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BREAKING NEWS:
 February
25:
Members of the Perth-based award-winning touring and training company Global
Gypsies will stage special 'how to reverse a caravan' sessions at next
month's Perth Caravan and Camping Show. Designed to encourage caravanning
newbies to conquer the art of reversing their RVs, two professional towing
trainers will enact a "foolproof and divorce-proof" reversing technique in
which a driver and "guider" use only hand signals to back a 20ft caravan
into a tight parking spot.
February 25:
Members of the Australian Caravan Club's Wide Bay Burnett Nomads (SE Qld)
sweltered during their recent muster at Queensland's Imbil Showgrounds.
Despite a 39 degree day, they enjoyed activities which included golf,
barefoot bowls and a ride on the Mary Valley Rattler train. They visited the
local rainforest (with the bellbirds), the old railway tunnel at Kandanga
and Lake Borumba, where heaps of redclaw were caught. "Imbil Showgrounds is
a top spot for ACC branch musters," they said in a Facebook posting.
"The caretaker and his team were great."
February 24:
A meeting of creditors of Sunbuster Caravans, which
traded under the name K9 Vans, will be held in Brisbane on March 1.
February 24:
The Caravan Industry Association of Australia has praised the NM Insurance
Community Grants Program which supports local initiatives, including those
focused on caravanning. Association chief executive Stuart Lamont commented:
“This is a fantastic initiative that I am proud to be involved with. It is
important that corporates providing services to these communities reinvest
and support community-based initiatives. Across Australia, there are tens of
thousands of campers who volunteer to support vulnerable groups,
disaster-affected areas and much more. Their generous and selfless
contribution is something this program is designed to support."
 February
23:
Parliamentary Secretary for Jobs and the Member for Thomastown Bronwyn
Halfpenny, pictured, will attend the Victorian Caravan, Camping and Touring
Supershow at Melbourne Showgrounds tomorrow for an 11am presentation at the
RV Master Stage in the Destination Pavilion. The show is billed the biggest
event of its kind in Australia.
 February
23:
NSW's Ballina Shire Council is inviting the community to improve their
caravan skills and knowledge. Three free workshops will be held on March 20
at the Gawandii Room, Lighthouse Beach Ballina Surf Club, for local caravan
owners. For more information, contact Road Safety Officer Helen Carpenter by
telephone on 1300 864 444 or email council@ballina.nsw.gov.au
 February
18:
Australia's McHitch, which produced what was claimed
to be the world's first all-terrain trailer coupler and fastest trailer
hitch, has ceased production. "It is with much regret that due to unforeseen
circumstances, that McHitch.com.au has chosen to close up shop," it said in
a statement today.
February 17:
The Great Ocean Road Coast and
Parks Authority reports one of its busiest summers in recent years, with 93
percent occupancy of caravan parks throughout its peak season. It says a
total of 71,380 nights were booked.
February 16:
The bodies of two men were found
in separate caravans at the Tweed Ski Lodge Caravan Park, Chinderah, on the
NSW north coast. Forensic police are investigating.
 February
15:
The
GoFundMe campaign to raise money for SA's Kingston-on-Murray caravan
park, which was savagely hit by floods after a levee breach last December,
has raised $22,620. It was the second flood in six years at the park, which
had already been hit with multiple closures due to the Covid pandemic.
Latest: The park is currently recovering from its latest flood.
In a message issued late this morning, the State Emergency Service said: "This
area has now been declared all
clear."
February 14:
The winners of this year’s Grey Nomad Awards will be
announced on the evening of Friday, February 17.
February 12
The Shire of Murray in WA
has been asked to approve the development of a new caravan park, camping
grounds and amenity buildings in Sutton Street, Pinjarra.
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