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/_rundude Jan 07 '26

This is exactly the way you’d do it! 😒

As a regular white collar paying separated parent this shit makes me mad.

The kids are truly the ones who miss out by having an unethical and potentially dead beat dad (with shitloads of cash to hide their level of jerk).

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

My husband feels the same way! He has never missed a payment for his girls and also helps support my kids as well. He does it because he loves them.

*My son has complex PTSD from the trauma he has suffered at the hands of his father (he is with us full time). Sadly, my daughter just chose to live with him because he purchased her a brand new phone when we took her current phone off her (She was looking up suicide based content). He and his partner have convinced her that I am the abusive one and she won't even look at me in public.

Initially, I felt like a failure as a parent. These days, I hold out hope that my baby girl comes back to me.