A change......or just an increase?

Submitted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 16:58
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With the tourist season in full swing, I've noticed a change in the travellers' mode of transport.

While there's heaps of caravans(how many different makes are produced in Australia?), campers and motorhomes, and of course all the fishermen with their boats, there seems to be another traveller this year.

To me, and I do a lot of clicks along the Landsborough and Barkly Highways each week, there appears to be an increasing number of the single vehicle traveller. Like other tourists, these SVT's are using every brand, and type of vehicle available. Even saw a little black sedan, about the size of Barina, with a roof top tent on top. Looked like a travelling toad stool, and probably should have had "oversize" signs, front and rear.

While roof top tents are popular, the "de rigeur" accessory would have to be Maxtrax. There's orange boards everywhere. The Telstra style canopy/camper are very popular(we've even got one), with many grey nomads having one on their ute, as well as pulling a 'van.

No doubt there's a number of reasons for using just one's vehicle. Better fuel economy, travelling light, with just a tent, and couples checking out the Outback first, to see if they "like" it, and then heading home to get a 'van/camper.

What are other's thoughts?

Bob.

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