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Guide: Planning the Big Lap

Your dream is about to come true: that longed-for lap around Australia is within reach. But before you hit the dirt, there is planning to do. Regardless of how much time you’ll have on...
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Three Tips For a Better Caravan Trip!

When it comes to the appeal of caravanning, the open road and freedom of exploration are just the beginning. Yet, the cost of caravanning life can add up quickly, from park fees to essential...
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Cost of Travel

The cost of living is rising right across the country and somewhere to park your RV is no exception as parks and councils alike respond to a boom in post-covid RV travel. It seems...
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Caravan Review: Golf Caravans Grand Tourer 620

The Golf Caravans name goes back many years in Australia. Built by Avan in Pakenham, Vic, the range includes vans of all types and sizes, from the Golf Bush Challenger rising-roof camper to the...
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Caravan Review: Australis Coastline XT 226

Australis Caravans is a growing manufacturer based in Craigieburn, Vic, and in that time it has established a small range of caravans. Starting with the Coastline range, Australis expanded to include the Overland and...
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Goldstream RV 1760 RE CD Rhino Caravan Review

When you’ve spent a career advising countless customers on caravans, watching as they build their dream, what do you do when it’s finally your turn? For Mitch Damyon, long-time employee of Goldstream RV, the...

Tow Vehicles and Best-Sellers

BOOKS I'VE WRITTEN My wife, Vi, was in hospital at Esk, Qld, and I was at a loose end between visits to the hospital, so I started writing down all the things I could think...
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Community RV weigh-in

A community RV ‘weigh-in’ will take place in Mount Gambier, SA, on June 17. Spearheaded by Matt Sutton of Everything Caravan and Camping, the weigh-in is principally designed as an educational effort. “The weigh-in will involve...
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Coromal Caravans Pioneer Evolution Tested

Australia doesn’t really build cars anymore. But caravans? We’ve got more manufacturers than you can count. But as anyone who had done the rounds of an RV show would attest, many of the thousands of...
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Review: Coromal Appeal 647

Since acquiring the Coromal Caravans brand, Apollo RV has steadily gone about overhauling the models in the range. This has, most notably, included the introduction of new build techniques that brought them kicking screaming...