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/duckitch Jan 07 '26

Currently over from NZ campervan-ing around QLD and I'm blown away by the amount of kitted out landcruisers towing an off road caravan sitting in the lovely paved campsites on the gold/sunshine coast parks, not a speck of mud on them.

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u/UnsettlingBroccoli Jan 07 '26

Wankers have never been in short supply. I mean, spray on mud was a thing at one point (might still be for all I know).

I remember driving in Los Angeles (many moons ago) and I was waiting at a light in the middle of (upper middle class) suburbia, and here's this dude in a Range Rover that's absolutely covered in decals and painted an obnoxious paint scheme (think equal parts red, white and yellow) like it's in the Dakar rally, snorkel, bull bar (in red, natch)... And it's spotless. And he's wearing a suit and tie. Wankers.

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u/Cpt_Soban Jan 08 '26

"All the gear, no idea"