GO FURTHER

In 1859 Charles Darwin proposed what has become known as the theory of evolution, in which organisms continually vary, with beneficial changes being retained to enhance the survival chances and success of the species. Like any good organism, camper trailers, if they are to thrive and succeed, will accumulate improvements as they are put through the diverse and often difficult paths on the road to satisfying their owners’ whims. The BRS Sherpa, winner of its category at the 2019 Camper Trailer of the Year, might have been good enough to beat out its opponents back then, but through a series of incremental changes it’s now even better as it braces itself to take on 2021’s camper contest.

Now tagged as the Gen II, the camper has accumulated lots of days in the bush and plenty of kilometres across the corrugations, gibbers and sand of the outback. This soon reveals any shortcomings — though we’d have to say they are pretty short shortcomings — in a camper’s design. Commercially the Sherpa has been a success in Australia, so the diversity of experience has brought plenty of insights not apparent in pre-release testing.

FROM THE OUTSIDE

Superficially the Sherpa appears to be the same as it was on its 2018 release, an impression underlined by its bright orange and charcoal black exterior. But, the Gen II Sherpa has two new colour options available this year with Sandy Torp giving an eye pleasing wow factor by