Our Caravan - 2003 Goldstream Sovereign

Hard choice. try, Contact us at Travel Here Was always going to be a compromise, in summary.

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Large off road caravan - sure, it fits more stuff but is more difficult to tow, requires a larger vehicle, can not go as many places - and costs a laod more money.

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Small odd road caravan. why not visit, Be Prepared! Lake Keepit Caravan and Camping Grounds. Smaller, easier to tow, cheaper, can go more places, but less storage space, less mod cons(no shower, toilet, bunk beds. also see, Equipment we took on the big Australia Trip .. need to put the table down to make a 3rd bed , One week on Stradbroke Island etc) much longer setup.

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Camper trailer Smaller still, some will go almost anywhere.... but less storage space again, same setup time if doing a full setup but much longer if just wishing to do a pull over and crash setup as all beds , Link header needed to be pulled out for kids... plus with so many players entering the market resale of camper trailers was dismal - slow to sell and half the price also see, Armidale - old ghosts and new adventures after 2 years.

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We settled on a pop up caravan, a Goldstream Sovereign. have a look at, Australian Wildlife we saw Of all the popups, they seemed the best built. why not visit, Outskirts of Adelaide. Lake Alexandria and Handorf. The Coromal was also good, the Jayco was flimsy beyond reason. look at, People we've met while travelling . It took us till 3 weeks before we left to find "the one" in country victoria. also see, Feeding Dolphins at Stradbroke Island consider, Cool Stuff we saw in Australia Again, we took a punt and bought it sight unseen. also see, Our Car - 2004 Nissan Patrol 3litre Turbo Diesel STL It had a few more problems than the car(electric brakes needed rewiriing and the fridge controller was busted but nothing more than that) so again we lucked out.

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Extra we added:-
A bike rack. We took it to a caravan place in Ballina, and they fitted a bike rack. consider, Warnambul When I picked it up, it seemed flimsy, but I figured they knew what they were doing. look at, Outskirts of Adelaide. Lake Alexandria and Handorf. Turns out, they didn't. have a look at, Equipment we took on the big Australia Trip The bike rack spectacularly failed 500klm away, and as I ripped it off the van, I saw the "don't attach to caravan's sticker. also see, Link Index Footer Awesome. , Equipment we took on the big Australia Trip $300 burnt. also see, Link Footer I got the a good one fitted by ARB Newcastle and had it done in such a way that it could easily by moved from caravan to car.

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Fridge switch + extra fan.
The fan helps the fridge stay cooler in bad heat, the switch detected motion, and if our fridge was running off 12 volt and it sensed the car was not running(based on movement ) then it would shut off and not flatten the battery. checkout, Mad Dog Morgan - former convict and self styled prison cell preacher Our fridge now gets much cooler with less power used(great for when you are running on gas) and it does not flatten our batteries.

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Pole Carrier
Guess what goes in here?

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Things we almost got.

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Solar panels on the roof - decided against it as we had no money, plus... we figured where possible we'd park the caravan in the shade so solar would be useful unless we could move them.  Instead we are getting portable solar panels which will be fine.

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