Great to see all the flash caravans

Looking at Retro section Reminded me of many happy memories in my parents Cresta Craft Caravan, could fit family of 8 in it, once parked up more than a night, extended into a good sized awning.

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea those awnings are amazing at extending the space aye... before we got our new caravan we were in a 1976 retro light weight some great times in that.

@craigwadey2122

11 ай бұрын

All fibreglass if I remember

The large display of RVs gives the impression that camping and traveling around is VERY popular ? Prices seem high ! Thanks for sharing ..

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea we are a country that loves to camp 🏕... lots of options as well... caravans and motorhomes have got very expensive prob to match the unaffordable housing market in New Zealand 🇳🇿

Great video! We both laughed when you tried the hot water on the trailer…

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Hot water is a no go 😫...

Awesome video 👍

@leopardsgowild

5 ай бұрын

Awww thanks mate it's a cool show

thanks for sharing, and showing us what is available. But wow all the people parked up - looked like some sort of "festival"

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea it definitely felt like a big festival do many people there, a lot of money tied up in the show. Glad we went.

You’ve done a great job with this. I enjoyed being shown around the caravans by you more than when we were there viewing them ourselves. Very informative. Still, we’re more than happy with Justin, our transit. Didn’t even feel tempted to trade up.

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea, You guys have got Justin set up Awesome for your adventures... Are you using Justin at the moment or still waiting for it to get warmer? Thanks for the positive feedback.

@NomadLifeKiwi

Жыл бұрын

@@leopardsgowild waiting for it to stop raining! But we've made a few enhancements to him, and trying to get our house ready for renting. We've managed to get a bit too settled over the covid period,

Welcome back to the mother land! How are the kids accents now lol. Some of those caravans and motorhomes are massively expensive! The Aussie ones are a nice modern style compared to the UK ones. The timber just looks old school now. Retro vans were cool tho. We used to have a 1964 Oxford pioneer 12 years ago. Good fun getting out there. Cheers

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, nice to be home, the weather currently is no good though. Def a good look around at the show, something for everyone there, maybe not every budget, a few of the big vans for 2 people but brand new and a price tag.

Nice to see the scale of the show, so much variety out there.

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea a lot of Australian caravans on the market now as well... lots of small business bringing them in

Alas we did not make show, so thanks for the peek.

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

There must be a video right... it's 2022 no-one misses out

Awesome video cools to see a few different options! Glade to see you guys back in nz safe and sound!

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

So many options aye man, I think that after sales care is important 🤔 easy to sell a caravan but it sounds like things often go wrong with the new caravans

great episode mike!!! glad to see ur back home doing what u love ... i really love new zealand... cheers brother!!

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea I love it here as well... bring on some adventures.

Interesting to see the line-up of caravans, motorhomes available in NZ, Enjoy your travels around NZ, , Cheers Bevan 🤠❤️🇦🇺

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate. Definitely a flood of the Aussie stuff coming into New Zealand... where there used to be floods of the UK 🇬🇧 and European stuff...

Great video this. Was way too busy for us on Saturday. But great to meet you all. We felt the show needed more stuff to go in and around caravans.

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea we are looking forward to getting to some quieter places where we can go fishing walking and listen to the sounds of the wild I'm nearly done with cities and noise LOL... was great meeting you guys as well

Welcome home guys.

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks team... it's nice to be home, all this rain though...

Great video - very informative - loved the set questions you asked everyone. I can’t believe all the different caravans there are out there - how do you choose.??? We both enjoyed finally meeting you!😀

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Was so cool to meet you jokers as well best part of the weekend was catching up with Friends and meeting new people

Great video Mike thanks for doing that, unfortunately we couldn’t make it this time but as we’ll be on the North Island this time next year this is definitely a “must do” show for us

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

yea, it was a lot of fun being there. Was cool bumping into some people who follow long on our channel as well. Hopefully they got to see that we are very much just normal people lol... The show in CHCH must be pretty big aye?

@NZCaravanLife

Жыл бұрын

@@leopardsgowild it is a good show but no where near the size of mystery creek by the looks of it. A lot of caravan dealers appear to be in the North Island

We visited there on Saturday. It was interesting but very busy 😢

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Oh mate, we couldn't believe how busy it was... So many people and also so many stalls and companies there selling their products.

I like the Rockwoods immensely, but it's the weight that's the issue, oh and the fact there is such a thing as to big.

@leopardsgowild

11 ай бұрын

they are so spacious, they're weights aren't to massive just a 200kg more than these Aussie vans. You'd really want to be travelling slow in one of those though, and you might find it a little hard to fit in some places if your getting to long.

*some super cool caravans there, I have to avoid places like this as I always want to buy them all*

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea they are getting more and more expensive that's for sure. Big influx of the off road Aussie caravans. Def different camping in the UK 🇬🇧 vs Aus and NZ though lots quieter down under

Very well presented Mike, there are a lot of options out there, I once enquired about that quad bunk from Inside Out but $160k a but out of our reach unfortunately.

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yea, they don't seem to be getting any cheaper aye, the growing market... You still looking around?

@RadRoadAdventures

Жыл бұрын

@@leopardsgowild not really, when you have 4 kids you are limited, I would like a club lounge at the rear so we may be best to wait until some kids grow up and don't want hang with their parents no more

Some stunning caravans there. Some of those telephone number price tags are scary though. Makes me wonder if I'm asking enough for mine! Someone coming to look tomorrow. Though I think he might be looking for something more off grid capable than mine is.

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Oh good luck with the sale of your Caravan... Prob wouldn't be to hard to pimp up your caravan with some Solar and batteries... Don't take any cheeky offers.

@owenpotter2459

Жыл бұрын

@@leopardsgowild it does have a small battery, but no solar. If anything gets pimped with more solar, it will be the boat!

Keen to know if you saw any electric camper vans there? I saw a couple in an Auckland caravan show 4 years ago but they were just prototypes and I haven't seen any on the road or for sale? I'm just converting an electric van to a camper right now in Wellington. One of the great things about them is you can keep your heater on all night and it keeps a constant temp while you're in bed, plus no condensation whatsoever. Another plus is when you arrive at a site late at night, you don't wake anyone up with a noisy engine; they're totally silent - happy days! Oh, also, all of my appliances will run off the enormous 400v battery, so no leisure batteries, controllers, monitors, or wiring jobs needed. And when you're plugged into a powered site, you have a full 'tank' of electrons by the time you wake up - for free!

@leopardsgowild

Жыл бұрын

Yip there were a couple of full electric caravans with the electric stove tops which run off the battery. I think I only remember seeing one there though... I'd be keen to see your set up when you got it all done.

@jezthomas4402

Жыл бұрын

@@leopardsgowild That's good to hear; I think they're going to be really popular once we get some decent electric van options on our shores. Sure, happy to give you a rundown of my van once it's all done; I'm pretty busy so it's taking painfully long, plus I know nothing about DIY or electrics!