Two die outside NT caravan park
TWO people died in a fiery road smash outside at Northern Territory caravan park. Horrified travellers dashed from the Temple Bar Caravan Park, Alice Springs, but there was nothing they could do to save the victims from the blazing Toyota Corolla sedan. "Due to the intensity of the fire no assistance could be provided to the passengers whose age and gender is not known," a police spokesperson said. The male driver, who was flung from the car as it smashed into a power pole on Ilparpa Road, was rushed by St John Ambulance to Alice Springs Hospital with suspected spinal injuries and lacerations.

Muster fans stranded in forest quagmire
FREAK weather marooned hundreds of caravanners at the Country Music Muster at Gympie in Queensland. An estimated 8000 people camped in caravan and tents at the muster were cut off from the outside world. Elsewhere, caravan parks were swamped and caravans washed away as unseasonal torrential rain hit south-east Queensland. [More]

Missing teen and relative located in mountain area
THE missing Queensland 13-year-old girl and her 32-year-old brother-in-law have been found. Caravanners were asked to be on the lookout for the pair, believed to be travelling in a blue 1994 Mitsubishi Magna. Police said they were located in the Glasshouse Mountains area of the Sunshine Coast hinterland. [More]

Woman incinerated in highway smash
A WOMAN was incinerated in a horror smash in Queensland. She was unable to escape from her blazing sedan after it collided head-on with a 4WD towing a campervan on the Capricorn Highway near Duaringa. Four people in the 4WD were rushed to hospital with serious injuries. [More]

Yelgun will welcome tired caravanners
NSW's newest rest area will soon be open for business  ... and weary caravanners will be welcome to overnight there. Workmen are putting the finishing touches to the purpose-built Yelgun facility adjoining the Pacific Hwy near Brunswick Heads in the State's north. [More]

Award-winning park up for sale
DUBBO'S award-winning Top Tourist caravan park in central western NSW is up for sale. It was not clear whether the park, at the junction of the Newell and Mitchell highways, will be sold as a going concern or for redevelopment. [More]

4WD owners not arrogant ... and that's a fact
CARAVANNERS have poured scorn on a report that 4WD owners are arrogant and among the worst drivers on the road. The claim comes in a fact sheet published by insurance giant AAMI. [More]

Compact motorhome a 'triumph' of engineering
FOLLOWING closely in the tyre tracks of Jayco's successful Conquest motorhome comes the compact version. The company claims its latest release is a "triumph of design and engineering". [More]

Developers snap up another park
ANOTHER Queensland caravan park will soon face the developers' excavators. The River Hills Caravan Park near Beenleigh south of Brisbane has been sold for a reported $5 million. [More]

Rest area complaints flood in
ONE of Queensland's most controversial rest areas is back in the news. Locals continue to swamp Pine Rivers Shire Council with complaints about Wyllie Park on Brisbane's northern outskirts. [More]

Council dumps plea for blackwater disposal facility
A SOUTH Australian council has refused to provide a dump point for motorhomers and caravanners. The council says it cannot justify spending ratepayers' money on the facility in the Sturt Hwy town [More]

Ursula hopes to clean up with new product
AN AUSTRALIAN businesswoman claims to have found the solution for washing caravans in drought-stricken Australia. Melbourne-based Ursula McCoy says her product allows people to clean and polish their caravans or cars without using water. [More]

Tribute to volunteering grey nomads
GREY nomads have received a big pat of the back for pitching in and helping out at a rain-sodden outback race meeting. The southerners have been doing voluntary work at the Stamford Races and Community Fun Day in north Queensland for several years. [More]

Murder suspect urged to attend inquest
A MAGISTRATE is writing to two Germans pleading with them to return to Australia to give evidence at an inquest. The hearing into the death of Simone Strobel at a Lismore caravan park in NSW has been adjourned for them to respond. [More]

Council backflip ruins caravan park development
A COUNCIL'S change of mind over land use has ruined a couple's plan to establish a new caravan park in Victoria. Now an appeal tribunal has criticised Wodonga Council for originally encouraging the development adjacent to the River Murray. [More]

Sand buffer saves day as wild storm strikes
CARAVANNERS battened down when one of the wildest storms for more than 20 years battered the coastline near Adelaide in South Australia. But a recently laid "sand buffer" saved beachside caravan parks. [More]

Caravan parks boost for WA
MORE caravan parks may be built in WA under a state government initiative. The Landbank scheme aims to release up to 20 tourism sites by 2010, with developments ranging from luxury resorts to caravan parks and wilderness lodges. [More]

Toilet blues wipe out overnight slumbers
OVERNIGHTING at a WA rest area has been banned ... because the toilets are full! Main Roads has now decided to scrap the ancient bush toilet at the popular Yule River 24-hour stop, south of Port Hedland, and allow daytime use of the area only. [More]