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A CHANGE OF SCENERY
If you are wondering where the lake and skyline came from in the Striker images, Merimbula was hammered by a storm the day we took the Great Aussie out for shooting so a reshoot was booked around Eildon, Victoria.
TIM VAN DUYL
CARAVAN WORLD CREATIVE DIRECTOR
BUILD QUALITY
Great Aussie Caravans is in somewhat of a transformational stage with a refocusing on manufacturing processes and repositioning towards more off-grid and offroad-capable trailers, and I love it.
I've experienced a few of its latest offerings, including the ‘halo model’ Tonka from issue 644 which impressed John Hughes and me over our three days away. Most of what stands out in the top model carries over in the compact Striker. The same build methodology is employed with Great Aussie's Allytech aluminium frame that is welded in-house and enclosed with composite cladding with XPS insulation in between. And like the Tonka, the Striker uses top-tier brands for appliances and accessories from the DO35 coupling up front to the in-house rear-mounted bronze spare alloy wheel and Dometic, Swift and Fusion found inside.
Under the body sits an Intelligent Engineering chassis that is protected with DuraGal before (optional) Raptor coating is applied for further stone protection. Holding up the weight of the chassis and body is TuffRide independent trailing arm suspension rated to a whopping 3000kg with disc
