The Touring Essentials Journal

Australia's love affair with caravanning isn't slowing down. Last year Aussies took a record 17.3 million caravan and camping trips — up 14% — and caravan registrations have now climbed past 938,000, an all-time high. With winter here and half the country migrating north to chase the sun, we dug into what caravanners are actually searching for right now. A few clear themes jumped out.

Here's our recommendations when visiting Coffs Harbour with a young family!

We travelled to Airlie Beach as a family of 5 and here's what I have to say about it and the things we did! Every year we pack up the car, the van and the kids and we set off on a trip somewhere in this beautiful country we call home. With three little kids we have discovered 6 hours driving in a day is the absolute MAX we can get out of them and that is fine with us. Our first stop on the trip was at a simple Hipcamp at Baffle Creek.