Club News

What is better than standing up? Answer: Sitting down. Well, sitting down so long as the seats are comfortable – and comfortable motorhome seats are essential. Fortunately there are businesses which specialise in motorhome seating. Seats'r'Us has renewed its Logo Link in the Accessories - Products category of our Marketplace.  Motorhomeseats.com.au is a subsidiary of Seats’r’Us and they specialise in Captains Chairs. Additional products include furniture and turntables. Visit this website – and 'take a seat!'

Concept Industries, based in Northgate in Brisbane, is the latest advertiser in the Motorhome Conversions category and the Body Works - Repairs, Modifications & Painting category of our Marketplace. Using their over 40 years combined experience, the trades people at Concept Industries specialise in bus, coach and motorhome repairs, refurbishing, and modifications. Working above industry standards, Concept Industries will tackle a major conversion, retrofit components or perform minor repairs. Visit this website – and find out why the company motto is “Quality and service grows our business!”

CMCA welcomes Mount Torrens Hotel, South Australia as an RV Friendly Destination.

Janer, representing Roadmaster, has renewed its Logo Link in the Premium Table of the Trailers & Towing Systems category of our Marketplace. Roadmaster has been developing and manufacturing the high quality tow bars and supplemental braking systems since 1974. Janer is the only Authorized Distributor Australia-wide. Visit this website – and you might soon have one of these towing systems 'in tow'!

Advance Campervan Rentals, based in Newcastle, has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhome Rentals: Australia category of our Marketplace. The business is operated by experienced motorhomers, providing personalised service. The vehicles are late model campervans and motorhomes (2 to 6 berth). You are welcome to inspect the motorhomes – phone for an appointment. Visit this website, there are motorhomes for sale as well!

Sundriven, located at Nundah on the north side of Brisbane, is the latest advertiser in the Solar Power, Wind Power & Accessories category of our Marketplace. Their range of 12v products include regulators, solar panels, batteries, LED lighting, and 12v pumping solutions. Staff with 40 years combined knowledge of the solar industry provides practical and quality RV solutions as well as making the business a leading SE Queensland solar PV grid connect and remote power specialist. Visit this website – and have yet another reason to enjoy your time in the sun!

CMCA wishes to welcome the Mount Bryan Hotel in South Australia as the latest RV Friendly Destination.

Welcome to the City of Launceston, Tasmania who has recently become CMCA's newest RV Friendly Town.

Wilpena Pound Camp Ground in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, has renewed its Logo Link in the Destinations category of our Marketplace. Even if you knew nothing about the sheer magic of the area, the beautiful names of Wilpena Pound and Flinders Ranges would entice a visit. Throw in numerous powered sites and plenty of bush camping set amongst river red gums, native pines, and abundant wildlife – and it’s only a matter of 'when' to visit this National Park. Visit this website – and enjoy the scenery!

Transac Agencies is the latest advertiser in the Accessories – Products category of our Marketplace. They specialise in 'solar shades' window heat protection kits to suit windscreen/passenger/driver windows – substantially reduces heat and provides privacy too! Also supply water filter systems and pumps with hose kits and brass fittings, a range of KIPOR generators, antenna and satellite systems as well as general accessories. Visit this website – and contemplate how these accessories would enhance your motorhoming lifestyle!

The old saying, “Why stand when you can sit?” gets the thumbs down when you spend long hours sitting in the drivers’ seat of a vehicle. Anything that can be done to reduce the 'sore and tired' feeling gets the thumbs up! Airhawk Australia Comfort Seating, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Accessories – Products category and the Decor, Furnishings, Mattresses & Seats category of our Marketplace, offers a solution.  The LTV Cushion, with its patented weight distribution system over air-filled cells, is easily removed for use in another vehicle or outdoors! Visit this website – get to the 'bottom' of the problem.

King of the Ranges Stockman’s Challenge & Bush Festival is the latest advertiser in the Events category of our Marketplace. Held this year from the 4th to 6th May, the Challenge showcases the traditional skills of Australian stockmen and women in an intense competitive atmosphere over three days. The event is enhanced by traditional bush festival activities, demonstrations and entertainment. Visit this website – and plan to visit Murrurundi, NSW in May!

The NSW Riverina's John O'Brien Bush Festival, held in Narrandera in March each year, is friendly and fun. The Festival celebrates the best of Australia through bush poetry, bush music and dance. Bush Poetry writing workshop. Visit the website through the John O'Brien Bush Festival Logo Link in the Events category of our Marketplace– and add this Festival to your diary.

Victorian Winnebago dealer, Geelong Winnebago, has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhome & Campervan Sales category of our Marketplace. Margie Lawler, Dealer Principal, is both a long time resident of Geelong and an experienced Winnebago retailer. She has a reputation for building good relationships with her customers – one of them, Roger Sykes, is a partner in the business along with Margie and husband, Wally.  Visit this website – perhaps your first step in acquiring your new Winnebago!

Pro-Axle Australia has renewed its Logo Link in the Repairs & Service to Motorhomes category of our Marketplace. Correct wheel alignment and suspension is much more than exceptional tyre life and a comfortable ride – it’s a major safety issue. If your motorhome is not handling as well as it used to drive or you’ve just converted a bus or other vehicle to a motorhome, visit Pro-Axle. Visit this website – review 35 years of experience, six locations and some 13 registered designs and patents.

Jayco Sydney has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhome & Campervan Sales category of our Marketplace. This well established business is the largest Jayco dealership in New South Wales and the only place in Sydney where you can test drive, and buy a new Jayco Motorhome. All sales staff have attended factory training courses so they don’t just read information to you from the brochure. Their motto, 'The Destination before the Journey' says it all. Visit this website – then visit St Marys – your motorhoming prayers may well be answered!

One of the great joys of motorhoming is the adventures along the way. Boating is always a great adventure - if you get the right boat! Zodiac Marine, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Boats (portable) category of our Marketplace, says the recreation page of their website will give you some great ideas on which boat to choose. And remember, it is not mandatory to wear a life jacket when you 'leap aboard' their website.

Power Custom Services, offering its Road Warrior Plus product, is the latest advertiser in the Mechanical Parts & Products category of our Marketplace. Road Warrior Plus is a water-based solution that when dry, forms a tough, flexible vinyl film. This film protects your motorhome from damage from challenges such as rock chips, bugs, tar, and salt erosion. It can be left on your motorhome and supporting vehicles, or removed when you arrive at your destination. It is easy to remove and leaves no adhesive residue. Visit this website – and join the fight against the rock chip, bug, tar, and salt erosion menace!

Charleville Bush Caravan Park is the latest advertiser in the Holiday, Motorhome & Caravan Parks category of our Marketplace. Plenty of room – 62 acres – and close to town. Leave the motorhome all set up and take the $2 per person shuttle to town. Lots of trees and bushes, beautiful new amenities, undercover BBQ area, laundry, campfire area, and camp oven facilities. Visit this website – circle Charleville on your map and include Charleville in your travel plans.

Redarc Electronics has renewed it’s Logo Links in the Accessories – Products category and the Solar Power, Wind Power & Accessories category of our Marketplace. With dealers throughout Australia, Redarc Electronics has been researching, designing and manufacturing electronic voltage converters, inverters, power supplies, battery chargers, and electric brake products for the automotive industry since 1979. Redarc has completed extensive research into battery selection and battery problems with motorhomes. Visit this website – and get 'current' advice.

When asked how long it is since you last visited a zoo, the answer often is, “Too long!”  Dubbo’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo has renewed its Logo Link in the Attractions, Activities, Adventures & Tours category of our Marketplace, and is well worth a visit when you are next in the Dubbo area. The animal population of over 1,500 includes many cute offspring from successful breeding programs. The new Visitor Plaza and free access area offers information, ticketing, the Zoo Shop, Bakhita’s Café, an award-winning children’s playground, and dump point. Visit this website – yes, check out the free dump point!

Solar Australia is the latest advertiser in the Premium Table of the Solar Power, Wind Power & Accessories category of our Marketplace. As the name implies, Solar Australia has an extensive range of solar products. Their flat and foldable panels provide extreme efficiency in all conditions – the products have passed international testing including hail damage and light absorption test. Visit this website – enjoy the sunshine!

Want a new Jayco campervan, or perhaps a second hand campervan or motorhome?  Want to enjoy a little time in fabulous Coffs Harbour? Watson's Caravans & RVs of Coffs Harbour, NSW, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhome & Campervan Sales category of our Marketplace, offers all this and more. Visit their website - then go visit Coffs Harbour.

Motoco Group of Townsville in Queensland has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhomes & Campervan Sales category of our Marketplace. They are Winnebago motorhome dealers – and have plenty of used motorhomes if you are not in the market for a brand new unit. Visit this website – and mark this dealership on your map and in your diary!

Would you like an 'inflatable' car as a motorhome accessory? Until the concept is invented, the 'support' vehicle will have to follow the motorhome in extremely close formation!  Tilta Trailers of Brisbane, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Trailers & Towing Systems category of our Marketplace, offers an alternative to, in their words, 'that outdated heavy car trailer'. As their name suggests they are tilting car trailer specialists with lightweight, single axle trailers which weigh only 300kg. Visit this website – it may 'tilt' you in their direction!

Visitor Information Centres are a great source of information – brochures, maps and 'local knowledge'.  Wouldn’t it be good if we could contact them before we reach the area? NSW Accredited Visitor Information Centres, which have just renewed their Logo Link in the Books, Guides, Maps and Travelling category of our Marketplace, provide this opportunity. Visit this website, click on the map and all the Visitor Information Centres in the relevant region are listed – with website and email addresses as well as phone numbers. 

Living in or near Perth, passing through Perth or just want a great deal on a new Sunliner Recreational Vehicle or a pre-owned campervan or motorhome? Visit the website of John Hughes’ RV Centre which has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhome & Campervan Sales category of our Marketplace. The experienced motorhome team is lead by a humble man – contact Mike Humble and his team and you could be 'Living the Dream' much sooner than you thought!

After 26 years running his own marine dealership in Bundaberg, followed by two years of retirement, John Burke launched Motorhomes R Us which has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhome & Campervan Sales – Premium Table category of our Marketplace. Motorhomes R Us specialises in late model motorhomes with low kilometres. He trades motorhomes, caravans, boats, cars and real estate. John says he delivered boats all over Australia for 26 years – and now delivers motorhomes all over Australia. Visit this website – and in John’s own words, “Do it today, tomorrow may be too late!”

Nanango Caravan & Motorhome Park in Nanango, Queensland, has renewed its Logo Link  in the Holiday, Motorhome & Caravan Parks category of our Marketplace.  Nanango is located 170 kilometres northwest of Brisbane on the D'Aguilar Highway.  Great facilities at the park include swimming pool, BBQ, open fire, table tennis, laundry, shady sites, and camp oven facilities. A sausage sizzle is held every Saturday night – good chance to meet everyone! Plenty to do and plenty to see in the surrounding area, CMCA Member discounts. Visit this website – and circle Nanango on your map!

Eastcoast RV’s, located on the Gold Coast in Queensland, has renewed its Logo Links in the Premium Tables of the Repairs and Service to Motorhomes category and the Body Works - Repairs, Modifications & Painting category of our Marketplace.  Eastcoast RV’s are smash repairers for the RV industry. They have invested heavily in the latest equipment including full down draft spraybooth 14m by 4m. They also have a purpose built fibreglass repair room. Visit this website – and find out that a crash doesn’t have to be a home wrecker!

In 2000, Megapulse introduced pulse technology to Australia, which assists batteries in trouble. Megapulse, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Accessories - Products category of our Marketplace, has a new range of products including a powerful Noise / Interference Filter and an 8-watt self regulated solar panel to charge mobile phones and iPods – without the need for a battery or a regulator in the circuit. Visit this website – it will set your pulse racing!

CMCA would like to welcome Goomeri, Queensland, as our first RV Friendly Town for 2012.

Av-Comm Pty Ltd of Brookvale in Sydney has renewed its Logo Link in the TV, Satellite TV, TV Aerials, Audio & Video category of our Marketplace. Satellite TV specialists since 1981, they are the NSW distributor for the Oyster fully automatic satellite dish. This dish is suitable for motorhomes and means you can watch ABC/SBS and regional TV, or take your Pay TV with you. A free information kit is available.  Visit this website – and the Oyster could be your world!

Ultima has renewed its Logo Link in the Premium Table of the Fifth Wheeler Sales category of our Marketplace. Specifically developed for the Australian outback, the Ultima 5th wheelers are full-size yet can be towed by smaller pickups such as Navara, BT50, Colorado, and Ranger. Ultimas are up to one tonne lighter than conventional 5th wheelers – thanks to space age material and design. Visit this website – and see the ultimate in Ultimas!

A shower and a toilet are pretty handy in a motorhome - a bed is essential! In fact, a comfortable bed is essential and the basic ingredient of this attribute is a decent mattress – and we are not talking foam! None of us would accept a foam mattress in a hotel/motel room. Recently renewing its Logo Link in the Décor, Furnishings, Mattresses & Seats category of our Marketplace is Made to Measure Mattresses. Visit this website – and perhaps sleep on the result!

Wallaroo North Beach Tourist Park on the Spencer Gulf, a pleasant drive to Adelaide, has renewed its Logo Link in the Holiday Parks, Motorhome & Caravan Parks category of our Marketplace. If you were looking forward to a pleasant spot to stay, you’d probably list a clean, safe beach – suitable for swimming, wind surfing, water skiing and fishing – great view, shade, camp kitchen, large drive-through site, and a dump point! That describes the Wallaroo North Beach Tourist Park. Visit this website – and book your spot right on the edge of the beach!

Imagine an electrical lead long enough to stretch from your home to wherever you're parked in your motorhome? I wonder what the voltage drop per kilometre would be!  But as Excelsior Power, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Accessories - Products category of our Marketplace, say that while they can’t supply that item, they can supply top quality inverters up to 10,000 surge watts (4,500 normal watts), battery chargers, solar panels, and deep cycle batteries. In fact they say their knowledge will 'electrify' you. Visit their website and get 'current' information.

CMCA Christmas Break

Please be advised that CMCA NHQ will be closed over the Christmas break from noon Friday December 23 and will re-open at 9am on Tuesday January 3, 2012.

From the staff at NHQ, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and safe travels over the holiday period.

Home of 12 Volt is based in Adelaide and is the latest advertiser in the Solar Power, Wind Power & Accessories category of our Marketplace. They do the lot – sales, installation and service of 12 volt products. They take great pride in testing, evaluating and analysing feedback on 12 volt products. Attendance at major RV Shows provides additional opportunities to present newer products and gain feedback from experienced users of the products. Visit this website – make sure you have a coffee handy, you’ll be there a while!