READY, SET, GO

In our local neighbourhood there are two caravans which are parked up for extended periods, between school holiday times, and for that reason, I know both are caravans used by families. One of them has not only the typical bunk windows, but also a bike rack on the back on which I have seen bikes of various sizes for the junior members more than once.

A little further afield, there have been more than the usual number of caravans parked up for extended periods, mostly I’m guessing because of their owner’s inability to travel very far under COVID-19 lockdowns.

I mention all of this because chances are, with the upcoming school holidays and the freeing up of travel around some parts of Australia, there are any number of RVs — and owners in some cases — coming out of extended storage. Consequently, there’s a few things to consider before and after hitching up. Some of those were covered previously in ‘Safe Caravanning’ last issue.

PRE-STORAGE

To some extent, what you do getting your RV out of storage depends on what was done prior to it being put in. Hopefully