A MILLION DOLLAR VIEW FOR $10K

What makes us buy one camper trailer over another? And why do we buy camper trailers? These questions came to mind as I sat inside a Marlin Escape Deluxe camper at the Ocean Beach Holiday Resort at Umina, on NSW’s Central Coast.

Here I was, just an hour’s drive north of suburban Sydney, in glorious mid-winter sunshine. In front of me lay a splendid beach where young children ran up and down. The occasional paddle boarder or surfer walked past, as did older couples, hand in hand. Dogs chased seagulls on the sand and all seemed right with the world.

This was the sort of simple, get-away-from-it-all enjoyment at the core of why we go camping. It was nice to see Mother Nature doing so well. A big ball of small fish swam in the creek below us, while an eager but not very competent wading bird stalked them without success. Ducks, brush turkeys and water hens ambled through our camp site.

Steve Brettoner, the owner of Marlin Campers, standing next to me, said, “I am really glad we came here. This is just the reason why I moved to the Central Coast. You sometimes have to remind yourself of why you do this and why you go camping.”

BACK TO BASICS

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