With 80,000 recreational vehicles on the road at any given time in Australia, more people are road tripping, as sales and orders for the RVs soar during the pandemic.
The number of Australians hitting the roads in caravans has surged since the start of the pandemic, as people continue to seek alternatives to international travel.The number of caravans on the road has surged since the start of the pandemic, the Australian Caravan Club saysThe club says a new generation of caravanners is hitting the road, aided by the ability to work and study remotely
Club chairman Ken Newton said market demand and supply chain issues had created a 12-to-24-month wait for custom recreational vehicles.Mr Newton attributed the rediscovery and rising popularity of domestic road travel to the ongoing pandemic, a quest for freedom and hesitancy about international travel.
There is also an abundance of seasonal work around the nation, meaning more young families are homeschooling their children on the road."Baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964, once the majority of the RV population, are being replaced by millennials coming through." "Some people just say, 'I'm going to get a car and caravan, camper trailer or motor home and I'm going to go around Australia and give it a go'. It's about adventure."Likewise, single women in their 50s and 60s are also increasingly taking to the freedom of life on the road, typically preferring the convenience of a motorhome over towing a van.
"You light the fire of a night time, you sit back in your chair and look at that wonderful light show that happens at night time where there's no artificial light.Lorraine and Wayne Clarke with friends in the outback on one of their many adventures. "A lot of people now are travelling shorter distances and stopping somewhere for longer due to the cost of fuel," Gippsland Gypsies social coordinator Lorraine Clarke said.
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