Sunshine is gold!
There’s a lot of fun to be had by going off grid. Our crew started the week with 56 percent battery charge, and while there’s been some cloud, there’s been sun, sun, sun! After heading out from Laverton, and with…
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The Longest Line 2019
The Australian Motorhoming Lions Club (AMLC) is organising to set two world records – the longest parade of camping vehicles (RVs) currently set at 672, and the longest connected image of an LED rope light. Just quietly, they are expecting…
Recharged, serviced and lit up!
After powering three vans in Coolgardie where the State of Charge (SoC) dropped to just 23.4 percent as per our last update, the gasless van was allowed some time to recharge in the glorious sun. In fact the van jumped…
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the (Malibu) Thunder?
It may be a Malibu in name, but you’ll feel right at home touring Down Under in the Thunder Tango Caravans has had vans manufactured for them for several years now, so they know what works and what doesn’t. When…
Powering not one van but three!
Week four of the Retreat electric van testing and our intrepid explorers are in the Goldfields of WA, parked up ready to go prospecting. In what has proven to be some tough weather conditions with very little sun, heavy cloud…
That lemon caravans page: Is the zest just turning to acid?
Sure, there are problems in the caravan industry but could the self-proclaimed caravan consumer champion, now be just a self-absorbed source of vitriol and paranoia? If you’re in the market for a new caravan or RV, it’s likely you’ve seen…
Exposed electricals on show in WA
The gasless caravan completed the final leg to Perth relatively easily although rough roads and road works saw the sliding door fall off one hinge. This was repaired easily and everything else came through swimmingly in the wet conditions. Testers…
Retreat OzX blasts 3200km across the Nullarbor
Five days after leaving Melbourne the Retreat OzXcorp gasless caravan has reached Esperance, with another 700km travel required to get to Perth for the caravan show. The show at Rockingham starts this weekend, taking place over 5-7 April. The van…
Aussie innovators take 17,000km leap into the unknown to pioneer off-grid caravan power
Retreat Caravans and OzXcorp, Australian technology start-up, has combined caravan manufacture and technology not seen in the caravan industry previously, to create a fully electric caravan that has no complementary fossil-fuelled energy sources, but instead uses an industry-leading 16kW/h battery…
The camper that would have kept Ned safe…
Tougher than ol’ Ned’s armour, has this hand-crafted camper earned the Kelly name? I’m not usually one to gush over a camper. Truth be told, I remain firmly under the impression that I’m still young enough to swag it. Being…
Jurgens Australia Gates Reopen and Operations Resume
Various media outlets and social media speculators had reported on the closure of Jurgens Caravans Australia. The facts are as follows. We experienced a lock out by the landlord over a commercial dispute. We are pleased to advise we have…
Jurgens Caravans appears to be trading – but for how long?
The gates of Jurgens Caravans have been open today despite being locked and emblazoned with official closure notice Monday (18thMarch), and the company is trading again or at least building caravans. This is despite an application for a ‘winding up’…
Are we social media suckers?
Caravan like nobody’s watching. Because they’re not. They’re checking Instagram and Facebook on their phone I was sitting on a dune in the Cape Range National Park in WA, watching the sun set on a gorgeous calm Indian Ocean, husband…
Oz X Driving Force
Oz X Corp is a new company on the market delivering some super amazing tech that is going global. RV Daily has been in contact with Andrew Huett, co-founder of Oz X Corp, who is over in the US, showing…
Operation Innovation
This Innovation may be your ticket to freedom Concept Caravans have a catchphrase, “Your time is now!” I guess we all come to appreciate this sentiment when the pressure is off and the wanderlust takes hold. Your age makes little…
A unicorn in oz? It ain’t a myth
It may look British, but there’s no denying this van is all-Aussie Bailey has celebrated 70 years in the business and is reported to be the best-selling brand in the UK. They’ve been around in Australia for ages with local…
TURBO LS-POWERED WINNEBAGO LAUNCHED
“The steering’s a bit vague,” says a voice from behind the driver. The bloke at the wheel is full of trepidation about taking this 1976 variant of a legendary motorhome nameplate – a Winnebago Chieftain – out on the highway.…
Aura reckons Titanium is its strong suit
Aura has moved to include on-road vans in its fully custom-built range Aura Caravans has come a long way from when I reviewed one of the first serious, and I mean serious, off-road vans in 2015. These days the company…
