FAMILY
PRIDE
WORDS: MAX TAYLOR
IMAGES: MAX TAYLOR AND ADRIANA MANSON
THE KOKODA CARAVANS CADET II XLi PLATINUM
HAS ‘FAMILY ADVENTURE’ WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
FAMILY MEMORIES
A true family adventure calls for a true family
caravan. If you’ve ever tried to make do with
a caravan that sleeps two, perhaps by
pitching a tent off to the side or getting
the kids to sleep in the annexe, you might
appreciate the difference a couple of
onboard bunks can make.
These thoughts cycled through my mind as
I looked over the Kokoda Cadet II XLi Platinum.
We hitched it up for a run to Rosebud, one
of Victoria’s most popular summer caravanning
destinations…
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The Cadet II XLi Platinum has semi-offroad
touring intentions. With a DO35 coupling,
3.3-tonne independent coil suspension, a
waist of checkerplate, not to mention some
protection underneath the van, it should be
right at home in national parks.
The Kokoda can be loaded with 680kg worth
of gear, including all that stuff kids just can’t
do without. And, frankly, why should they do
without? That’s the point of a van such as this.
The van has an ATM of 3300kg, so we hitched it
to a Land Cruiser 200 Series for our test travels.