AUGUST 29:
MINING parks and solid tourist numbers helped Aspen Parks pour $7.8m into
group revenue during last financial year, says annual report.
AUGUST 29:
BIG4 Soldiers Point caravan park at Port Stephens wins gold in NSW's 2011
Countrylink North Coast Tourism Awards. Nambucca River Tourist Park
collected silver while Halifax Holiday Park received bronze award.
AUGUST 26:
CARAVAN Industry Association of Victoria donates $5000 to Wodonga's Ronald
McDonald Family Room.
AUGUST 26:
FIVE people escape second caravan blaze within week at Howard Springs in
Northern Territory. Two treated for smoke inhalation.
AUGUST 23:
FLEETWOOD Corporation, builders of Coromal and Windsor caravans, reports
33pc jump in annual profit.
AUGUST 22:
Man rushed to hospital with burns after campervan fire at Bundaberg's BIG4
Cane Village caravan park, Queensland.
AUGUST 19:
THIEVES make off with sixth caravan this month from outside houses in
Geelong, Victoria.
AUGUST 19:
CONSULTANT'S report into future of Victoria's Clunes Caravan Park, which
is under threat of closure, due to be completed next month.
AUGUST 18:
ADRIA and Olympic caravans dealer Carlon Caravans opens new premises
opposite their yard on Princess Hwy at Unanderra NSW.
AUGUST 17:
TENTERFIELD councillors in NSW vote against 'RV-friendly town' status,
which involves offering free overnight camping, to protect existing
caravan parks.
AUGUST 16:
MAN killed in today's accident between truck and caravan on Gladstone-Mt
Larcom Road, Qld, was 32-year-old truck driver from Dalby. Caravanning
family of 6 escaped unhurt.
AUGUST 16:
MAN dies when truck and car towing caravan collide on Gladstone-Mt Larcom
Road, Queensland, this morning.
AUGUST 16:
FREE camping in Tasmania under threat after complaints from caravan park
operators.
AUGUST 16:
GREY nomads hauling caravans reportedly joining nationwide anti-carbon tax
Convoy of No Confidence to Canberra.
AUGUST 15:
AUSTRALIAN Tourist Park Management appoints Scott Hayden as general
manager (operations and compliance) and Traci Hayman as human resource
manager.
AUGUST 15:
ONLY one claimant attended last Friday's meeting of Phoenix Caravans
creditors in Brisbane. Company called in liquidators after hitting
financial problems (see
original story here).
AUGUST 13:
SYDNEY-based boutique investment firm Paradice Investment Management sells
$2m worth of shares in Aspen Group, whose Aspen Parks division operates
Australia-wide chain of caravan parks.
AUGUST 13:
NT News reader calls for desexed dogs on leads to be allowed into
national parks to stop tourists "locking their dogs in the shower recess
of their caravan when they want to visit a park".
AUGUST 11:
Caravan in 15-vehicle pile-up which caused traffic gridlock on Kwinana
Freeway in Perth today.
AUGUST 10:
NT police today confirmed body found near Erldunda was that of missing
caravanner Peter Worthington, 71, whose rig found abandoned on Stuart Hwy
(see original story here).
AUGUST 10:
Channel 9's <i>Today Show</i> weatherman Steve Jacobs broadcasts live from
Toowoomba's BIG4 Garden City caravan park in Queensland today.
AUGUST 10:
Sunshine Coast's iconic Tripcony Hibiscus caravan park in Queensland to be
renamed Caloundra Waterfront Holiday Park after $10m redevelopment.
AUGUST 9:
Floods hit riverside 40-site Ross Caravan Park in Tasmania's north-west.
AUGUST 9:
Shares in Aspen Group, which operates Australia-wide network of caravan
parks, remain steady at 42c despite share market gloom.
AUGUST 9:
Caravanners and campers urged to take care with campfires as dry
conditions turn vast areas of south-west Queensland into tinderbox.
AUGUST 9:
Black Rock Caravan Park in WA's Pilbara introduces three-month time limit
on guests to comply with WA Caravan and Camping Act.
AUGUST 8:
Couple taken to hospital after their 4WD and poptop caravan overturn on
Bruce Highway on Gunalda Range north of Gympie, Queensland.
AUGUST 8:
Grey nomad, 64, recovering after being airlifted with wife to hospital
when 4WD and caravan roll on Bruce Hwy north of Marlborough, Qld. Believed
4WD tyre blew.
AUGUST 8:
Bolwell RV wins two prestigious awards from the automotive and design
industries for its trend-setting Bolwell Edge caravan.
AUGUST 8:
Caravanning Queensland opposes pressure from Far North Nomads to open
Cairns showground to grey nomads for overnight camping.
AUGUST 7:
Comedy of errors as man attempts to steal two caravans from Jayco
dealer Brisbane Camperland at Tingalpa. Arrested after numerous phone
calls from astonished witnesses.
AUGUST 4:
BIG4 North Star Holiday Resort & Caravan Park at Hastings Point in
NSW voted the "best of best" in CCIA Awards of Excellence.
AUGUST 4:
Two caravanners in Nissan Pathfinder suffered serious chest
injuries when their rig collided with truck on Pacific Highway south of
Grafton in NSW today.
One airlifted to hospital.
Reports say the vehicles collided head on. Police seek witnesses.
AUGUST 3:
Tourism operators in south-west Queensland claim many people are leaving
their caravans behind and using motels and cabins as fuel prices rise.
AUGUST 2:
Boss of Madeley caravan park in WA beaten up
after he caught thieves in park's office at about 2am today.
