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Windsor Motorhome Launched

Apollo RV has relaunched the Windsor brand, using the Victorian Caravan, Camping & Touring Supershow to debut a new motorhome. Known as the Daintree, the new Windsor rig is built on a Renault chassis and...
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Review: Great Alpine Caravans Bright 21ft 6in

The team behind Great Alpine Caravans have been building vans for over seven years. The company is owned by Rio Caravans, a manufacturer based in an unassuming factory in the caravan manufacturing capital of...

Katherine to Alice Springs

I wanted to go Alice Springs again. I had been there twice before, once from the north and once from the south, both times via the Stuart Highway. I was in Katherine, NT, and I...

Kershaw Camping Kiboshed

RV camping at Kershaw Gardens in Rockhampton, Qld, is no longer allowed. On November 15, the Planning and Environment Court ruled against Rockhampton Regional Council, finding that the use of the site for RV camping...
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Titan Suspensions Systems Launched

Did you know that ARV Chassis is one of Australia’s biggest suppliers of chassis to the local caravan manufacturing industry? With 110 chassis being supplied to factories around the country every week, it was...
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Review: Spinifex Caravans Nomadix Premier

We all dream of it. The thrill of the open road. Travelling like a nomad through the wide horizons, the sizzle of summer, the colour of autumn, the brisk embrace of winter, and the...
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HiTech Power Solution

There is a new power management system available for Australian caravans. It’s called the Powersync 3680 RV Management Hub and it’s by HiTech, a business in Cambellfield, Vic, that’s closely aligned with caravan manufacturing....
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Track Trailer Buys Trakmaster, Pioneer

Australian offroad camper trailer manufacturer Track Trailer has snapped up Trakmaster Caravans and Pioneer Campers. Track Trailer director Gerard Waldron and Wayne Gason, the managing director of Gason, the company that formerly owned Trakmaster and...
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Tech Guide: How To Correctly Load a Caravan

So you’ve hitched your caravan and, five minutes down the road, you’re positive something isn’t right. The van is twitchy. It feels unstable. As a result, you’re clutching your steering wheel so tightly that...

Tour: Walkamin Central Van Park

My late wife, Vi, and I called in to the newly opened Walkamin Central Caravan Park in 2006 – a year after it was opened. We intended staying for just a couple of nights...