort of tourists that will respect and benefit our region.
Unfortunately for the planet, no-one has arrived in the Byron region by hand-hewn balsawood raft since 1973, with most driving or, worse still, flying and driving.
However, anyone who is driving to Byron in a Tesla has at least invested a significant amount of their own money (they cost $100,000+) into helping to save the planet, so who wouldn’t want more of those people around? The Byron at Byron resort’s patrons can charge their Teslas free of cost, courtesy of their two 22kW Tesla connectors.
The resort’s Heath Batterham said, ‘Most of the Teslas currently reach us from the local area, Brisbane or the Gold Coast, because of the range restrictions but the great news is that we have helped create a network that would allow drivers to reach us from Sydney or Melbourne in the south or the Sunshine Coast in the north.
We are very excited to be part of the important future of our planet.’
