Queensland Caravan, Camping & Touring Holiday Show with Motorhome & Campervan Show

[charlieaarons]

This has to be the most depressing thread I've ever seen on off road
campers. I mean WTH? We've got thousands of stick and staple RV's
over here and you guys have more cool campers than I can count.
Life just ain't fair I tell ya, it'd be worth a trip down under just to
catch that show.:Wow1: I hate you guys!! Not really. :drool:

Americans are getting what they ask for and deserve to a large extent. I've always been a believe in "you get what you pay for" and many of the readers of this forum yearn for quality bad-road capable campers. But Australia, with 1/15th the population of the US and the same size as the lower 48 has a much higher proportion of long lonely dirt roads not attired with paved campgrounds and interstate highways. And many Australians want to explore their nation/continent.
Just lurk around the RV.Net forums a bit. Some of the denizens are very intelligent but many can be characterized as "ignorant xenophobic rednecks" who think if something costs a nickle more, let alone $1000s more, it's not worth it and they will viciously dump on it, especially if they can't afford it. I believe they represent the majority/cross-section of the US RV using population; not the users of the Expo forum.
So they get cheaply built RVs with the cheapest possible parts.
I'm sure the Brisbane show was the "cream of the crop" but its' size and venue vs. the recent Prescott exp. RV show-lette indicates Australians have a higher expectation of their RVs.

Charlie

 

[RedRocker]

Americans are getting what they ask for and deserve to a large extent. I've always been a believe in "you get what you pay for" and many of the readers of this forum yearn for quality bad-road capable campers. But Australia, with 1/15th the population of the US and the same size as the lower 48 has a much higher proportion of long lonely dirt roads not attired with paved campgrounds and interstate highways. And many Australians want to explore their nation/continent.
Just lurk around the RV.Net forums a bit. Some of the denizens are very intelligent but many can be characterized as "ignorant xenophobic rednecks" who think if something costs a nickle more, let alone $1000s more, it's not worth it and they will viciously dump on it, especially if they can't afford it. I believe they represent the majority/cross-section of the US RV using population; not the users of the Expo forum.
So they get cheaply built RVs with the cheapest possible parts.
I'm sure the Brisbane show was the "cream of the crop" but its' size and venue vs. the recent Prescott exp. RV show-lette indicates Australians have a higher expectation of their RVs.

Charlie

Good points, I had a Bigfoot truck camper and was surprised at some of the
cheap hardware in it.

 

[indiedog]

Americans are getting what they ask for and deserve to a large extent. I've always been a believe in "you get what you pay for" and many of the readers of this forum yearn for quality bad-road capable campers. But Australia, with 1/15th the population of the US and the same size as the lower 48 has a much higher proportion of long lonely dirt roads not attired with paved campgrounds and interstate highways. And many Australians want to explore their nation/continent.
Just lurk around the RV.Net forums a bit. Some of the denizens are very intelligent but many can be characterized as "ignorant xenophobic rednecks" who think if something costs a nickle more, let alone $1000s more, it's not worth it and they will viciously dump on it, especially if they can't afford it. I believe they represent the majority/cross-section of the US RV using population; not the users of the Expo forum.
So they get cheaply built RVs with the cheapest possible parts.
I'm sure the Brisbane show was the "cream of the crop" but its' size and venue vs. the recent Prescott exp. RV show-lette indicates Australians have a higher expectation of their RVs.

Charlie

Regarding the comments on the Australian contingent, you are correct! (I can't comment on the US counterparts) Australians are indeed very discerning when it comes to their campers. AND they can afford to be. When we have such a range of choices available and the population is less, the manufacturers MUST offer a quality product. I'm finalizing my design at the moment before getting it into production. I've been amazed at how competitive the end pricing is and what you have to do to make a viable product. And you can't put crap gear on it either, that will quickly be found out. So the thing that oftens makes the point of difference is innovation. That can only be a good thing for the general public here.

I've said it before on this site, I'm surprised there aren't more US clones of what we do here running around over there. KK obviously have a good rep' but there are a heap of other makers who do just as good a rig.

 

[Mickldo]

The photos we posted of the show were the cream of the crop. We also have a majority of our market catering for the RVers with cheap, poor quality designs. This is where good quality manufacturers like All Terrain Warriors and the others we took photos of are starting to make inroads. I see the market changing from the on-road with comfort vs off-road and roughing it to a new breed of consumers who want top quality products that will survive off road and still be comfortable.

 

[whatcharterboat]

Hey, It's back again. That was quick . 9th till 15 of Jun. Hopefully as there is a few Expo members from this area on Expo now, we'll be able to continue this thread with some more great posts.

Regards John.

I see the market changing from the on-road with comfort vs off-road and roughing it to a new breed of consumers who want top quality products that will survive off road and still be comfortable.

Haha. Mick. The term is "glamping" . lol

 

[Iain_U1250]

I know I'll be there again - I was there last year and as a result bought my Unimog - I'm fast getting to the stage of needing to get some gear to fit out my truck and have a lot of decisions to make. It should be a very interesting show.