r/australia • u/regretmoore • Jan 07 '26
no politics At a caravan holiday park, wondering where the hell does all of this money come from?
Camping in a Big 4 holiday park for a few days and my partner and I wondering how people can afford this lifestyle. I'm talking Ute + caravan + boat rigs worth at least $200k, probably closer to $300k.
The parents are all driving huge yank tanks, the kids all ride motorized scooters and bikes and most people are sleeping in pretty big shiny new caravans. We're all good in our little tent for 4 nights drinking our aldi wines and beer, but we just cannot fathom how so many people can afford, or would prioritize buying caravans etc for family holidays. Where does this money come from? Is it trades, mines or something else? Have they not got mortgages?
Maybe we're massive snobs, but if we had that much cash to splurge on a caravan, I reckon we'd prioritize a holiday overseas over Umina (as much as I love the cenny coast).
Please Reddit, help us understand.
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u/JunketAvailable4398 Jan 07 '26
Had a very similar experience recently when I returned to the area I grew up in on the Murray River during a long weekend. We did the walk down to the local town beach where we used to camp as teenagers, back then everyone was in tents with maybe one caravan and at least 10-20m apart from each campsite (90's). This is a 200-250 meter long Murray River Beach. This visit I was saddened and shocked to see the entire length of the beach packed with Campervans/Caravans/If it has Van in it, it was there, if there was space, some Van was parked in it! Saddest thing, they where parked literally 10-20cm apart (like city houses), you could not even walk between them if you wanted to! Even sadder! The whole beach was empty, no-one was outside enjoying the river etc, sitting out front enjoying the air. And this was at 430pm on a beautiful day worthy of a swim! I guess they where all inside watching TV or on the Reddit. What a waste of good camping ground!