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| 21 Aug 2008 | | With 13 pop-top and seven caravan layouts available the Windsor Rapid range takes a practical approach to being most things to many people.
The RA 471 stands tall among the Rapid range on a 150mm (6in) main frame which is raised 101mm (4in).
The extra clearance and improved entry and exit angles are really handy as rugged terrain is not confined to the Outback. |
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| 11 Aug 2008 | | The Romeo and Juliet legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai is celebrated as one of New Zealand's greatest love stories. The sacred island of the Te Arawa people Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua is the heart of the love story.
Aspen Parks Group quality holiday and caravan park accommodation is represented by a cross-section of Australia's leading Holiday Parks. July TravelSmart Club winners GoSee with both prizes this month. |
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| 6 Aug 2008 | | When GoSee heard that the Jayco Club of NSW had Barry Christmas for a President an Out There Christmas in July rally had to follow. It did - big time.
After two months of careful planning by Poplar Tourist Park manager Darren Core Christmas and Co with Jaycos in tow took position on the Oran Park raceway starters grid.
It was like Christmas on a stick for 20 Jayco caravans with 40 Jayco Club members from the North Coast, Blue Mountains, South Coast, Canberra and in between. |
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| 5 Aug 2008 | | The GoSee extended evaluation over months on the road and at home of thermal cooking and Dream-Pot shows it delivers on time every time.
It saves big time on fuel, gas or electricity and does not demand that someone watches the pot.
Completely portable the Dream-Pot keeps cooking indoors or out once the recipe start-up has been followed. It is a good easy to carry friend at the end of a touring day and it cleans up quickly. |
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| 30 Jul 2008 | | Industry website AutoNews reports today that Mitsubishi's Pajero 4WD drive diesel wagon is the Overlander magazine Best Value for Money trophy winner for the third year in a row.
Taking a refeshing, sensible, responsible, industry leading position on towing safety Mitsubishi told GoSee that a Weight Distribution Hitch (WBH) is recommended for (towball) downloads exceeding 135kg. |
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| 29 Jul 2008 | | Top Tourist Park chains Austin Tourist Park at Tamworth, has another success in the NSW Inland Tourism Awards held in Parkes last Saturday.
Chris and Frank Edwards own and run Austin Tourist Park, one of the best award winning caravan parks in Australia.
It's a Tamworth icon in the NSW Golden Country Music Guitar city. Its value to Tamworth is far beyond the three and a half Star rating Automobile Association assessor put on it. |
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| 25 Jul 2008 | | More than 200 members of the Caravan and Camping Industry Association of NSW (CCIA) gathered at Novotel North Beach in Wollongong at the CCIA's Awards of Excellence.
It is a prestigious annual event for the industry which celebrates the success of caravan and camping trade businesses (manufacturers, dealers and suppliers) and holiday parks in New South Wales.
23 Awards of Excellence winners and 20 Gumnut Awards recipients were awarded at the event in Wollongong. |
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| 24 Jul 2008 | | Anglesea Beachfront Family Caravan Park proved once again it is a top Top Tourist Parks destination as it won the Tourism-Accommodation award at last night's Geelong Advertiser Business Excellence Awards.
Judges praised the Top Tourist Parks of Australia chain member caravan park for its 'first-class' operation. |
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| 18 Jul 2008 | | 18c per km over 2798km for a unique Outback Australia experience in the GoSee Captiva diesel SUV in Victoria and South Australia is good value.
To put that in context here is a GoSee Out There adventure which starts in Geelong, Victoria and crosses unique desert and leads to Arkaroola in South Australia.
At current diesel prices it would cost about $130 more than in 2007. So the total diesel cost is about $500 for two, complete with camping gear and free to go and do as you please. |
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| 18 Jul 2008 | | Eco-adventurer Hans Tholstrup has once again shown that modern diesel motors make towing Australia economical.
He used less than 53 litres with a Hyundai i30 SX CRDi manual turbo Diesel, towing a light Cub Kamparoo Weekender trailer from Sydney to Melbourne.
GoSee reported Tholstrups successful less than 75 litres of diesel used with a bigger, heavier Jayco Feather caravan in December 2006. |
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| 17 Jul 2008 | | Mary Taylor has returned from her 17th trip around Australia in her yellow Honda Jazz – and she is already planning her next one!
Her marathon around Australia included Broken Hill, Longreach, Katherine, Broome, Perth, Ceduna and Mildura. She covered more than 16,000 kms.
Mary at 90 loves the freedom driving brings and the open road. 'You have got to experience the country,' Mary said on her return home. |
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| 16 Jul 2008 | | GoSee TravelSmart prizes for members who signed up in June include practical guidance in book and DVD form which will make the Recreational Vehicle experience better and safer.
One prize is the ultimate Recreational Vehicle travel handbook. The DVD's include 31 minutes on towing which communicate real skills.
In June we had another New Zealand winner Linda Guy of Maraetai Manukau. |
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| 9 Jul 2008 | | GoSee is now confident of the stability built into the European suspension and innovative anti-sway towing design of the Geist Activ AK 495 family caravan.
Storm wind with gusts to 50 knots put the issue beyond dispute for us as they shifted their testing blast about in a three-day evaluation.
The Geist's unfazed overall performance ends for GoSee any suggestions the European build is too light for normal Australasian caravanning conditions. |
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| 9 Jul 2008 | | Joanna Gash Federal Shadow Spokesperson on Road Tourism is Road Testing Road
Tourism. Jayco and GoSee are helping with her practical caravan in tow
approach.
Joanna is on the road on a touring route which takes her through NSW, South
Australia and Victoria before she returns to her start point in Nowra.
High fuel costs are compounded by signpost, broadband and mobile cover shortages. But good news - Yes there is water in the Murray and Yes river boats still operate and Grey Nomads are much younger |
| 27 Jun 2008 | | Holiday parks are the first sub-sector to formally demonstrate commitment to the national-level tourism strategy goals Minister of Tourism Damien O'Connor says.
As 70 per cent of visitor nights are spent at New Zealands holiday parks he recognised the importance of listening to feedback from the sector, as he floated plans for a environmental levy for overseas visitors coming to New Zealand. |
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| 26 Jun 2008 | | When Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water, Greg Hunt, invited Helen and John Taylor to Canberra to show all motorists how they can save between 10 and 30 percent of their weekly fuel bills, the Taylors were happy to oblige.
The couple hold 36 fuel economy driving world records between them. They drove 773km to Canberra at just under posted speed limits and used 3.71 litres of fuel per 100km. |
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| 24 Jun 2008 | | GoSee believes that people increasingly expect to have to book camping, and in fact want to be able to book.
With free camping a hot Australasian topic the question is whether or not the costs of caravan parks and the unavailability of camp sites in prime locations in peak periods is driving more people to bush camping and its close relation free camping. |
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| 13 Jun 2008 | | What do caravan parkies do when they take a holiday?
They go camping in Western Australia - travel more than 9350km and use 1141 litres of diesel which cost $2068.03 at an average $1.82c a litre.
Jenny and Geoff Tait toured with their new Cub Spacevan camper behind their Land Rover Discovery.
They conclude their report for GoSee on their land voyage from Tocumwal to Western Australia and back. |
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| 12 Jun 2008 | | Hello everyone my name is Chloe and I have been camping for the first time.
We stayed at Skenes Creek Beachfront Park, probably the only caravan park in Victoria between Geelong and Apollo Bay that allows dogs and camp fires. And it is right on the beach.
We wanted to know where I could take my humans camping and assess the good and bad of that for them and me.
We also tested a new Oztent and tried Ozpig cooking and its capabilities for future trips. |
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| 12 Jun 2008 | | Self Leveling Suspension does not transfer weight from the back to front wheels of a tow vehicle.
All it does is level the vehicle. Whatever loads are on the wheels remains the same, and it requires a Weight Distribution Hitch to transfer weight from the back to front wheels.
It is a myth about SLS that a WDH is not required when towing. Today we post comment on SLS and WDH from icon towing equipment maker Hayman Reese - |
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| 6 Jun 2008 | | What do caravan parkies do when they find time for a holiday?
They go camping.
Jenny and Geoff Tait are in Western Australia with their new Cub Spacevan camper making light work of rolling along behind their Land Rover Discovery.
Jenny & Geoff continue their report for GoSee on their land voyage to Western Australia. |
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| 30 May 2008 | | Two years after the devastation of the Grampians bushfires, Grampians Estate has celebrated a new beginning with the release of the Black Sunday Friends Shiraz Collection.
Eight cool climate local and regional wineries donated fruit to continue the winemaking tradition of Grampians Estate.
The recovery effort involved hundreds of people, mostly volunteers, and continued for months on end. It still continues today at a personal level. |
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| 27 May 2008 | | GoSee hit the road for 11 days with fuel prices at NZ$1.749 cents a litre and rising in one of the smallest cheapest cars available to Kiwis and did just that.
The Daihatsu Sirion is a different approach for GoSee.
Bred on big vehicles we are a long way from the big six-cylinder sedan hire cars and diesel motorhomes which are our usual choice for long-run touring in New Zealand's North and South Islands. |
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| 26 May 2008 | | What do caravan parkies do when they find time for a holiday from their four star rated day-job?
They go camping!
Jenny and Geoff Tait took the long way home and went to Western Australia with their new Cub Spacevan camper making light work of rolling along behind their Land Rover Discovery.
Jenny & Geoff report for GoSee on their land voyage to Western Australia. |
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