Category RV

Backtracking to go forward

This week’s update is all about taking care with one’s health while in remote areas. Our dynamic duo ended up in Leinster, where we settled down in the BHP Caravan Park. Just to prove how small this country can be,…

Opalite Skoot Caravan recalled due to risk of axle bearings failing

Opalite’s Skoot Tandem Caravans have been recalled due to a safety hazard, specifically, the models with independent suspension and gross trailer mass (GTM) rating of 2600kg and above. Despite being marked with a gross trailer mass (GTM) rating of 2600kg…

Downsizing isn’t a dirty word with the Paramount Micro

A small van with a full-size ensuite … is it a solo traveller’s dream come true? Paramount Caravans has teamed up with Canterbury Caravans to create a 14-foot micro-van, aptly named the ‘Mini-Micro’, which they say is perfect for…

Judge walks out on magazine after ‘Best Aussie Vans’ fiasco

Long-term judge and journalist walks out after publisher fakes his score Publishers of Caravan World, Emprise Group, have been dealt a serious blow after one of their judges walked out amidst a sea of controversy. Fallout continues to surround a…

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…

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…