Don’t Forget to Stop at Peak Hill Caravan Park
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- Published: 13 January 2017 13 January 2017
Travelling down the Newell Highway soon?
If so, don’t forget to call in and stay at Peak Hill Caravan Park.
The Park proudly displays an Australian Caravan Club (ACC) RVSTAY sign at its entrance. An ACC RVSTAY sign confirms our Club’s endorsement of a site.
With both powered and unpowered sites plus cabins, the Park is well shaded and sites are grassed and level. Controlled pets are welcome.
Resident owners Pauline and Leighton are very friendly, welcoming, and supporters of the ACC. ACC members are offered a 10% discount on production of their current ACC membership card.
Planning on attending the annual Parkes Elvis Festival during the second week of January? Or perhaps the Tullamore Irish Festival on 15 April 2017? Maybe the ABBA Festival at Trundle on 6 May 2017? With a shuttle bus running from Parkes to Peak Hill and Trundle only 40 minutes away, Peak Hill Caravan Park is a great place to stay if you are attending any of these festivals.
There is enough to see in Peak Hill and its surrounds to find yourself based at the Park for several days. With antique stores and galleries in its quaint and leafy main street, Peak Hill also boasts a gold mine, Big Fish Fossil Hut, Nature Walk, Flora and Fauna Reserve, Bogan Weir, recreational facilities including a golf course, bowling club, ex-services club, public swimming pool, and Australia’s first upright silo.
Nearby attractions include The Dish, Goobang National Park or the Taronga Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo.
For more about Peak Hill Caravan Park, go to www.peakhillcaravanpark.com.au.
Report by Dennis Mulholland, ACC Member No Q00369.
Camps Australia Wide 9th Edition by Cathryn & Philip Fennell
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- Published: 10 January 2017 10 January 2017
On sale 15th February 2017
This publication is considered one of Australia’s most valuable printed resources for the RV traveller, providing a comprehensive and authenticated guide to free and low cost camping as well as unique outback and remote camping sites throughout Australia.
Once again we have “notched up’ a great number of kilometers, checking, verifying and visiting existing and new sites, and adding new photos. Those that we have found closed or not suitable have been removed. The result of this ‘zig zagging’ around and across Australia is that there are now over 4000 sites listed in this new edition, the majority of which are overnight stops and camping areas. Also included are low cost caravan parks, national & state parks and station stays.
The maps have been customized as much as possible to make them easier to read, with the campsites overlaid onto each one. Indexing is state by state, found at the front of the campsite listing.
Everything you need to know about each site can be easily found by looking at the descriptive icons and symbols. These show facilities such as toilets, maximum rigs, maximum stay allowed, dump points, pets allowed, fees applicable, mobile phone coverage and site access details.
Camps 9 is great value for money. After just a few nights of camping the savings you make will outweigh the cost of the book, and the time it saves is priceless.
Being able to plan a trip with stopovers that are free or low cost, knowing if pets are welcome and seeing available facilities at a glance, has proven to be a hit with travellers across Australia.
It’s easy to see why the Camps guides are regarded as the “Travellers Bible”.
A free user friendly searchable Update Service is provided on our website, www.campsaustraliawide.com/update-service. Changes will occur especially over time after the books release, so it’s important to check regularly for updates.
Key Features:
- Over 4,000 sites all researched, visited and verified by the authors.
- Over 3,000 Pet friendly sites.
- Free online “Update Service" on the Camps website
Pre buy from www.campsaustraliawide.com
Camps Australia Wide are offering, on their website, a 20% discount off the RRP of all Camps 9th Edition Books to all ACC members. To obtain the discount, members should log-in to our website, click on the orange member benefits non-accommodation button and obtain the special coupon code.
Join the fastest growing RV Club in Australia!
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- Published: 09 January 2017 09 January 2017
We welcome owners of caravans, pop tops, motorhomes, campervans, slide on campers, campertrailers, and 5th wheelers without discrimination.
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Australian Caravan Club to Engage with Businesses at Industry Workshops
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- Published: 07 January 2017 07 January 2017
Businesses in the Liverpool Plains Shire Council (LPSC) will benefit from two industry workshops to be conducted by the Australian Caravan Club (ACC) with the LPSC business community later this month, ACC Deputy Chairman Tom Smith announced today.
The workshops will be held at Racecourse Dining Room, Quirindi, and Spring Ridge Hall, Spring Ridge in New South Wales and have been set for 24 and 25 January 2017 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
‘These workshops will focus on many topics including the economic benefits that can be gained by local businesses from catering to the needs of the RV traveller, how to engage with RVers, how to encourage RVers to visit, and opportunities to access the growing RV community,’ said Mr Smith.
‘Members of the ACC Policy, Advocacy and Town Support Committee plus ACC Board Members will be conducting the seminars and speaking on issues relevant to these topics.’
‘We consider these workshops will prove to be beneficial not just to local businesses within the LPSC as they reap the economic rewards that can be gained by specifically catering for the RV community, but also to RVers as their wants and needs are met. This will be a win / win situation for all.’
Members of the LPSC business community wishing to attend should contact the LPSC for further information.
‘The ACC is now developing further regional options within the Club’s Town Support Program and is prepared to work with any local authority or business community wishing to develop a recreational vehicle strategy,’ Mr Smith said.
New Assistance Program for Major Compliance and Safety Defects
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- Published: 03 January 2017 03 January 2017
The Caravan Council of Australia (CCA) has notified the Australian Caravan Club (ACC) that it ‘is introducing a professional engineering and legal assistance program to help owners of caravans and camper-trailers who have serious unresolved technical problems with their vehicle.’
CCA has instructed the ACC that the service ‘is available only for alleged Major Defects involving Compliancing and Safety…where discussions with the Supplier have failed to satisfactorily resolve the issues.’
CCA has requested complainants to complete a Complaint Form and email it to the CCA together with photos. The CCA state that the Complaint will be confidentially examined ‘by an independent professional experienced engineer, and an accredited solicitor - without cost - to determine whether any legal action is likely to favourably resolve the issue(s), and what the indicative costs would be for:
- such action, by a Letter of Demand and
- with appropriate action, if necessary.’
CCA state that an indicative cost ‘for a simple basic Letter of Demand is around $400 - $500 (+ GST).’
CCA further state that ‘If the Claim is deemed to be justified, and likely to be satisfactorily resolved, the Solicitor will provide a completely-free – without any obligation whatsoever – initial telephone discussion, for up to 20 minutes!’
ACC members with serious unresolved issues with their RVs can contact ACC Acting Chairman Tom Smith at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
‘The ACC is very concerned about compliance and safety issues,’ said Mr Smith. ‘Our Club has been making serious representations to the Caravan Industry Association of Australia on behalf of our members who have genuine major defect issues with their RV manufacturers.’
‘A copy of the CCA Complaint form is available for our members upon request,’ Mr Smith said.
Happy New Year
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- Published: 02 January 2017 02 January 2017
On behalf of your Board, I would like to wish
all Australian Caravan Club members, a happy,
healthy and safe 2017
Craig Humphrey
Chair
31.12.16
Merry Christmas
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- Published: 22 December 2016 22 December 2016
On behalf of your Board I wish all members and their families a very Merry Christmas and may 2017 be a great year.
Your club office will be closed from 5pm Saturday 24th December 2016 and will re–open Tuesday 3rd January 2017.
Regards
Craig Humphrey
Chairman