We (read John) spent quite some time researching the various off road camper trailers on the market prior to making our choice of Adventure Off Road Camper (sadly lacking in the creative naming department) made in Adelaide. These were recommended by friends who are on their second one (thanks Dick and Jacq). So all along our trip so far we’ve been looking out for fellow owners of camper trailers the same brand as ours.

Now if you’re in the market for a camper trailer, caravan, camper van, motor home – whatever – don’t bother with the Caravan and Camping Show that makes its annual trip around the nation. Just head to a packed tourist destination – Uluru should do you – and there is your best selection with unbiased opinions by the bucket load. John will often disappear for an hour at a time to sniff around the camping ground. And he always comes back and says “ours is better”. But I’m sure they all say that.

Until we arrived at Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge), we hadn’t seen a single Trevor the Trailer look alike. We spent two nights there, and on each of those evenings in the camping ground we were approached by a fellow traveller who also had a Trevor clone! This entailed a good hour with each new buddy going over the intricacies of our trailers. We learnt a lot from each other, and will probably never go to the dark side – meaning buy another brand. A bit like being a Canon camera owner. You’ll never, ever buy a Nikon.